[Coco] LCD TV with CoCo 3

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 10 February 2010, Sean wrote:
>I'm looking into getting a small (17" to 19") LCD TV to hook to the
>CoCo 3, for the upcoming Midwest Gaming Classic.
>(http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/)
>
>Anyone have any recommendations for ones that have worked via
>composite?  The other main factor I want is CHEAP.

If it has an rca jack, it probably will work as well as composite ever did on 
a coco3, which means the 80 column screen modes aren't really usable because 
the text is to smeared when its squeezed into NTSC bandwidth molds by using 
composite.

One should bear in mind too, that even if such a tv/monitor claims a triple 
comb filter, that this feature isn't very helpful for the composite output of 
the coco since it is _not_ color interlaced as a true NTSC signal would be.

>I will be looking for one that also has a VGA connector, so that
>someday I could use the RGB to VGA converter with it.

You would be better off to plan on doing that right up front, the results 
will be much better visually.  I have a 22" Samsung HDTV with a db15 input 
that lost its tuner, but the rest of it still works like brand new.  My 
milling machines control interface is absolutely stunning on a 1680x1050 
screen, but it won't fit in the monitor cubby hole so I'm stuck with a 
1280x1024 screen on a 15" crt.  Bummer, but I get used to it.

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