Re: CRT TV as monitor working backwards

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

On Aug 9, 2:03 am, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I plugged a IIgs composite-out into the composite-in on a 13" CRT
> > Sharp TV.  Much to my surprise, I was shocked that, when put in
> > GRAPHICS mode (lo-res, hi-res, any res), the picture is crystal clear
> > (including the text portion of the screen in GR or HGR mode).
> > Likewise much to my surprise, I was further shocked that, when put in
> > TEXT mode, the text is ludicrously fuzzy and blurred.  The latter
> > effect disappears when I reduce the COLOR setting on the TV to 0.
>
> > See, I thought that the composite out was supposed to be super clear
> > in text mode, and that it was the graphics modes that were supposed to
> > struggle.
>
> > This is a Rom 01, if that matters.  I just don't know what's going
> > on.  I was expecting portions of the experience to be uncooperative,
> > but I had expected the opposite problem from what actually happened.
>
> > Is this normal?
>
> Composite out on a IIgs is *completely* different from the composite out on
> 8-bit Apples.
>
> The IIgs is natively an RGB machine, with composite being approximately
> synthesized. 8-bit Apples are native composite machines, with typically
> non-native RGB behavior. In fact, the IIgs converts the native Apple II
> composite signal to RGB in an approximate way, then back-synthesizes its
> composite output from that!
>
> Any analog CRT NTSC monitor will be free of the resampling artifacts that
> typically plague LCD monitors. Of course, the bandwidth of the luminance
> signal, so critical for sharp text, will usually be severely compromised.
>
> For a IIgs composite signal, YMMV.
>
> -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II:http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon


Is this the technical way of saying "Plug that thing into a green
phosphor monitor, plug your //e into the CRT TV, and end it there"?

If so, I suppose that makes sense, but the last time that I plugged a
IIgs into an LCD TV (and a big LCD at that--it was a demonstration for
a user group), it looked outstanding!  I'd describe it as being top-
quality composite.  Not RGB, of course, but a real gorgeous big
composite image.  And now I'm plugging a IIgs into a 13" CRT and I get
a totally different result.

Really just time to give up on putting the IIgs on a color composite
screen?