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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: dougal on December 15, 2009, 08:35:15 PM

Title: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: dougal on December 15, 2009, 08:35:15 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15Khz-RGB-RGsB-RGBS-to-VGA-Converter-For-LCD-Monitor_W0QQitemZ250412770751QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a4dc3a5bf

http://www.jammaboards.com/store/cga/ega/yuv-to-vga-converter-pcb-gbs-8220/prod_291.html <<---- VERY interesting

Please read it.

Would this effectivly work like a good scandoubler/flickerfixer ?
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: spihunter on December 15, 2009, 08:55:17 PM
If it was me I would just save up another $60 and get an Indivision istead of taking a chance on that. It might work but the signal might not look great for the Amiga.
You never know?

You can also use High GFX sceen modes with an Indivision...
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: xyzzy on December 15, 2009, 09:01:53 PM
The way the indivision works means you'd get a much better picture. Go for that if you can afford it.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: dougal on December 15, 2009, 09:04:20 PM
Quote from: xyzzy;533990
The way the indivision works means you'd get a much better picture. Go for that if you can afford it.


Afford it i can

Does it work with the A4000T ? Nope :(
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: bbond007 on December 15, 2009, 09:48:14 PM
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Would this effectivly work like a good scandoubler/flickerfixer ?


At first I was going to say no because most of these devices only offer pass-through for the VGA signal.

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converter supports all major RGB outputs from the following gaming machine PCBs and all other legacy computer video sources:

* Amiga



It would be really cool if it supported NTSC CD32's funky PAL mode with NTSC color signal :)
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: desiv on December 15, 2009, 10:25:47 PM
This thread has some screenshots (I think it's the same device, but???):
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=3975

desiv
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: koshman on December 15, 2009, 10:40:46 PM
It's a shame it doesn't handle interlaced modes very well. Otherwise it's not bad, especially for games.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: amigadave on December 15, 2009, 11:18:37 PM
Looks like a decent solution, but I wonder how it compares to the predecessor to the IndivisionAGA, the Toastscan, or what ever the other name for it was?
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: mitchd61 on December 15, 2009, 11:34:58 PM
I used something similar a year or so ago with a PAL A600. Interlaced screen modes still flickered and actually appeared worse. I use a flicker fixer now, and that's definitely the way to go.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: omnicron10 on December 15, 2009, 11:37:00 PM
Which Amiga did you want to use this on?  Amiga 4000T?
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: Crumb on December 15, 2009, 11:37:22 PM
Quote from: dougal;533991
Afford it i can

Does it work with the A4000T ? Nope :(


If you are interested on Indivision 4000T write Jens or post in the thread about A4000T Indivision.

Avoid non-amiga pseudoscandoublers... in the worst case you can search an Arxon scandoubler on eBay or AmiBay.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: omnicron10 on December 15, 2009, 11:42:52 PM
I have the Indivision ECS/AGA for my main machines.  They work great.

I also have a XRGB2 for other stuff.  I was going to use it on my Amigas as well but the Indivision is better.  The external solutions might give you a picture on a CRT monitor but a lot of the time they don't look very good on the LCD screens.

Noise in the picture is the issue.  Anything other than playing games can get annoying.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: TheGoose on December 16, 2009, 12:04:36 AM
1st link - Don't bother, got it  - and it had a very poor picture / conversion. Un-usable.

2nd link  - I dunno, Indivision works great but I didn't know A4000T could not use it.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: tone007 on December 16, 2009, 12:45:50 AM
I've got one of these and it works great. http://tvone.com/1t-dvi-vga-main.shtml

I seem to remember they aren't cheap though.
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: NovaCoder on December 16, 2009, 01:37:28 AM
Quote from: dougal;533991
Afford it i can

Does it work with the A4000T ? Nope :(

It's coming next year apparently....
Title: Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
Post by: alexh on December 18, 2009, 08:07:51 PM
Quote from: dougal;533982
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15Khz-RGB-RGsB-RGBS-to-VGA-Converter-For-LCD-Monitor_W0QQitemZ250412770751QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a4dc3a5bf

Cypress CM-397. Not 24-bit so results in colour quality loss used with AGA games. External so suffers from Digital->Analog->Digital->Analog conversion errors.