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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: brownb2 on April 24, 2011, 08:44:21 PM

Title: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: brownb2 on April 24, 2011, 08:44:21 PM

I've recently re-acquired an 15khz Amstrad CTM644 monitor and have it hooked up to my A600 (better than blur I was getting via a composite to LCD converter I had) but the interlace screen modes have headache inducing levels of flicker.

Can anyone recommend a software ECS alternative to MagicTV or a monitor screenmode hack - NTSC is not supported :(

Thanks

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: brownb2 on April 25, 2011, 10:59:37 AM

Anyone?

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: Matt_H on April 25, 2011, 12:38:44 PM

As far as I know, there's really nothing you can do in software. Changing the color palette to something less clashy can help, but not much. There were also some screen covers back in the day (sort of like sunglasses that you put on your monitor) that did a little more, but flicker is the nature of the beast with interlace.

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: brownb2 on April 26, 2011, 12:45:37 AM

Shame. I thought I recalled a tool that was for ECS machines or an early ECS version of MagicTV which I used to use with my Amstrad and 1084s monitors back in the day. MagicTV made the flicker bareable :(

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: magnetic on April 26, 2011, 02:04:16 AM

You can do what we used to do back in the day.. . wear sunglasses (i'm not joking)

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: Khephren on April 26, 2011, 08:10:18 AM

the fact that your monitor won't do ntsc limits what you can do. i used to use a hacked euro monitor driver, but that scanned slightly above ntsc .

maybe you can install visual prefs and tick the 'double line' options. also, as Matt pointed out, tweak your WB palette in visual prefs- make black a dark grey, and white a light grey. might help a bit.

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: utri007 on April 26, 2011, 11:53:42 AM

Why you don't get scart cable?? You live in UK and your LCD TV must have at least couble of scart inputs??

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: brownb2 on April 26, 2011, 05:50:49 PM

Quote from: utri007;633651

Why you don't get scart cable?? You live in UK and your LCD TV must have at least couble of scart inputs??

Thanks for the suggestion but my first post mentions I'm using an Amstrad CTM644 monitor :) The reason for this is that I had a lead made up 15 years ago so I could use these very cheap monitors. :) Back in the day I was using it with an A1200 + Visual Prefs + MagicTV which gave a very bearable picture.

Title: Re: Software TV Flicker Fixer for A600
Post by: utri007 on April 26, 2011, 09:42:02 PM

LCD TV is very cheap, I have old second hand analogik samsung LCD TV cost me less than 100€. It has 2 scarts and one composite. With scart picture is unbeliviable good even with interlaced modes