Options for my old 1200

[Tomas]

is there a definitive easy way for me to get the mig running thru a monitor ( i have literally dozens of the things ) if so what do i need to make this happen.

A flicker fixer does just that. You can get one from this store: http://www.amigakit.com/

[Tomas]

Doppie1200 wrote:

alenppc wrote:
That's fine if he's going to be happy with a black-and-white output!

Since when does the A1200 composite output B/W? Mine (CBM and AT versions) all output colour. Or is that because I have PAL and is the B/W thing an NTSC issue?

I believe changing to ntsc in early boot menu will only change the refresh rate, so the colours will still be in pal mode and hence why it will be black and white on ntsc tvs that does not support pal.

I find it odd that modern ntsc tvs does not also support pal, as nearly all newer models of pal tvs also supports ntsc just nicely.. Why not also the other way around?

[Tomas]

You can notice an amazing difference in picture quality when you hook up a PAL console -- even though it is essentialy the same TV, you can run the same software on it, even put it to PAL-60 Hz mode if you like, but the picture is never as blurred and as faded as with an NTSC console... The system just sucks.

I totally agree there.. I have been doing some video editing of both ntsc and pal videos as a hobby, and i can definitely say that NTSC is clearly inferiour to PAL in most areas.

I personally think it is about time that we drop all this different standards in favor of just one.