Commodore 1902 RGB?

[guitargary75]

Is this monitor able to utilize an RGB signal? If not, what in the hell is this monitor good for, maybe NES? Or would a newer flat screen analog TV be better? Also, what in the hell is the difference between analog and digital RGB? I wqant to use this with my genesis. I got it at goodwill for 5 bucks. Works perfect, but I want to know if it will do RGB before I go to the trouble of tring to make it work.

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

No, I think the 1902 only does digital RGB (a.k.a. RGBI), not the analog RGB that would be required for consoles. I don't really know the technical differences between analog RGB and RGBI, but they're not in any way compatible. The Commodore 128 was able to put out a higher resolution image using RGBI and that's what this monitor was designed for.

Think the 1902 also accepts luma/chroma (a.k.a. Y/C) signals on two RCA plugs, which is the same as s-video if you pick up a plug adapter. And of course it does composite video.

As for what it's good for, that's up to you. I've never used a 1902 monitor, but my experience with Commodore monitors has always been that they have a very nice display with excellent color separation, good blacks and less dot crawl than other TVs even when using the composite or Y/C inputs, so you may find that your systems look pretty nice on it anyway. Of course it's only 13 or 14", so if you have a larger TV, you'd probably prefer to use that.

The Commodore monitor you want if you're looking for analog RGB inputs is a 1084, or one of the 1084 clones from Phillips or Magnavox.


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[Mitch]

I know some of the 1902 monitors support analog RGB. If you can post a pic of the back of the monitor that would help identify it.

Mitch

[Ze_ro]

Sweater Fish is correct. The 1902 was designed for the Commodore 128, and only does digital RGB. You will not be able to get it to handle analog RGB (Trust me, I had a hell of a time trying to build a cable to hook my Jaguar up to it which ended in complete and total failure).

As mentioned, it works well for both composite and S-Video (you'll have to build an adapter for S-Video though). It's perfect for use with a Commodore 128, where you can change between 40-column and 80-column mode very easily.

The difference between digital RGB and analog RGB is (almost) literally the same as the difference between EGA and VGA. EGA monitors are all digital RGB I believe.

--Zero