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Hello,I recently bought a SCART lead off eBay for connecting my C64.The picture does look better then the picture supplied by the RF lead.But it is still not as good as I remember.
I have a Panasonic LCD HD TV.The TV works great with my PS3,but not so good with the grand daddy machine.
So,what is the best TV/monitor I should be using?.I have seen commodore monitors on eBay,but what do I buy???
Any help appreciated .Thanks
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As far as TV's are concerned a good ole CRT would probably give you the picture you remember, a LCD tv will upscale the image, possibly making it grainier, as they don't generally handle resolution changes (from their native one) very well (a limitation of the technology I'm afraid).
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| The scart is capable of giving two outputs .One down a single wire known as CVBS and another down 4 wires called RGB. As you would expect the 4 wire RGB will give the better quality . CVBS down the one wire will give a reasonable picture but with coloured speckley bits around characters . (Obviously you cannot tell from the Scart cable as it has 21 wires in there) What you have to do is find the RGB switch, there might be two--one on the TV screen menu somewhere and one on the computer- hope that helps? ,,
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| Well thanks Jack that was most helpful I really appreciate it.
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| Thats ok Jack feedback is always helpful
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| I'm alright Jack so stuff your advice I have found out what I wanted to know, so I really cant be bothered with anything like an acknoweldgement, I am too far up my own backside to thank anybody its me me me me me ..
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| Dont worry Jack I meet you type of people all the time in this century now, thank goodness we havent had a war as it would be pull the ladder up jack and we would all be dead if left to the likes of you eh?
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You definately need a colour CRT. The best display, however, is from a working Commodore monitor. Either a 1901 or an 1084. But finding them fault-free nowadays is becoming increasingly difficult.
Regards,
Shaun.
http://www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk
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