Multi-Amiga Flicker Fixer

[djos]

I've got the 8220 model and it works pretty well imo - I mounted mine on a piece of perspex with thin rubber feet and installed a power switch so I dont need to keep un/plugging in the damn thing each time.

[djos]

Kipper2k has a new S-Video/Composite adapter for $35cad.

http://kipper2k.com/amigaforsale/

[djos]

you can improve the quality of the GBS by adding these simple mods from Ian Stedman:



here's what mine looks like:







It's not perfect as the GBS still has trouble dealing with very fine patterns but this does remove the worst of the banding.

[djos]

SCART was a pretty expensive connectivity option to implement and this had a lot to do with OEM's in countries outside of Europe ignoring the standard.

[djos]

Well, I'm not in America, I'm in Canada, but we shared the NTSC standard.

Not only did we not have something as good as SCART - we didn't even get separate composite / audio connectors until the early to mid 1990s on our televisions.  We had to use the 75-Ohm RF "cable tv" connector.

You might have got the audio/video composite connectors on expensive TV's slightly earlier, but in the average price range it was 75-Ohm connector, or even worse, 75-ohm connector adapter going to the two TV aerial bolts on the back of the TV.

Yeah same deal here in Australia (PAL), even when Composh!te became standard it wasnt even stereo on most tv's until Component inputs became standard with the advent of DVD players.

[djos]

OK, so using the SCART mods does help with the quality then.

It does, it's not perfect but still an improvement.

[djos]

Arent Canadians just Americans that cant pronounce "about" properly?

[djos]

Aren't Australians just New Zealanders who can't pronounce "fish n' chips" correctly!  I mean, it's SUPPOSED to sound like "Fashion shops", after all.  ;-)

Ah our beloved sheep loving cousins, I think more of them live in Australia than NZ now!