On May 28, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm thinking of heading over to frys this weekend
to pick up an LCD TV
for use with a few classic computers and maybe classic gaming
consoles. I'd like something that will have good image quality for
use with things like Amigas and c64s. I'd like to avoid things like
submarining mouse pointers, ghosting around letters (ringing?) and
aspect ratio problems.
A VGA port would be nice also. Bonus for being able to use the NTSC
frequencies when the signal is coming from the VGA port so I can
attach the amiga right to that. Obviously, I'd want a composite and
svga input also. Even coax would be useful in case I pick up a 2600
or colecovision.
Can anyone suggest a make and model that has all of this?
brian
Honestly, it's been my experience that the scan converters in most
LCD/Plasma sets do a pretty poor job for most older computers and
video game systems. I get terrible blurring on motion and incorrect
de-interlacing, processing lag (does make a difference for games) and
other ugly looking effects with the one in my set. Even through s-
video, things aren't much better.
I finally bit the bullet and bought an XRGB3; it's a scan converter
with mutiple Composite, s-video, component, VGA, and Japanese SCART
input, meant for use with video game systems. It has a VGA/dvi
output. Tons of options, low processing lag, and does a *great* job
picture-wise, even with composite inputs (though if you can get an s-
video or RGB signal from your devices it's preferable.). Went from a
blurry washed out picture from my Sega Genesis and c64 to seeing each
glorious pixel in exquisite detail :). (you can even turn on a
scanline simulation mode if you want it to look more like a CRT...)
Downsides are that it cost me about $350, and the menus are in
Japanese (translations are available on the web).
If you have the means, I highly recommend it.
Josh