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Offline Dr_Righteous

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Re: Budget S-Video/Composite-to-VGA box
« on: December 04, 2006, 04:18:14 AM »
Not exactly a direct solution, but you could use a cheap TV card (like a Hauppauge WinTV) in your PC, and run S-Video to it. Then just fullscreen the TV software. Works really well as it gives you a little more control over the S-Video input.

I do this from my A4000D (towerized), through a SuperGen SX, into a Pinnacle AV/DV video capture board on my PC. Then a 2-Port KVM switch from my RTG card (Diamond VooDoo Banshee, Mediator 4000).

You should be able to find a WinTV card pretty cheaply on eBay.
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Mac Mini 1.5GHz, that might run MorphOS someday, when the fools who own it come to the realization that 30 minutes just isn\'t enough time to play with it enough to decide whether or not you like it enough to cough up $200.

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Re: Budget S-Video/Composite-to-VGA box
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2006, 04:54:33 AM »
Hey, I never said it'd be the best quality... You'll get what you pay for. It looks great on my setup, but I'm not exactly using a cheap TV card either. :-D
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Mac Mini 1.5GHz, that might run MorphOS someday, when the fools who own it come to the realization that 30 minutes just isn\'t enough time to play with it enough to decide whether or not you like it enough to cough up $200.

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Re: Budget S-Video/Composite-to-VGA box
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2006, 02:12:13 AM »
I have a partial screenshot from my setup (full shot was too large), running at 640x400x256 HERE. Looks a little chunky since I have it set up for 1024x768x24bit RTG... And don't mind the artifacts from JPEG compression. It's not crystal clear, I could probably clean it up more if I tweak the settings in my video application more. It works well when playing non-rtg games tho, and certainly better looking than my jittery C=1950, or even a TV.
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A4000D, A3640 OC-36.3MHz, custom tower, Mediator A4000D. Diamond Banshee 16M, Indivision AGA 4000, GVP HC+8.

Mac Mini 1.5GHz, that might run MorphOS someday, when the fools who own it come to the realization that 30 minutes just isn\'t enough time to play with it enough to decide whether or not you like it enough to cough up $200.

 - Someone please design SOME kind of DIY accelerator for the A4000. :D -