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ZZAP69
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 30 |
Best LCD TV-set for the C64?
Most people I've talked to, doesn't recommend a LCD TV as a C64 monitor, but my question is: which is the best one? I'm looking forward to a slick C64 setup with 1541U and a very portable monitor. :D
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SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
2 months ago i wanted a new mini screen for c64, to take with me on parties. i went on ebay and searched.
i found a noname tv monitor, supposed to be used in a car, so you can have a camera on the back, and see on the screen where you are going (a better rear view mirror).
it was just called "car lcd tv monitor", no comnpany name is printed on it, and its from hong kong.
it only cost 48 uk pounds, so i took the chance and just bought it.
its a regular old TV, it can receive tv old style from the air with an antenna, but the screen is LCD.
it has composite video in, and VGA in.
it dont look so digital and blocky resolution as a philips digital crap dvd player i have, so it really looks a lot like a tv or monitor, but its not blurred, and not blocky.
its actually fucking good!
since hong kong electronics are cheap, you can afford to take the risk, to just buy something, that is perhaps really ok. maybe i was lucky, dunno.
but, not, while not at any party, and i have no need for the screen while at home, i have connected it to my server, which is hidden in a closet, and since it has the vga input, its perfect. nice little mini screen, in case i need to look at the server, when the remote control is out of function :D |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5023 |
thanks for the input, but I want to use it to watch demos at home, so I'd like something bigger :) guess I'll have to take a jump in the dark, I think I could live with nuflied iflies anyway :) but I hope for smooth 50fps, and no combing :) |
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Devia
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 401 |
Quoting Oswald...but I hope for smooth 50fps, and no combing :)
good luck ;-) |
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SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
Well, if people who have a regular/big size LCD used with their C64, why not try some rating ?
Write, full name of screen, and a rating from 1-10
Maybe this could help to find the best ? |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5023 |
I have bought an LG M227WD and so far I am satisfied. I got a PC Monitor, c64 Monitor, TV for a very good price, picture is very nice, sound is perfect for the size of the speakers, etc. I could only so far test the c64 with rf cable, and only with the basic prompt, looks good so far. (cable soldering is in progress & my 1541u is not at me atmo.)
I have seen what a M228WD does, and it deinterlaces the picture, but that doesnt bothers me at all, the rest what it was doing is nice. |
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Ed
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 173 |
Anything with WD in the name must be good :)
Sorry for being off-topic here. I have never tested cbm equipment connected to anything else than old school 1970s- 1990s television sets and a handful of monitors. What if I would like to test my old C64 in the basement with new equipment. Would I not need any kind of fancy monitor to vga converter?
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
Nah, they should all still have SCART (yuck!) or Mini DIN (good) inputs. There's cable shops out there (docshardwarekiste.de) that sell them at very reasonable prices. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5023 |
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enthusi
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 675 |
Thanks Oswald ;-)
I think things like that are whats really needed in such threads. So for that device, s-video is the way to go. Deadsimple to solder yourself and probably available in online-shops as well.
I had an free LCD-PC-Screen when I upgraded to a larger one.
Downside: only VGA (RGB-in) DVI input.
Plus: much cheaper (well, already had it).
Im using this VGA-converter device:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000XCRAOE/ref=oss_product
\sim 30 eur and works better than expected. Not all TV-boxes can manage the weird C64 signal well.
Im using s-video in there, too. It is quite useful to add 330 ohm for the Chroma-line (thanks groepaz!) since otherwise yellow and white are darn close (etc...).
http://enthusi.de/c642.png
Scrolling (GianaSisters is a very nice test) shows the expected stuttering but no de-interlace comb-features.
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Stingray
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Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 117 |
I have an LG 32 inch (model: 32LG50FD - AD). I was using just an RF cable with it but the picture had a kind checker board look to all the pixels, this made eveyones eyes very sore!
Now I have the C64 connected with the S-video cable, very crisp picture and no more sore eyes. |
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