Re: LCD Monitor on a GS

[Kevin Dady <kevin@hackaday.com>]

On Sep 22, 10:23 pm, jorddo <djorda...@gvtc.com> wrote:
> Most GS users are faced with the fact that sooner or later the CRT GS
> monitors are gonna give out. One of my two monitors gave up the ghost
> about 3 months ago. I started researching on comp.sys.apple2 and
> Google search for possible answers to this problem.
>
> The one solution that really stood out was using a monitor or TV with
> a RGB SCART connection. This is a problem in itself as monitors with
> SCART connections are not sold in the US. I contacted Drew who has the
> web site Drew II to get more details about the LDC TV's that he tested
> with his GS.  I then started looking on eBay.UK and finally found  the
> Technika 15.4" LCD TV that Drew had tested for sale. Another issue was
> that very few sellers in the UK will ship to the US and when they do
> it is fairly expensive. The seller I found did ship to the US, the LCD
> TV was new in the box but they came with built in DVD player which
> added to the overall price. These monitors are 110-240 dual voltage
> 50-60Hz  so did not have to buy a voltage up converter.
>
> I then contacted Roger Johnstone who has the Vintageware web site that
> sells the modified GS to SCART video cables.  I ordered a cable from
> him and it came in this afternoon. So, I connected the cable to my GS
> and then the Technika TV and fired it up. Looks great!  Color is good,
> bight and crisp, looked at some 3200 GS photos and a few games and all
> were comparable to my GS monitor but on a larger screen.
>
> Also, kind of cool is the GS sounds will go through the SCART cable
> and can be heard as the TV has stereo speakers built in. So if you
> have a sound card and external speakers like I do for my GS you can
> have a sort of modified Surround Sound.  :)
>
> I would like to thank Drew for his endless patience for answering all
> my email questions. Also thanks to Roger for answering my emails,
> quickly shipping out my cable and for producing the SCART cables.
>
> Don

the fun thing about LCD TV's  is at some point its converted to RGB
before its fed into the controller chip, if your handy at poking
around at chips you can usually figure it out. If your able its a lot
less crap than finding a magic lcd out of region and mind bending a
handful of cables.

but thats just me