Good display option for Amiga users

[Stephen Coates]

1280x1024 and 1440x900 are rather useless for an AGA amiga except in emergencies.

How anyone could cope with using that on a regular basis I don't know. I'm sure it would be nice with a suitable graphics card though

[Buleste]

Wish i had the money and i'd give it a try for my miggy.

[Harrison]

1280x1024 and 1440x900 are rather useless for an AGA amiga except in emergencies.

How anyone could cope with using that on a regular basis I don't know. I'm sure it would be nice with a suitable graphics card though

Umm... Steve, those are native resolutions of the panel! Obviously the panel will also run in lower resolutions. And I can confirm that unlike other LCD TVs I've used in the past, a standard 720x576 PAL TV signal does not look blocky or pixelated on this Samsung TV. And even up close it looked very good. Therefore I fully expect an Amiga output at standard resolutions to look just as good.

And the TV/monitor actually supports resolutions from 640x350 upwards so it should have no problems.

Plus you have the added advantage of the built in speakers. I'm usually quite disappointed by the sound quality from most smaller TV sets, but the speakers in this TV are pretty good. Obviously they will never match any standalone speakers, but they are not hollow or tinny and you can control the treble and bass from the menus and it has an obvious effect.

Obviously using this TV you still don't have a flicker fixer solution, but I'm wondering if you actually need one. After all, LCD panels don't flicker. When I get time I will have to test this TV with an A1200 and see what happens when I use interlaced screenmodes. I also want to test to see if it will sync low enough to support the higher VGA modes of the AGA chipset. The manual states it supports Horizontal sync from 30-81kHz so it might work with the 31kHz modes. If it does then it will make a good solution as you can connect to the Amiga via both the VGA and scart rgb ports for great image quality in both high and low resolution screenmodes.

[Tiago]

tell us then about the Amiga test on it.

I look a nice tv, but the Contrast ratio (1000:1) could be a bit higher. But looks good for the price.

[Harrison]

I doubt you would find higher contrast on a TV of only 19". Every other LCD TV of the same size I've seen has contrast of 500:1 or even 300:1.

[Tiago]

Yes, i guess you right, higher contrast normaly are on 32" higher.
I never thought that contrast would be less in smaller tvs....