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As much as I agree with the above post, using composite is not the way to go.
If possible, get yourself a CRT with RGB SCART. It'll make your experience a million times better. |
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Kipper2k sells these adapters.
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Thorham its not a component phono cable its just a audio phono cable. You know the sort a record or cassettee deck would use?
Fryguy, if this doesn't work ill have a look Last edited by Kola; 04 October 2014 at 20:44. Reason: Correcting spell checker - The irony. |
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Hi,
A lot of people are mentioning the RGB port and the convertor. I agree with Thorham I'm going to try the compost to get up and running first. But on investigating the RGB option I dont see and RGB port on either my 1200 or my monitor. As per the photos I have VGA / Video and S Video on the monitor and on the 1200 I have Video, Comp and RF. Am I missing something? Sorry guys I've looked and looked. No RGB |
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The RGB port on the Amiga is the 23pin port between the composite and audio ports. |
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Hi mate, is that the one that says Video?
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For that monitor your best bet is to buy Kipper2k's S-Video converter.
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S-video is the next best thing to RGB.
You'd be shocked just how nice it looks. |
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Kola, a very silly reply, but when you hooked up the composite connection, did you change the input select on the monitor itself to composite? Not all monitors detect automatically which video input is active.
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Onkelarie:- There is no silly replies mate. Sometimes its the most simplest of things get overlooked and bang, problem solved.
So I thank you for your reply, but yes I did select Composite manually on my monitor. To all the guys recommending S Video:- Ill be looking into that after I try out this composite. Im mainly using my Amiga for music, so not as bothered about pin sharp graphics. Last edited by Kola; 06 October 2014 at 09:23. |
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Here is a comparison, all of them actual video captures:
Composite S-video RGB |
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Erm, maybe its just me but I think they all look 10% apart at best? I know on forums like this (sorry not meaning to be rude) but people go all out for the very best even if its only 2% better they pay £200 or something.
Im waaaaaaaaay tighter than that. I expect 50% improvements and such. Lets just say I'm not a latest iPhone guy because it is 5% better than the last one and a different shape. (Thanks for taking the time to post) |
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£200? Using RGB is only the cost of the cable (~£10), assuming you have a monitor/TV that supports it, so it's well worth figuring out if it's possible to use it.
It was also the standard back in the day, all Commodore monitors used RGB, and most TVs apart from the very oldest and cheapest ones had it too (in the form of SCART). You could probably get a used TV or monitor from that era for not much more than another £10 |
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Would this possibly solve Kola's problem of converting RGB to VGA for the best image quality on his monitor?-> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/game-boar...item256ee44055 |
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@hansel75
Yes it does depend on the country, but he is in the UK so it shouldn't be an issue. That converter looks like the GBS8220 or similar model, many threads about it here on EAB. It can be a decent solution but it's best to read up on the device first. |
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Hey guys, thanks.
In honesty the 3 images kindly posted by AJK, well any of them would do me. The only inputs I have AJK are on the first photo. Its a computer monitor so doesn't have SCART. If the composite thing doesn't work ill try what you say. If its only a tenner thats fine. Id like to go totally retro and buy an original commodore monitor but it takes up too much space. They seem to float on Ebay for £40. |
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