12 Dec
2011
12 Dec
'11
10:23 a.m.
On Dec 12, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Vintage Coder wrote:
Thanks for all the replies so far. Please note my
original message, I do not have a television. I prefer to buy or build an adapter if that
is possible. I looked at the amazon link but it talks about HDMI (none of my monitors
support it afaik, they are all dvi and dsib) and S-video. I don't know what S-video is
either. Obviously the old COCO I have is not going to be used for any demanding video, but
it does support color. Thanks again.
HDMI should be passively convertible to DVI (someone correct me if that's not true
when it carries audio information; thus far, it's worked fine for me).
S-Video is the next step up from composite, with the luma (brightness) and chroma (color)
information separated out. It may not be popular in the UK (though I seem to recall the
SCART connector has some pins for it). It will give you a much better picture than
composite video if you have the option. Typically it's a round mini-DIN connector
with 4 pins and a plastic alignment bit.
- Dave