Amiga on a modern TV

[stevil2k]

I have just dug out my old Amiga 1200 and plugged it into a Panasonic TH-42PZ80B TV. Does anyone have any experience using this TV on older computers/consoles? When i plug it in using Scart the screen will roll but it will work over an old RF tv cable.

the Amiga is working fine, it will output great to another high def TV using Scart.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Stevil

[stevil2k]

I I haven't tried messing with display modes on Workbench, i don't see the point because like you say, most games will run lowres.

There is a picture coming thru on scart, it just rolls and there doesn't seem to be any way to stop it via the TV.

Annoying because it will work fine on my mates Sony Bravia TV over scart and it does look stunning!

I am going to try a scart to composite converter, see if the front TV ports have better luck.

[stevil2k]

Also sometimes there can be a few different modes on 1 single scart connector try switching threw them all usually consists of just pressing the AV button repeatedly

Yeah i tried that, still no luck, tried it on both scart sockets too.

I really dont want to use the amigas composite outputs, the picture is horrible.

Surely the picture would be better if it used the monitor port with a scart cable and a composite converter? The scart cable is very old, perhaps a newer one would give me better luck?

Thinking about it, the TV has a VGA input...... Could that be a better option?

[stevil2k]

Also sometimes there can be a few different modes on 1 single scart connector try switching threw them all usually consists of just pressing the AV button repeatedly

I guess i wasnt pressing it enough lol. It seems to work eventually. I have found it works better if i have the Amiga plugged in via composite then change the AV input to Scart on the TV and the picture is stable.

Thanks for the advice, I am having to re-learn a lot of old amiga stuff and it is every bit as fun as i remember it.

[stevil2k]

I think i may have confused the connectors, I was thinking of the old RF connection when i said the picture is horrible.

The composite is much better but there is a lot of ghosting, still nowhere near as sharp as scart. Hopefully the new composite cable i bought will be a higher quality and reduce the ghosting. If thats the case i will most likely just use it all plugged in via composite.