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- From: manacsa@l13ff.jsc.nasa.gov (Gerry Manacsa)
- Subject: Re: Display Devices
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.004413.8883@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.
- References: <9300057262.AA726251684@mail.stx.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:44:13 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <9300057262.AA726251684@mail.stx.com>, igraffma@mail.stx.com (Ira Graffman) writes:
- >
- > Hello! I am giving a weather presentation in the local
- > elementary school next month and want to supplement the
- > presentation with a computer slide show using my Amiga 2000.
- > My question concerns how to get the output to a large screen
- > monitor rather than the standard 1084 monitor. I see two
- > options at present:
- >
- > My local dealer suggesed a $120 device which puts the
- > video into a "SVHS" format via a RCA phono cable. I
- > obviously need a monitor that accepts that format.
- >
- > Two, I can get the $40 device that allows Amigas to hook
- > up to any TV and go directly to a monitor or a VHS player
- > and be able to use any monitor that the school has.
- >
- > Question is then, which alternative is better (if any) in
- > terms of quality? Will they both work? Are there any
- > other alternatives?
- >
- > Thanks for any adivce!
- >
- > -Ira
-
- I use an RGB encoder (like the Commodore A520) to connect my A500 RGB
- output to my 27" TV's composite video input. Works fine, though my
- encoder (an ancient C Ltd model) puts out a pretty noisy signal - I'm not
- sure about the A520's quality, but it must be better than this unit! Don't
- forget that ordinary televisions have some limitations compared to the
- 1084, so don't use overly-fine lines or highly saturated colors in your
- presentation.
-
- S-VHS should give you better quality, but since I don't have an S-VHS TV,
- I'm not speaking from personal experience...
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