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Wayne123 · 13 September 2018, 08:48

I decided to do some testing with my Amiga 500 and my NEC 1970VX, using just the VGA adapter the picture quality was very soft, after setting my 500 to interlaced mode the PQ was an extremely soft, flickering mess.

I dug out my GBS-8200, it gave the best image quality in low rez and it looked pretty good in interlaced mode, my GBS-8200 does not suffer from some of the problems I see people complain about, my 500 is NTSC and not PAL so maybe that makes a difference.
My 19" NEC might be softer than the BENQ 702A due to a larger screen size.

I next tried my Amiga to SCART cable with my $30 SCART to HDMI adapter on my 27" HP monitor, in low rez it looked really good, in interlaced mode it had what almost looked like hum bars moving from the bottom of the frame to the top. I wonder if it might have been better with a 50Hz. PAL signal feeding it instead of a 60Hz NTSC.
The image was also stretched because my 27" monitor is 16:9.

13 September 2018, 08:48	#30
Wayne123 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: So. California, USA Age: 64 Posts: 62	I decided to do some testing with my Amiga 500 and my NEC 1970VX, using just the VGA adapter the picture quality was very soft, after setting my 500 to interlaced mode the PQ was an extremely soft, flickering mess. I dug out my GBS-8200, it gave the best image quality in low rez and it looked pretty good in interlaced mode, my GBS-8200 does not suffer from some of the problems I see people complain about, my 500 is NTSC and not PAL so maybe that makes a difference. My 19" NEC might be softer than the BENQ 702A due to a larger screen size. I next tried my Amiga to SCART cable with my $30 SCART to HDMI adapter on my 27" HP monitor, in low rez it looked really good, in interlaced mode it had what almost looked like hum bars moving from the bottom of the frame to the top. I wonder if it might have been better with a 50Hz. PAL signal feeding it instead of a 60Hz NTSC. The image was also stretched because my 27" monitor is 16:9.