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From: david@cullsj.UUCP (David Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs,comp.graphics,rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Monitors with EGA and VCR video inputs
Keywords: monitors, EGA, VCR, video
Message-ID: <505@cullsj.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 23:59:00 GMT
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Organization: Cullinet Software, San Jose, CA
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We are about to buy both an IBM AT-compatible with EGA and a VCR player.
Since we do not own a TV and do not want one, both need a monitor.
Since we won't be using both simultaneously, we'd like one monitor for both.
When we used a Commodore 64 and composite monitor, this was easy.
But now the composit monitor is dead and when I ask computer dealers 
about watching videos on an EGA (or multisync) monitor, I draw blanks.
 I understand that EGA uses digital signals on a 9-pin connector 
and VCR (at least the one's we've rented), use a composite analog signal 
on an RCA jack. Aren't there any monitors that can handle both?