13 Jan
2017
13 Jan
'17
9:37 a.m.
I have a number of systems that require PAL and I was looking on Ebay for dual NTSC / PAL
monitors, and if necessary I can handle the power conversion requirements. Any
recommendations for a monitor that can work with Amstrad/Sinclair, BBC's, the
Archimedes, and the like. I figure more than one may be necessary.
On Jan 13, 2017, at 8:07 AM, william degnan
<billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Phil Blundell
<pb at pbcl.net> wrote:
On Fri, 2017-01-13 at 08:38 -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Anything sold as a TV (as opposed to a computer monitor) will include a
deinterlacer; a TV that could only handle progressive scan input would
be unacceptable to most consumers. Standard definition broadcasts were
always interlaced and so are most/all DVDs, though as far as I know
Blu-ray is progressive scan only. Even high definition broadcasts are
still routinely interlaced in many cases. ATSC for example can be
either 1080i or 720p, and I think the majority of DVB broadcasts are
1080i.
In fact, even computer monitors often tend to include some sort of
deinterlacing capability, though I suspect this is more because it
comes for free with the chipsets than because the market actually
requires it. But monitors tend to have a minimum horizontal sync rate
of 20kHz or so and often won't lock to a 480i/576i input, so they'd be
no use for the current purpose anyway.
p.
So I guess what you're saying is, get a last-gen CRT TV that claims PAL
and
NTSC automatic capability. I don't have mine anymore, but it was my bench
monitor, I have PAL Commodores I used to use it on. Wish I remembered the
manufacturer.
b From:
William Degnan
some are made to handle both pal and ntsc
automatically. ...
not sure
if they still do all that for LCD tv's but
why not?
Well, one thing most LCD's don't handle is interlaced video, so that
could be an issue.