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Re: AppleColor RGB lines
On Apr 24, 4:13 am, Drew <goggled...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 7:54 am, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
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> > "Christopher G. Mason" <c...@my-deja.com> wrote:
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> > > On 4/23/2011 3:17 AM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > >> While there are good reasons to want a VGA solution, the best results with
> > >> the least fiddling will always be converting 15kHz RGB to 15kHz YCrCb
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> > >> This is purely a real-time (no storage) analog (video opamps) solution. It
> > >> has been published at least once, and should, with today's ICs, be both
> > >> cheap and low-powered.
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> > >> I'm surprised that video gamers haven't made it more popular.
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> > >> -michael - NadaNet 3.1: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
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> > > A commonly available solution thats popular with gamers DOES exist:
> > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/220698773448>
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> > > That same box is commonly sold worldwide as the Cypress CSY-2100.
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> > This looks like an excellent solution.
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> I tried the CSY-2100 and wasn't impressed with the results. It could
> have been the LCD's i was trying it on though, but the colours were
> very washed out and picture wasn't very clear iirc. In my quest for
> finding a IIGS monitor replacement i now use a Samsung LCD with Scart
> (when i am not using my IIGS monitor). I have tested lots of TVs with
> scart and not all produce acceptable results. Some i have tested are
> on my blog along with my current favorite (as i can also use it as a
> decent PC monitor) is the Samsung T200HD.
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> http://drewbiegs.wordpress.com/
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> Cheers
> Drew
So is the order of preference
1) XRGB
2) Samsung T200HD
3) CSY-2100
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