Re: Mini TV as Apple II monitor

[Simon Williams <*email*@*luddite.ca*>]

On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 17:54:16 -0600 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
 
> Simon,
> 
> This in not meant to sound degrading, I only need to know for
> purposes of deciding what people will buy and why/why not.
> 
> I was wondering why you opted for the 5" B/W TV when you
> probably for a few bucks more attained a 9" color. Remember
> now, this is only for investigation purposes only. Thanks

Quite a few bucks more (like about $100+) ;-)

Actually, the main reason is that I was looking for something that has the 
potential to be part of a 'luggable' Apple II system. I'm hoping to cram 
the TV along with a bare GS motherboard and a single 3.5" drive into a
relatively small case. Since the TV weighs less than 5 lbs and runs on
12v DC, I figured it would be a contender.
The biggest drawback (aside from a complete lack of electronic skills) is
that I will probably have to retain the TV/radio tuner and other non-
essential features.

Also I thought (rightly, it seems) that B/W would be better for overall
image quality... I tried my daughter's 13" colour TV and found that I had
to pretty much kill the colour to get a decent text screen. I wasn't
expecting to get decent 80-column out of the 5" but it's actually quite
useable. I should mention that I do have pretty good eye-sight ;-)

-- 
Simon Williams
Luddite Enterprises
http://www.luddite.ca