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Thread: Connecting Amiga to PC LCD with this device, capture video with no pc
Tiago 20:20 20th November 2010
It's not the first time, we talked about connecting the Amiga to a PC LCD, the main problem was the frequency, i found this device:

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/monito...k-tv-pro2.html

with this you can connect a video signal to a PC LCD without a PC... don't have scart, but i think it has a s-video... if this exists, maybe we can find a similar device with scart. This one is below 100 dolars...
cheaper then a scandoubler... ok ok the image is not as good.... i think...
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Phantom 21:52 20th November 2010
My opinion is to get one of the Indivisions, they are just great. You pay a little bit more, but it's far a safer route than the one you aforementioned.
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Harrison 14:37 22nd November 2010
The Indivisions are great, but for those of us with many retro systems there is a real need for an external conversion box that can take the RGB signal from the Amiga (and other systems) and upscale it to SVGA correctly. The upscalers that exist and are easily found on ebay only upscale SVideo and Composite, and the output quality is obviously not ever going to be as good as a pure upscaled clean signal from an RGB or other monitor port.

A market definitely exists for this, but so far no one has attempted to make it. I don't really get why. It would also be of use commercially as there are loads of older computer systems still used in industries that don't output standard monitor signals. Their systems may still work perfectly, with no need or advantage in upgrading, but with old failing display monitors. I don't see why there hasn't been a large call for such an external upscaler.
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Tiago 07:29 23rd November 2010
Yes Harrison, that's it.
i know Indivisons are great, but if you have other Retro Stuff, it gets expensive... i would love to have one, but i also haev Atari ST, and i am thinking og getting other systems. So i would prefer a more balance output, that i can use with other machines.
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Harrison 11:39 23rd November 2010
Me too! I'm still searching for a good solution for this. At the moment I have each device connected via SCART to a SCART switcher box, so I can get a proper RGB signal to the TV, and the image quality is pretty good. But it doesn't look as good on an LCD TV as it does on a CRT, and I would also like to be able to setup my retro systems with an LCD monitor to make it a more compact setup.
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Tiago 12:35 23rd November 2010
that switcher box you have, is it digital or analogic? I had one analogic it was basicly a physical switch, it worked, but i made a bit of phantom image.
the digital one i know they work quite good, but does you switch gives the same image as directly connected to the tv?
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