View Full Version : Is this a game-able rgb monitor? It's HUGE
chadtower
08-08-2003, 01:53 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2746179919&category=41807
:o Hot damn! I want one!
Total weight of the shipment for this auction is 270 lbs. O_O
chadtower
08-08-2003, 02:24 PM
Yeah, if that were some place I could pick that up, i'd drop $250 on it like it was a redhead stripper.
davidbrit2
08-08-2003, 02:55 PM
Neat. That sucker is huge.
Accepts TTL, analog, and composite video signals. Fully compatible with IBM CGA, EGA, PGA, VGA and Mac II
Are TTL and analog the kind of RGB you'd need for a video game system? I'm not familiar with those.
chadtower
08-08-2003, 03:00 PM
Analog isn't rgb, it's regular ntsc television, AFAIK
Check out the pictures at this site:
http://www.recycledgoods.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=10397&SubCategoryID=116&CategoryID=9
It's $600 there, BTW.
chadtower
08-08-2003, 03:39 PM
Erg... for $600 it's still a bit tempting... that's about what you'd pay for a 33" tv anyway...
Pantechnicon
08-08-2003, 03:52 PM
:o Wowza :o
Tetsu
08-08-2003, 07:26 PM
can't do it, I don't think. It scans at 30 khz horizontal, while video game systems output 15khz. You'd need an upscan converter, which is mad expensive. The only systems you would be able to use are the new generation systems with VGA boxes. Too bad, 33 inches of gaming goodness would be awesome.
Anthony1
08-09-2003, 01:15 AM
Yeah, this monitor won't work. It's scanning rate is too high. Most RGB monitors that work with the game systems don't get bigger than 20 inches. Unless you get a Arcade monitor. Like a Wells-Gardner. They make larger sizes. Or if you go get a Scart TV from England.
WiseSalesman
08-09-2003, 03:12 AM
You guys are incorrect. You could run game systems without an upscan convertor. If you check out www.gamesx.com, he has a mod for about every decent system to make it run on RGB/SCART. It is his opinion that you get the best and clearest picture this way.
AB Positive
08-09-2003, 07:17 AM
You guys are incorrect. You could run game systems without an upscan convertor. If you check out www.gamesx.com, he has a mod for about every decent system to make it run on RGB/SCART. It is his opinion that you get the best and clearest picture this way.
If I'm not mistaken, even these mods require a monitor with 15 kHz, so this monitor still wouldn't work. The internal mods mentioned on the site merely get around trying to find a rare and often expensive RGB cable for most systems.
-AG
davidbrit2
08-09-2003, 03:14 PM
Well, the monitor does claim to support composite video, and I've never seen 30 KHz horizontal on a composite signal. So it might work.
WiseSalesman
08-09-2003, 05:09 PM
If I'm not mistaken, even these mods require a monitor with 15 kHz, so this monitor still wouldn't work. The internal mods mentioned on the site merely get around trying to find a rare and often expensive RGB cable for most systems.
-AG
Open mouth, insert foot. Sorry, missed the details.
Anthony1
08-09-2003, 11:15 PM
Well, the monitor does claim to support composite video, and I've never seen 30 KHz horizontal on a composite signal. So it might work.
Sure, it might work with composite video, but who cares? It's all about RGB baby!
davidbrit2
08-10-2003, 12:19 AM
Well, obviously. But if it supports composite NTSC, then that at least means it can handle 15 KHz horizontal scanning. So it's a start, anyway. You might have to do some freaky connector hacking, though, and I'd probably just blow myself up in the process.
Anthony1
08-10-2003, 12:24 AM
Well, obviously. But if it supports composite NTSC, then that at least means it can handle 15 KHz horizontal scanning. So it's a start, anyway. You might have to do some freaky connector hacking, though, and I'd probably just blow myself up in the process.
I'm sorry but I think you are incorrect. If I'm not mistaken there are tons of things that can handle a composite video signal, but can't sync to 15 KHz.
davidbrit2
08-10-2003, 01:16 AM
Okay, so what kind of video sources generate a 30 KHz composite video signal?
Droodroo
08-10-2003, 05:19 AM
call me an idiot, but why dont you just buy a nice big TV? Whats the difference?
D
Anthony1
08-10-2003, 01:47 PM
call me an idiot, but why dont you just buy a nice big TV? Whats the difference?
D
The difference, is the difference between your wife or girlfriends ass, and J. Lo's ass.
AB Positive
08-10-2003, 01:59 PM
or for those of us that like things up front, the difference between your girlfriend's breasts and Angelina Jolie's breasts.
However this analogy does not fit properly in my case, since we're talking about upsizing, not the other way around.
-AG
(My fiancee is either going to laugh or kill me when I show her this post. Take bets now!)