How to test my Amiga, and did I get Amiga 500 or 500 PLUS?

[darksun9210]

or pay a bit more and get an indivisionECS....

[utri007]

Here

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=226

As you are european, youn woun't have any problems. You can connect your amiga to LCD-tv with scart cable.

Note that most of tvs doesn't have more than one fully connected scart. Second one would require this, http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=211 but unfortunately it is not possible with amiga 500 and any way picture quality is not that good.

Some tvs doesn't have any fully connected scarts, like sony bravio

[som99]

Here

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=226

As you are european, youn woun't have any problems. You can connect your amiga to LCD-tv with scart cable.

Note that most of tvs doesn't have more than one fully connected scart. Second one would require this, http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=211 but unfortunately it is not possible with amiga 500 and any way picture quality is not that good.

Some tvs doesn't have any fully connected scarts, like sony bravio

Well all LCD and plasma tv's I've owned have had 2x fully connected scart's every time.
I guess I've been lucky then.

Also where I live a scart switch box costs like 2-4$ so no big costs to get more ports.

It's quite easy to get your hands on cheep LCD 4:3 around 20" nowadays for 100$.
I've bought 2x 20" LCD tv's with scart for 90$ each.

[Saeid]

Thanks for the input guys. I won another auction for an A1200 Tower that comes with a commodore color monitor. It's on the way...hopefully I am going to be a happy amiga owner soon

[AmigaClassicRule]

Thanks for the input guys. I won another auction for an A1200 Tower that comes with a commodore color monitor. It's on the way...hopefully I am going to be a happy amiga owner soon

Maaan...your financially set. But wait a minute!! If you you just bought an Amiga 1200 and a tower at that, what would happen to you A500? It would be in the closet unused.
 
Personally, if I own an Amiga 1200, towered too, with AGA and an Amiga with OCS with only 512 KB of RAM, Kickstart 1.3 I would only use the A1200 and leave the A500 collecting dust.
 
HOWEVER, if I only an Amiga 500 then I have no choice but to use it, you see what I mean?

[Saeid]

Maaan...your financially set. But wait a minute!! If you you just bought an Amiga 1200 and a tower at that, what would happen to you A500? It would be in the closet unused.
 
Personally, if I own an Amiga 1200, towered too, with AGA and an Amiga with OCS with only 512 KB of RAM, Kickstart 1.3 I would only use the A1200 and leave the A500 collecting dust.
 
HOWEVER, if I only an Amiga 500 then I have no choice but to use it, you see what I mean?

 
Haha, not really financially set...I suddenly felt a heavy nostalgia and decided to spare some of my savings to cure my nostalgia. 150€ for A1200T and 50€ for A500...well instead of upgrading my PC graphic card I opted to go for amiga

Yeah I totaly understand what you mean. Possibly if the A1200T worked like a charm I would put A500 (BASTARD MOBO) for sale!

[utri007]

Depending how nostalcig you feel, Commodore color monitor is ok or not, compared to LCD-tv wich would have nice flicker free/rock steady hires picture. No need to have flicker fixer/scan doubler

[paul1981]

Depending how nostalcig you feel, Commodore color monitor is ok or not, compared to LCD-tv wich would have nice flicker free/rock steady hires picture. No need to have flicker fixer/scan doubler

But most LCD/plasma tv's don't flicker fix do they? I'm pondering whether to get an LCD tv that I can connect via scart with built in de-interlacing (anyone know what model does a good job?) or whether to just get an IndyAGAMkII with an up to date brand new monitor (again, any recommendations for use with the IndyMkII?). Help me!

[utri007]

All LCD-TVs does flicker fix, if don't there is a problem. I've tested about a 8 different models, all of them has done that. Some LCD monitors wich can display amiga modes doesn't flicker fix, but all tvs should do that.

Today I tested old Video Seven 27" lcd tv and picture quality was great.

[paul1981]

All LCD-TVs does flicker fix, if don't there is a problem. I've tested about a 8 different models, all of them has done that. Some LCD monitors wich can display amiga modes doesn't flicker fix, but all tvs should do that.

Today I tested old Video Seven 27" lcd tv and picture quality was great.

A few years ago I tested my sister's LCD tv. It was only a cheap brand (Acoustic Solutions) but that didn't de-interlace at all so was no good for Hires Lace mode (which I'd want to use with Workbench).

[utri007]

All I've tested has worked as a flicker fixer, you have had bad luck Some LCD-TVs hasn't display picture at all through scart, they have had required this http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=211 and then picture quality isn't great. A1200 has SIngle wire rgb out, A500 has also but is black and white.