LCD and RGB-VGA adapter

[ajk]

Well for one the RF output quality is pretty awful, and you'd need to switch between the inputs manually when you launch a game or such, so it's not very optimal. A TV with RGB SCART would be a good choice, but maybe not a possible one in Argentina...

[ajk]

Here's what the output of an A500 looks like on my LCD TV. JPEG compression on the photo is pretty heavy but the output is quite sharp and very stable. S-video should be reasonably close if it's a good converter.

[ajk]

What model LG TV is that? Are you using composite output

No, RGB output from the Amiga. I believe the A500 composite output is in greyscale. This is an LG Flatron M237WDP but I think pretty much any model will do ok.

there should be no (much) difference between SCART and VGA connector if its TV.

The VGA input is often handled by completely different circuitry in my experience. The SCART input can handle the Amiga video signal but it does not at all mean that the VGA input can too.

Sorry if I have muddled the topic a bit, with VGA only very few monitors will handle the Amiga modes :/ Someone on IRC mentioned that his Dell monitor can do it.

[ajk]

Well, indeed it is hard to get it the display on the LCD via the VGA input, since only very few monitors can handle the native modes - without knowing the exact model we can't know. But I was thinking his LCD TV might have either a SCART, s-video or component input (not sure what is prevalent in Argentina) in addition to VGA, which would all allow the modes to be displayed. SCART would do it directly or the other two via adapters. Any of them would be much nicer than the RF or composite output for sure. Of course, it may be a good idea to just save that money and consider an Indivision instead if VGA is a must.