FPGA Replay Board

[humppa]

I'm gonna pick up a Samsung HDTV "monitor" of 23" and be a happy-camper with that one as it will have inputs for all my retro stuff, plus that it is 50Hz compatible. And it costs next to nothing...oh, and it has a tuner aswell -- which I ironically won't use ;-)

What model are you talking about? P2370HD or similar models? The specs say that it doesn't support 50hz through VGA/DVI, but only through the video-inputs (Component, HDMI, SCART).
Sometimes they will still do 50hz even if the specs say something like 56-82hz, but I'll have to wait till I get my MCC-216 to test it.
If not, I am thinking about a VGA-to-Component transcoder (without scaling and additional video processing) to fix that.

[humppa]

I'm looking at this one. Anyone able to confirm which inputs I could successfully use with Replay?

http://lcd24-7.info/Monitor/Samsung/SyncMaster-P2470HD/Default.aspx

I have the P2370HD which has a similar panel and identical specs (just 1" smaller). I could test 800x600@50hz and 1920x1080@50hz over VGA and it worked fine.
Other resolutions such as 576p (720x576@50hz) were not accepted by the GFX-driver when using Powerstrip, so I couldn't test them.

[humppa]

Update: I used another computer with a GFX-card that was better supported by Powerstrip. 576p (720x576@50hz) was detected as 640x480@60hz and the lower part of the screen was cut off.
Therefore, I cannot recommend the P2x370HD-range if you intend to display 50hz-modes via VGA/DVI. Using the Component or HDMI input, 576p should work correctly. I will test a VGA to Component transcoder to test this.

[humppa]

i think its an american thing they lock out pal modes lol

A Korean manufacturer (Samsung) locking out PAL modes for the European market? Naa... it's just that 640x480@50hz or 720x576@50hz is not a VGA standard.
But... 720x576@50hz (576p) is a Video standard, that's why basically all LCDs accept it via Component or HDMI (provided they have inputs for that).