Re: IIGS -> VGA: Success!

["Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca>]

Can't wait to see the video and instructions.  Is the XRGB2 some kind of
conversion box?  Sorry for the ignorance...

Thanks
Tim

"Jim Maricondo" <crazeduser@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > 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