Re: Video Out

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <iSX34.71381$C7.3085808@news1.teleport.com>, god23@heaven.org
(Bart) wrote:

> Yeah I have one, that is what I hook to the Beta VCR then set its tuner to 
> channel 3 and hook the amber monitor to the output.  My question thought is: 
> Why do I have to do this?  I mean, wasn't  the monitor designed to be
used for 
> these early machines WITHOUT the TV tuner in between?  I have noted this on 
> now 3 diff monitors and on several diff machines ranging from Apples to 
> COmmordores.
Well, oddly, I've noticed that some early monitors would occasionally have
an RCA/phono plug, making you think that it is standard composite video,
but it actually expects TV RF output (merged, coax type cable connection).
My friend had a piece of coax TV cable with a phono plug on one end of it
in order to connect to an old TV/monitor he had, but I don't remember what
he did to 'convert' it.