Indivision or other options?

[desiv]

Of course, amagamaniac stopped making those adapters, but he recently announced he's redesigning the board and is eventually planning another run.
So you might have to be a bit patient, but I'm happy.  (I missed his last run by a few weeks!!!)

desiv

[Gulliver]

Well if you have good soldering skills, you can build your own RGB to SVHS adapter, schematics are out there, so it could be even cheaper! I bought Amigamaniac solution, because i dont have any soldering skills, and i really didnt want to build the adapter myself!
This is how i came to the decision of going thru that cheaper solution. I have an Amiga 1200, so i did the following comparison table:

My solution     VS       Indivision 1200

SVHS Quality       /          RGB Quality
external              /          internal
any Amiga           /         A1200 only
N/A                    /         reflashable, new screenmodes can be added
N/A                     /        flicker fixer built-in
composite out       /     N/A
SVHS out             /    N/A
N/A                    /  Monitor power saving support
N/A                    /  Optional scanline emulator
OSD menu            /     custom software
$57 USD               /   $167 USD

I really liked the Indivision, but it is awfully expensive, so i chose my solution, which was $110 USD cheaper. The only big disadvantage i saw in going my way, is that i had no flicker fixer, but then my LCD-TV has one built-in, as many new LCDs have.
Furthermore, there have been many problematic stories with the Indivision (setting it in place, and some display bugs), that it made doubt even more against it.

Just my 2 cents.

[koshman]

Yes, I also like external solution more and the difference in price is big. I hope my Samsung have flickerfixing built-in. Anyway, I already ordered the SVHS->VGA box, once again thanks for your help, Gulliver.

Btw, I wrote to amigamaniac and he informed me that the new batch of the converters could be ready for shipping in ~1 month.

[koshman]

@ Gulliver: Are you able to display any non-standard modes using the SVIDEO->VGA converter? Like Super72 or HighGFX. They don't work for me and I'd like to know if the problem is my display or the converter box. Otherwise I'm happy with the way it works - I'm using it through A520 now so the IQ sucks big time, but when Amigamaniac finishes next batch of his RGB->SVIDEO converters it will be much better I think.

[Gulliver]

@koshman

I am sorry i don have my Amiga near me, I am currently on vacation in another country (Argentina). I never tested those modes, I only used the PAL monitor driver, which worked great!
Remember that the Amiga signal has to conform within the SVHS standart, if not it will fail during conversion. Do those modes work with a standart amiga modulator directly plugged to a TV (No converter box attached)?  
By the way some monitors are less tolerant than others regarding resolutions, so you should test a couple of them.

Please keep us posted.

[Crumb]

Use an Indivision4000 or a SCART cable with a TV-Monitor

[dreamcast270mhz]

or, just use a gender changer from rgb-vga, and use either a multisync or dblpal or NTSC modes, works on my stock 1200 nicely, but then agan I don't use it for games