Re: VGA and VIC chips

From: Rainer Buchty <rainer_at_buchty.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:30:43 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1309122226260.4104@localhost>
On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Gerrit Heitsch wrote:

> You can find little boxes on ebay that take CVBS or S-Video in and have VGA 
> and/or HDMI output incl. upscaling. [...]
>
> Problem is, not all of them produce a good picture with a C64, some are 
> excellent and some don't like the C64 at all.

I was about to say ... Some time ago I bought an SVHS-to-VGA converter 
(1) which just doesn't work with the C64. Makes me wonder what the 
difference is between all those "modern" converter boxes (as opposed to 
stuff like the old Scanntronik TVGA converter).

Rainer

(1) http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/OTA4ODcyOTk-/Computer_und_Zubehoer/Hardware/Monitore/Video_zu_VGA_Konverter_Box_PREMIUMBLUE_V2V.html


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