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Jolt Soda

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May 12, 2007, 4:55:26 AM5/12/07
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With the proliferation of modern day TV Sets/Monitors which use the LCD
and/or Plasma technology....just wondering if anyone here has ever
bothered to hook up any of their Apple II computers (via the built in
composite video output) to the composite video input of such said
TV/Monitor displays?

If so, what has been your experience? Does output on the screen look
decent? Garbled? No good at all? Only good in 40 column mode? Do game
colors display correctly? Useable in 80 column mode?


I tried hooking up my Apple //c to an Intec LCD screen (the 5.x inch size
which was made to fit onto a Nintendo GameCube).....and the results were
somewhat disappointing....although that particular display is
dissapointing even with a GameCube hooked up to it, so I believe it's not
really indicative of the results one might have when trying to hook up an
Apple II to a decent LCD/Plasma display via composite.

Hope to hear from anybody who has tried this!
best regards.

Glenn Jones

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May 12, 2007, 11:02:23 AM5/12/07
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To: joltsoda
> --- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85


>http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.sys.apple2/tree/browse_frm/thread/7e49ba0fd7088623/724b39bea819975a?rnum=11&hl=en&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.sys.apple2%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F7e49ba0fd7088623%2F29139b6ceabcb956%3Flnk%3Draot%26hl%3Den%26#doc_be82ca29cddc9c7d

Glenn
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A2Central.com - Your total source for Apple II computing.

Jolt Soda

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May 12, 2007, 1:26:20 PM5/12/07
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In article <4645CF8F.691...@a2central.com>, "Glenn Jones"

<glenn...@a2central.com.remove-tr1-this> wrote:
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>http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.sys.apple2/tree/browse_frm/thread/7e49ba0fd7088623/724b39bea819975a?rnum=11&hl=en&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.sys.apple2%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F7e49ba0fd7088623%2F29139b6ceabcb956%3Flnk%3Draot%26hl%3Den%26#doc_be82ca29cddc9c7d
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> Glenn
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> A2Central.com - Your total source for Apple II computing.


Umm. Thanks. I think.
Although the discussions in that link pertain to converting Apple IIgs RGB
to a modern day LCD/Plasma screen using convertor boxes/electronics.


I am talking about takeing the standard BUILT IN *composite video output*
(the RCA style female connector which can be found on the back of the case
of every North American unit Apple II (except for the IIe emulation card
for Macintosh), whether it is a ][, ][ Plus, //e, //c, IIc Plus, and even
IIgs.....and then simply hooking up the standard RCA to RCA video
connector cable to the *composite video* input on a modern day LCD/Plasma
TV/Monitor.

Michael J. Mahon

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May 12, 2007, 2:58:32 PM5/12/07
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Apple II composite video output will display correctly on most (but not
all) modern digital TVs (it's not fully NTSC-compliant), and the display
will be bigger but not much sharper than with an older analog composite
monitor. 80-column text is generally *not* readable, and color fringing
on graphic text displays is still present.

This topic has been discussed multiple times, so try searching Google
Groups and you'll get a lot of info.

-michael

NadaNet file server for Apple II computers!
Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

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Paul Schlyter

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May 12, 2007, 6:12:19 PM5/12/07
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In article <4645CF8F.691...@a2central.com>,
Glenn Jones <glenn...@a2central.com.remove-tr1-this> wrote:

> To: joltsoda
> joltsoda wrote:
>> With the proliferation of modern day TV Sets/Monitors which use the LCD
>> and/or Plasma technology....just wondering if anyone here has ever
>> bothered to hook up any of their Apple II computers (via the built in
>> composite video output) to the composite video input of such said
>> TV/Monitor displays?
>>
>> If so, what has been your experience? Does output on the screen look
>> decent? Garbled? No good at all? Only good in 40 column mode? Do game
>> colors display correctly? Useable in 80 column mode?
>>
>> I tried hooking up my Apple //c to an Intec LCD screen (the 5.x inch size
>> which was made to fit onto a Nintendo GameCube).....and the results were
>> somewhat disappointing....although that particular display is
>> dissapointing even with a GameCube hooked up to it, so I believe it's not
>> really indicative of the results one might have when trying to hook up an
>> Apple II to a decent LCD/Plasma display via composite.
>>
>> Hope to hear from anybody who has tried this!
>> best regards.
>> --- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85

I will soon try it. I just got a small portable 7" LCD TV with built-in
analogue as well as digital (DVB-T) tuner. It has video input too so
you can hook up VCR's, DVD players, and the like. And the analogue video
input isn't merely capable of decoding PAL, it can decode NTSC as well.
This is my first NTSC capable TV set, and one thing I'll definitely try
is to hook it up to my old Apple II. Stay tuned.... :-)


>> http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.sys.apple2/tree/browse_frm/thread/7e49ba0fd7088623/724b39bea819975a?rnum=11&hl=en&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.sys.apple2%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F7e49ba0fd7088623%2F29139b6ceabcb956%3Flnk%3Draot%26hl%3Den%26#doc_be82ca29cc7d


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> Glenn
> --- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85
> A2Central.com - Your total source for Apple II computing.

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