Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!rna!marc
From: marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: how about cga monitors as tv sets?
Message-ID: <581@rna.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 04:37:50 GMT
References: <22044@srcsip.UUCP> <1915@astroatc.UUCP> <8471@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson)
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Organization: Rockefeller University Neurobiology
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In article <8471@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes:
>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!
]] 
]] -- 
]] Randy Suess
]] randy@chinet.chi.il.us

Randy, Have you got a model number for the Sears monitor you mention? Sounds
like a real boon!  Please post or e-mail.  Thanx.


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