[Coco] Now Running the CoCo 3 on and LCD TV with a Composite to HDMI Converter...

[Salvador Garcia]

Can you provide more information on the converter that you used? Thanks, Salvador




-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 13, 2015 10:37 pm
Subject: [Coco] Now Running the CoCo 3 on and LCD TV with a Composite to HDMI Converter...


This is not my end state, but to get my CoCo 3 off of the small TV I had it
on...The converter upscales to 720p or 1080p. I used a short, nice shielded RCA
cable to connect from the CoCo's composite and Audio Out. The downside is that
the text doesn't look all that great, even default Width 32. The upside is that
I can now see all the characters in Width 40 mode and probably be able to see 80
Characters across if I get the right combo of Foreground and Background Colors
(still need to experiment there). The games look great too and I still get the
Artifacting effects as expected. 

Since this TV also has a VGA input, when I
get my RGB2VGA converter all setup and connected, I'll be able to switch the
input between Composite and RGB/VGA as needed or desired. Can't wait for
that.