Re: Portable DVD player as IIgs monitor

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

Gary wrote:
> On Jun 2, 5:19 pm, pitz <pitz.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > With my reduced desk space, I had to move my bulky Apple IIgs RGB
> > monitor out to the garage.  I found that my portable 8.5" DVD player
> > is a good substitute for the monitor.  For my purposes, at least.
> >
> > http://peterwong.net/blog/?p=15
>
> Cool. I have a cheapie portable DVD player with A/V input, and the
> thought had crossed my mind to see what happens if I plug my //c nto
> it. I'll have to give it a try!
>
> I've had poor luck in the past with composite to VGA adapters... they
> do OKish with 40 column text and graphics, but 80 column text is
> unreadable.

And much the same is true of many small LCD screens...the resampling
of the video to the pitch of the display is seldom optimal.

-michael

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