Re: IIGS -> VGA: Success!

[crazeduser@yahoo.com (Jim Maricondo)]

> The effect is not terrible, but it is a bit irksome.  I am not sure what is
> causing this, but my current theories are:
> 
> 1) My cable is too long.  I wasn't paying attention to the length until now,
> when I realized that it must be about 7 or 8 feet!  Maybe the signal is
> getting degraded.  I used a very high quality video cable, with separately
> shielded R, G, B cables, as well as a thoroughly shielded outer layer, but
> still 7 or 8 feet is a bit excessive (not to mention that it gets in the way
> since it's too long!)
> 
> 3) This is a limitation of the XRGB2-plus, in general or with IIGS video.
> If you read the URL above, the author of the review says he thinks this is a
> limitation of the unit.  However, he also says that it only seems to affect
> the menus, not the regular video.  But he's using video games as his test
> case, which maybe don't have the number of distinct vertical lines, so maybe
> it's not as visible for him?!  To test this, I have ordered an XRGB2 (the
> pre-plus model, which according to the reviewer above does not have this
> problem.)  It is no longer made, so I bought it off of Yahoo Auctions Japan
> for around $80.

I tried it with an XRGB-2 (non-plus) and the display was much less
wavy.  I will be uploading a short video clip soon so you can see the
difference.  I also am going to wire another (much shorter) cable, to
see if the shorter cable length will also improve the picture.  But on
the whole I am very happy with the results.

 -Jim