[Coco] 15kHz LCD monitors for the Coco

Kandur k at qdv.pw
Sat Nov 8 14:34:11 EST 2014


My experience was similar to yours.
I managed to modify a Heathkit color TV 
to accept rgb and sync signals from the Coco.
The characters on the 80 column screen looked great.
What do you think, could I modify this monitor
fairly easily to accept rgb and sync signals from the Coco?
7" 800 x 480 RGB Digital Display Video Monitor
US $35.99 Free shipping Worldwide
http://tinyurl.com/kg5unsx
 

Kandur

Saturday, November 8, 2014, 6:55:36 AM, you wrote:
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:31:59 -0800
> From: Kandur <k at qdv.pw>

> Would these monitors make a good display for the Coco?
> Screen Size: 7 inch $40
> Display Component: Color TFT-LCD
> Number of Dots: 480W * RGB * 234H
> Video Frequency: PAL/NTSC7"
> http://tinyurl.com/pb8elxb

> 9 inch LCD display $52
> Specifications:
> Screen: 9-inch 16:9 TFT LCD
> Resolution: 800*480 Pixels
> System: PAL/ NTSC (video)
> http://tinyurl.com/ptwg5uh
> ===========================================

> They say PAL/NTSC, but appear to only have an S-video input. eBay item
> number: 271520428413 appears to have composite input as well as VGA. Never
> used it, don't know how it works, but it says "reversing priority
> function", so it seems to have some composite converting circuitry built
> in.

> Note that any screen with composite inputs isn't going to work well with
> an 80 column screen. 40, and maybe the 64 character mode in monochrome.

> I found 64 character width to be very useable on an old B&W TV or
> monochrome composite monitor. Color not so good. I did a lot of word
> processing with Telewriter 64 (think I have the name right...) and a B&W
> TV on a CoCo2 (and later the updated version on a CoCo3). I printed at 64
> characters too, so I essentially had a WYSIWYG word processor on the
> CC2...




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