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Offline koshman

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Re: Indivision vs converter box?
« on: April 11, 2010, 08:44:47 AM »
Yeah, the SVHS converter from Amigamaniac is highly recommended. You can buy SVHS -> VGA box for another $20-25, they are plentiful on eBay and you're set for gaming/demo needs on a VGA monitor with A1200.

The thing with Indivision (apart from it being quite expensive) is that, as CommodoreMan said, it's not really a plug & play device, but rather plug & pray. I guess it isn't the manufacturer's fault, but the way it works - being stuck on top of a chip inside the Amiga that isn't designed for it in the first place - may cause (and often does based on the reports) a lot of issues with heat, mobo revisions etc. When it works fine it is a very good device that even allows you to run WB in 1024x768. When you're out of luck and encounter one of the issues it still usually works OK for lower res stuff - games/demos, but then you're really better off with Amigamaniac's solution which is significantly cheaper and the image quality is certainly comparable. As I said it's nice product, but it's not the second coming that many make it out to be and there are other options if you're okay with WB in Pal/NTSC Hires Laced and games/demos.... I for one prefer external solution, too.
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Re: Indivision vs converter box?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2010, 09:58:24 AM »
And you could buy e.g. this http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-Video-S-Video-To-VGA-box-Conversion-Converter-T-11_W0QQitemZ110517494364QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19bb5b225c  - to connect the SVIDEO signal to a VGA monitor. I'm using one just like that and it works well.
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Re: Indivision vs converter box?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2010, 02:42:31 PM »
Actually, when I go from an Indivision in my A4000 to this solution I'm using with A1200 I don't notice any difference. I'm not saying that they are indistinguishable and haven't really compared them next to each other, but I'm quite demanding and when I don't notice degradation it should be just fine for most people. Plus I'm speaking about WB in Pal Hires Laced so if the OP is mainly interested in games/demos in Lowres then Indivision is overkill I think.
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Re: Indivision vs converter box?
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2010, 04:50:43 PM »
Strange, I just tried it now and the picture through the converter was significantly worse than Indivision. But I could swear that a few weeks ago when I was testing a newly arrived A1200 it was much better. It seems there is some interference in it - a brighter stripe is constantly crossing the screen and there is other picture corruption. It is possible that this is caused by the fact that the converter is a bare PCB and therefore more prone to interference, but I'm just guessing. I will investigate it futher but until then I have to withdraw my previous statements, because under these conditions the Indivision is clearly better.
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