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Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott
But some of us wanted a machine that was compatible with broadcast TV standards to do video titling etc. which PCs couldn't do, and may of us were too poor to afford a dedicated EGA or VGA monitor which PCs needed. Amiga monitors worked with other stuff we had such as video recorders and other home computers, so the cost was justifiable. Those who couldn't afford any monitor simply used their TV - an option that wasn't available to most PC owners.
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CGA actually worked just fine on TVs -- it came with a composite output. If your TV didn't have composite input (many didn't at the time) you could plug it in via a VCR. 80-column modes were just a bit hard to read sometimes. What CGA couldn't do is interlaced video, so it wasn't suitable for producing a signal compatible with broadcast television for stuff like titling, etc.