LCD TV recommedations

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I was thinking of picking up an LCD TV this weekend, the idea being to hook it up to an amiga 500 or 600 and also other legacy computers and game consoles I might have hiding in the computer room.  I'd like something with a 15-pin vga port and component (r/g/b rca connectors), but mainly i'm interested in a composite and svga connector for obvious reasons.

I'm concerned that the picture will look terrible, or won't show up at all, or will force a 4:3 picture to 16:9, or the mouse pointer will submarine, or any other weird annoying behavior that might appear.

Bonus points for a TV that will accept NTSC and PAL frequencies through the vga port so I can obviate the need for an scan doubler.

Can anyone suggest a make and model?  Anything I should look for or avoid in terms of specs?

brian

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Unless I am missing something here, you will still need a scandoubler to use the SVGA input. Your better bet would be get an LCD TV for the S-Video input and convert the RGB to S-Video. If you go that route, a cheapo BrokSonic 19" should work good. I use one for my 128T which also has RGB.

I was under the impression that some (all? none?) of the LCD TVs that also had VGA inputs could sync down to 15khz even when the signal was coming through the VGA connector.  That is, the supported frequency range was a characteristic of the TV and not the port where the signal was coming from.  I seem to remember someone talking about doing exactly this.  But I could just be nuts.

What are you using to convert the RGB to S-Video?  Is it just a cable that converts the 23-pin video connector to an S-video connector or is there electronics involved?

brian

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This is exactly what I'm after.  :-)  I'd like these results with an amiga though.  I know the 500 has a composite connector, but it's black and white.  Would I need an a520 or is there a better solution here?

And does the 600 have a color composite connector?  I can't remember.

brian