Re: Color LCD monitor with RCA composite inputs?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <20030418050140.18863.00000202@mb-m04.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>anonymous@anonymous.anet asked:
>
>>Are there any color LCD monitors/TV's which have RCA composite inputs so
>>that one could hook up any Apple II (via it's composite video output)?
>
>I suspect a number of them do, since many VCRs provide RCA video out.
>I have a Samsung 170MP which has S-video and RCA inputs, in addition
>to VGA and cable/antenna inputs.

Any TV with a SCART connector has composite video inputs.  And virtually
all modern TV sets have SCART connectors -- it's a long long time since
I saw one which did not have such a connector (OK, I actually have one
at home -- but it's 23 years old!).

>>If so, has anybody tried this and what were the results? Is it comparable
>>to hooking up to a CRT composite color monitor?
>
>Believe it or not, I haven't tried this yet!  The desk with the monitor is
>pretty crowded, and I haven't yet done the experiment.  (I'm pretty
>happy with my Apple Composite monitor for my 8-bit Apple II's, and
>I have no shortage of AppleColor RGB monitors for my IIgs's, and my
>Apples are in a different room from my PCs,  so perhaps I'm not
>properly motivated.  ;-)
>
>-michael
>
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