I mostly use the display for its fantastic handling and scaling of RGB formats via the VGA connector. I collect mostly old workstation class hardware and I care a lot about image quality.
I'm not much of a microcomputer collector, and have used the composite input very, very sparingly. However, I have had enough issues in the past with the composite video "standard" on various non-analog CRT display devices that I keep a timebase corrector nearby and readily available. I find this a "must" for anyone relying on composite stuff in this day and age. I can try a IIgs- the only things I've tried over composite, I listed in the other post. Cheers, - Ian On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Adrian Graham <[email protected] > wrote: > On 16/05/2016 20:13, "Ian Finder" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I dunno if it's relevant or not, but my go-to LCD for retro stuff is the > > Dell 2007FP- > > There was a panel lottery, some are TN, some IPS. Both are solid. > > > > They are 4:3, 1600x1200 native. > > > > They have DVI, VGA, Composite and S-Video inputs, and very stellar > scalers. > > > > They sync to SoG, and have no trouble with oddball resolutions like > > 1152x8-whatever. > > > > My SGI stuff can drive it at native resolution. As an added bonus, you > can > > disable scaling if you want black bars and native resolution. > > > > These are readily available for ~$35, and I have at least 6. > > Hi Ian (and list), > > Quick question, have you ever used a plain ol' composite input on yours? > Turns out my problem isn't just my problem, people have been having the > same > issue since the screens were new - composite input just doesn't work unless > it's a very specific set of circumstances. That or there's a particular > setup required that isn't documented anywhere... > > So far I've tried: > > Spectrum (composite) > ZX81 (composite) > Raspberry Pi B > Apple ][GS > Amiga 1200 > Amiga CD32 (this one *nearly* works, I get the splash screen) > Playstation 1 (ditto) > EACA VideoGenie > > Have you got any of those kicking around you could plug in and test for me? > > Cheers, > > -- > Adrian/Witchy > Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator > Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer > collection? > > > -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS [email protected]
