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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: lanyard on July 02, 2004, 01:59:16 AM

Title: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: lanyard on July 02, 2004, 01:59:16 AM: I want to take my Amiga overseas, so I'd like to upgrade to a TFT monitor. I found Sony - SDM-X53 will read the video, but they are $425 for a 15 inch monitor. Anyone know of any cheaper monitors that will work?

Thanks,

Luke
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: blobrana on July 02, 2004, 03:38:51 AM: Hum,
all TFT are expensive (and slow to refresh)...

So what is your amiga hardware like ?
Do you have a a scandoubler or graphics card?
(er, as you know, you need these cos most monitors doesn't sync down to standard Amiga signal rates).

And i suppose that you would want to run NTSC?
...You may find that certain monitors only work in either PAL or NTSC...(Test in the Early Startup Menu)...

My advice is (for that price) i would take my amiga into the shop and plug a cheep monitor into it to see
if it worked, and what the picture quality was like...

I bet they will be too shocked to refuse...

:-)

[Mitac 15AX LCD (http://www.ciao.co.uk/Monitors_5220897_2-1024_x_768~s30)]
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: Hyperspeed on July 02, 2004, 04:31:32 AM: See also this thread:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9793

A lot of people have made suggestions for a good LCD monitor on
classic Amiga chipsets.

:-)
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: BoingBoss on July 02, 2004, 07:36:24 AM: Hi lanyard,

I use a ViewSonic monitor on my Amiga 2500 computer. I really like it. Sharp picture and excellent color.
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: Orjan on July 02, 2004, 07:41:30 AM: Quote

blobrana wrote:
Hum,
all TFT are expensive (and slow to refresh)...

Slow to refresh? Sure, there is a minor delay, but we are talking milliseconds... I think my TFT screen at home has a 25 or 30 ms delay, and I can´t tell the difference between that screen and any other CRT monitor... I guess the human eye/brain isnt fast enough to notice a 20-30 ms delay... :)
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: lanyard on July 02, 2004, 07:50:33 AM: Boing,
What model number viewsonic do you have?

Luke
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: lanyard on July 02, 2004, 07:59:18 AM: Blobrana,

I don't really know what my hardware configuration is. There is a small box called a sync strainer that converts the amiga video out to a standard 13(?) pin video connector. Maybe it only puts out 15hz because so far I have had to use high end sony and NEC CRT monitors to decode the signal.

Luke
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: whabang on July 02, 2004, 09:11:56 AM: Quote
Hum,
all TFT are expensive (and slow to refresh)...

That was true five years ago, not today.
Title: Re: What TFT monitors will work with my A1200?
Post by: blobrana on July 02, 2004, 11:11:09 AM: @whabang
Hum,
perhaps i was wrong on that one....

Er, unless i`m a hardened Quake 3 gamer that requires the fastest refresh to be able to play on nightmare level...

[and with the cost of 20" CTR at the £100 level, it`s a no contest, for me]
:-)

@lanyard
Hum,
the high end sony and NEC CRT monitors might be able to decode the signal because they an sync down to 15Mhz?

And all monitors have different ranges (hovering about the 31.5Mhz region ...15x2...doubler), so you may get a weird (and cheap) one that may sync down to that range...

~ 31.5 - 31.5 kHz (Standard VGA monitor, 640x480 @ 60 Hz)
# 31.5 - 35.1 kHz (Old SVGA monitor, 800x600 @ 56 Hz)
# 31.5 - 35.5 kHz (Low-end SVGA, 8514, 1024x768 @ 43 Hz interlaced)
# 31.5 - 37.9 kHz (SVGA monitor, 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 640x480 @ 72 Hz)
# 31.5 - 48.3 kHz (SVGA non-interlaced, 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 1024x768 @ 60 Hz)
# 31.5 - 56.0 kHz (high frequency, 1024x768 @ 70 Hz)
# 31.5 - ???? kHz (1024x768 @ 72 Hz)
# 31.5 - 64.3 kHz (1280x1024 @ 60 Hz)