Innovation's VGA Box Turns Your PC into a Universal Entertainment System
David A. Dodson

Don't you hate it when you have to get your game on and every TV in the house is being used? Well those fine folks at Innovation feel your pain, and to ease it they came out with the VGA Box, the only gadget out there that lets you hook up any gaming system to your computer. But the VGA Box doesn't stop there, you can also hook up any VCR, DVD player, VCD player, camcorder, or anything with AV hookups right to your computer monitor four at a time.

The VGA Box connects to your monitor and plugs into any VGA card and acts as a passthrough between them. External speakers can be connected to an earphone jack on the back of the box. Just hook up any four AV sources to your PC and scroll between them using Innovation's 4 way pushbutton technology. Simply press the button of which system you want to view on your monitor or use your PC. And because it utilizes 24-bit true color (16.7 million colors,) game and video resolution is four times that of a regular TV.

One thing to bear in mind however is that you might have problems if you have an LCD monitor. There seems to be a conflict with the resolution compatibility on some flat screens. It's something to consider.

The VGA Box is a brilliant idea that works ten times as well as hoped. Once you've played games this way, you may never go back to TV again. It comes with one VGA Box, one AC adapter one RGB cable and instructions. For about seventy dollars you can get one wherever games are sold or online at Innovation1.com.