Re: AppleColor RGB lines

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Drew <goggledrew@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 7:54 am, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>> "Christopher G. Mason" <c...@my-deja.com> wrote:
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>>> On 4/23/2011 3:17 AM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>>>> While there are good reasons to want a VGA solution, the best results with
>>>> the least fiddling will always be converting 15kHz RGB to 15kHz YCrCb
>>>> (component video).
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>>>> This is purely a real-time (no storage) analog (video opamps) solution.  It
>>>> has been published at least once, and should, with today's ICs, be both
>>>> cheap and low-powered.
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>>>> I'm surprised that video gamers haven't made it more popular.
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>>>> -michael  -  NadaNet 3.1:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
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>>> A commonly available solution thats popular with gamers DOES exist:
>>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/220698773448>
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>>> That same box is commonly sold worldwide as the Cypress CSY-2100.
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>> This looks like an excellent solution.
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> I tried the CSY-2100 and wasn't impressed with the results. It could
> have been the LCD's i was trying it on though, but the colours were
> very washed out and picture wasn't very clear iirc. In my quest for
> finding a IIGS monitor replacement i now use a Samsung LCD with Scart
> (when i am not using my IIGS monitor). I have tested lots of TVs with
> scart and not all produce acceptable results. Some i have tested are
> on my blog along with my current favorite (as i can also use it as a
> decent PC monitor) is the Samsung T200HD.
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> http://drewbiegs.wordpress.com/

Digital monitors (all LCDs) must sample, and therefore are prey to sampling
problems when used with discrete video signals like Apple II video.  Some
monitors will be better than others. 

All monitors may need advanced color channel adjustments to produce
"standard" Apple II colors.   Or, perhaps the converter box has channel
adjustments...

-michael  -  NadaNet 3.1:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon