20 May
2016
20 May
'16
5:08 p.m.
I will do some tests of the composite input this weekend with and without
TBC and see what I find.
I'll have to do a bit of digging for composite devices but I should have a
few.
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly use the display for its fantastic handling
and scaling of RGB
formats via the VGA connector.
I collect mostly old workstation class hardware and I care a lot about
image quality.
I'm not much of a microcomputer collector, and have used the composite
input very, very sparingly.
However, I have had enough issues in the past with the composite video
"standard" on various non-analog CRT display devices that I keep a timebase
corrector nearby and readily available. I find this a "must" for anyone
relying on composite stuff in this day and age.
I can try a IIgs- the only things I've tried over composite, I listed in
the other post.
Cheers,
- Ian
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Adrian Graham <
witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
--
Ian Finder
(206) 395-MIPS
ian.finder at gmail.com
On 16/05/2016 20:13, "Ian Finder"
<ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
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Ian Finder
(206) 395-MIPS
ian.finder at gmail.com
I dunno if it's relevant or not, but my go-to
LCD for retro stuff is the
Dell 2007FP-
There was a panel lottery, some are TN, some IPS. Both are solid.
They are 4:3, 1600x1200 native.
They have DVI, VGA, Composite and S-Video inputs, and very stellar
scalers.
They sync to SoG, and have no trouble with oddball resolutions like
1152x8-whatever.
My SGI stuff can drive it at native resolution. As an added bonus, you
can
disable scaling if you want black bars and native
resolution.
These are readily available for ~$35, and I have at least 6.
Hi Ian (and list),
Quick question, have you ever used a plain ol' composite input on yours?
Turns out my problem isn't just my problem, people have been having the
same
issue since the screens were new - composite input just doesn't work
unless
it's a very specific set of circumstances. That or there's a particular
setup required that isn't documented anywhere...
So far I've tried:
Spectrum (composite)
ZX81 (composite)
Raspberry Pi B
Apple ][GS
Amiga 1200
Amiga CD32 (this one *nearly* works, I get the splash screen)
Playstation 1 (ditto)
EACA VideoGenie
Have you got any of those kicking around you could plug in and test for
me?
Cheers,
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?