Re: What GSE-Reactive Really Needs to Make

["josephoswaldgg@hotmail.com" <josephoswald@gmail.com>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

>
> The product's value remains linked to the cost and scarcity of NTSC-
> standards monitors, which are still both inexpensive and available in
> most parts of the world.

I would argue somewhat with this. The scarcity is of NTSC-compatible
monitors that don't limit the bandwidth beyond standard definition
broadcast (i.e., eliminate the audio carrier, if I am not mistaken).

The market for analog monitors is quickly developing into

1) LCD TVs that expect HD or SD video; I believe most of the composite
inputs for these will filter out what they expect to be composite
audio+video from a legacy DVD or VCR player; i.e. unusable for 80
column video.

2) LCD monitors that accept VGA-style video inputs (treating them as
analog RGB with the VGA sync), either on a DB-15 or DVI connector, but
typically no composite input.

I don't have a clue where to get composite color monitors with
80-column bandwidth, except off eBay, where I would be buying an
Apple-II vintage monitor, with a heavy CRT, and questionable age. Plus,
having to pay shipping for a heavy item that won't usefully hook up to
anything else I own.

If you have any information that demonstrates I can get an LCD monitor,
compatible with both my current computers and Apple II 80-column video,
I'd be glad to hear I was wrong with points 1 & 2.