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Re: New Scandoubler/Flicker Fixer?
« on: September 12, 2007, 12:29:25 PM »
I was on the lookout for one myself. None seem to turn op on ebay and amigakit haven't got any.

I think I'd be interested in buying a new one. Ideal price would be as cheap as possible. I'd get one for about 20 quid, maybe stretch as far as 40 - 50 if I thought it was worth it.
 

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Re: New Scandoubler/Flicker Fixer?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2007, 06:28:24 PM »
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Just buy a 15" LCDTV


How does the Amiga look on a LCD TV? I was thinking of getting one for the computer room my Amiga is in. I reasoned that since LCDs have to de-interlace an image to display it, that they wouldn't suffer from flicker with interlace modes? Also, a HD TV would be able to display all the standard Amiga Hi-Res resoultions wouldn't it?

What is the best way to connect to one of these TVs?

I'm quite interested in the LCD TV route, so any info would be great.
 

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Re: New Scandoubler/Flicker Fixer?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2007, 07:42:03 PM »
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mintfresh wrote:
How does the Amiga look on a LCD TV? I was thinking of getting one for the computer room my Amiga is in. I reasoned that since LCDs have to de-interlace an image to display it, that they wouldn't suffer from flicker with interlace modes? Also, a HD TV would be able to display all the standard Amiga Hi-Res resoultions wouldn't it?

I'm using the RGB to SCART cable from Amigakit to get my A600 on a 15" LCD TV.  Lo-res and hi-res looks great, almost as on a normal monitor.  Interlaced modes flicker as they did on the 1084.  Maybe other TV's will deinterlace or "deflicker" better than mine.   And, yes, it displays all the modes correctly.


Thanks for the advice. Its strange that it still flickers, I thought that since LCD's didn't refresh in the same way as a CRT (i.e. line by line) that interlaced modes had to be de-interlaced first.

I might have to give my Amiga a go on the downstairs TV and see how that looks.