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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: how about cga monitors as tv sets?
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Date: 17 May 89 12:58:02 GMT
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In article <1915@astroatc.UUCP> brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
*CGA monitors are digital and TV is an analog medium, which makes them
*mutually exclusive.  
*The only computer monitor that can be used as a TV monitor is an analog one,
*In other words, no, you can't use your CGA monitor as a TV monitor.
*Vidiot            ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!brown

	Well, actually there is another possibility.  There are a number
	of companies that make combo rgb/composit/TV units.  I have
	a couple made by Sears that work quite well.   It is basically
	a 13 inch TV with a front panel switch to go from TV, to rgb,
	to composit input.  It has a green screen button, and another
	that compresses the screen in the vertical direction about 20%.
	Makes cga text easier on the eyes.  It has pretty decent resolution
	and is impressive at 640X200 16 color EGA mode.  Great thing
	is the price was less than $200!

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Randy Suess
randy@chinet.chi.il.us