Re: Apple II composite video to LCD/Plasma

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <4645CF8F.6913.usenet_csa2@a2central.com>,
Glenn Jones <glenn.jones@a2central.com.remove-tr1-this> wrote:

>   To: joltsoda
> joltsoda wrote:
>> With the proliferation of modern day TV Sets/Monitors which use the LCD
>> and/or Plasma technology....just wondering if anyone here has ever
>> bothered to hook up any of their Apple II computers (via the built in
>> composite video output) to the composite video input of such said
>> TV/Monitor displays?
>> 
>> If so, what has been your experience? Does output on the screen look
>> decent? Garbled? No good at all? Only good in 40 column mode? Do game
>> colors display correctly? Useable in 80 column mode?
>> 
>> I tried hooking up my Apple //c to an Intec LCD screen (the 5.x inch size
>> which was made to fit onto a Nintendo GameCube).....and the results were
>> somewhat disappointing....although that particular display is
>> dissapointing even with a GameCube hooked up to it, so I believe it's not
>> really indicative of the results one might have when trying to hook up an
>> Apple II to a decent LCD/Plasma display via composite.
>> 
>> Hope to hear from anybody who has tried this!
>> best regards.
>> --- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85

I will soon try it.  I just got a small portable 7" LCD TV with built-in
analogue as well as digital (DVB-T) tuner.  It has video input too so
you can hook up VCR's, DVD players, and the like.  And the analogue video
input isn't merely capable of decoding PAL, it can decode NTSC as well.
This is my first NTSC capable TV set, and one thing I'll definitely try
is to hook it up to my old Apple II.  Stay tuned.... :-)


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> 
> Glenn
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