Re: LCD Monitor on a GS

[jorddo <djordanrn@gvtc.com>]

On Sep 22, 11:13 pm, Kevin Dady <ke...@hackaday.com> wrote:
> On Sep 22, 10:23 pm, jorddo <djorda...@gvtc.com> wrote:
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> > Most GS users are faced with the fact that sooner or later the CRT GS
> > monitors are gonna give out. One of my two monitors gave up the ghost
> > about 3 months ago. I started researching on comp.sys.apple2 and
> > Google search for possible answers to this problem.
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> > The one solution that really stood out was using a monitor or TV with
> > a RGB SCART connection. This is a problem in itself as monitors with
> > SCART connections are not sold in the US. I contacted Drew who has the
> > web site Drew II to get more details about the LDC TV's that he tested
> > with his GS.  I then started looking on eBay.UK and finally found  the
> > Technika 15.4" LCD TV that Drew had tested for sale. Another issue was
> > that very few sellers in the UK will ship to the US and when they do
> > it is fairly expensive. The seller I found did ship to the US, the LCD
> > TV was new in the box but they came with built in DVD player which
> > added to the overall price. These monitors are 110-240 dual voltage
> > 50-60Hz  so did not have to buy a voltage up converter.
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> > I then contacted Roger Johnstone who has the Vintageware web site that
> > sells the modified GS to SCART video cables.  I ordered a cable from
> > him and it came in this afternoon. So, I connected the cable to my GS
> > and then the Technika TV and fired it up. Looks great!  Color is good,
> > bight and crisp, looked at some 3200 GS photos and a few games and all
> > were comparable to my GS monitor but on a larger screen.
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> > Also, kind of cool is the GS sounds will go through the SCART cable
> > and can be heard as the TV has stereo speakers built in. So if you
> > have a sound card and external speakers like I do for my GS you can
> > have a sort of modified Surround Sound.  :)
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> > I would like to thank Drew for his endless patience for answering all
> > my email questions. Also thanks to Roger for answering my emails,
> > quickly shipping out my cable and for producing the SCART cables.

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> the fun thing about LCD TV's  is at some point its converted to RGB
> before its fed into the controller chip, if your handy at poking
> around at chips you can usually figure it out. If your able its a lot
> less crap than finding a magic lcd out of region and mind bending a
> handful of cables.
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> but thats just me

Kevin thanks for the input but I am no hardware hacker. So this is a
viable option for us non-hackers to use a modern TV/Monitor with our
GS computers. I would have gladly used the money it cost me to buy and
ship the TV from the UK and the SCART video cable from New Zealand
and  buy a video VGA conversion card for an Apple IIGS.
But no GS hardware hacker has produced one yet.