A500/1000 monitor questions

[humppa]

Nope, the box also provides S-Video input. Should give a much better picture when converting from RGB->S-Video using a genlock an then plugging it into the Magic VGA box.

If you want to use RGB without signal conversion, then the XRGB-2 might be something for you. There are also relatively cheap VGA boxes available that provide Component input. Unfortunately, converting from RGB->Component is not easy. But it should theoretically further improve signal quality.

[Zac67]

Converting to Component will not improve signal quality, as RGB's the best you can get. With higher scan rate it's used for VGA (up to 300 MHz) and is only slowly obsoleted by DVI. But it wouldn't hurt much either, with the Amiga's low scan rate.

[humppa]

I was trying to say that picture quality will improve if you go from RGB to Component *compared* to going from RGB to S-Video.
I agree that RGB is the best you can get. There is just the problem that most of the cheaper VGA/TV boxes only accept S-Video input, some of them Component.

[amigadave]

I suggest that you stay away from any composite to VGA adapters as except for some games I don't think the clarity will ever be acceptable.  Either wait a few days for a Commodore 1080, 1084, 1960 to show up on eBay (they do quite often), find an old NEC 2A or 3D 14" monitors, Toshiba TIMM 20" TV/Monitor,which will sync down to 15kHz and also do 31kHz, or if you are serious about keeping and using your A500 for a while, spend the money on an external scan doubler/flicker fixer so you can use any PC monitor or flat panel of your choice.  I have seen 1080's and 1084's go for as low as $10 on eBay over the last couple of years, but shipping is a bit more due to weight.