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alexh · 19 May 2011, 20:35

Disadvantages via SCART :

Some LCDTV's do not like the Amiga's 240p/288p low res and the treat it as if it were 480i/576i. Results in some flickering.
The video scaler in an LCDTV is usually poorer than the best external video scaler. However some scandoublers don't have a video scaler
Only TV resolutions accepted. So 720x576i is maximum. VGA usually allows anything upto native panel resolution in progressive.

Disadvantage via VGA is that some LCDTV's and most LCD monitors don't accept 50Hz VGA input. So you either have to run in NTSC mode or perform scan rate conversion which kills smooth scrolling.

Most places will take back a TV with no fee, or if it is a big expensive TV... take your A600 in with you for testing, I would :-)

19 May 2011, 20:35	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,400	Disadvantages via SCART : Some LCDTV's do not like the Amiga's 240p/288p low res and the treat it as if it were 480i/576i. Results in some flickering. The video scaler in an LCDTV is usually poorer than the best external video scaler. However some scandoublers don't have a video scaler Only TV resolutions accepted. So 720x576i is maximum. VGA usually allows anything upto native panel resolution in progressive. Disadvantage via VGA is that some LCDTV's and most LCD monitors don't accept 50Hz VGA input. So you either have to run in NTSC mode or perform scan rate conversion which kills smooth scrolling. Most places will take back a TV with no fee, or if it is a big expensive TV... take your A600 in with you for testing, I would :-) Last edited by alexh; 19 May 2011 at 20:40.