murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy) (02/20/89)
Last night, I was trying to hook up a VCR to my 1080 monitor. Being ignorant of possible problems, (I want to use the VCR to watch television and movies) I disconnected all computer related paraphenalia from the monitor. Changing the mode to video composite and hooking up the cables from the VCR to 1080, Viola I can watch TV again. My questions are these, when I have the computer hooked up and running, can I change the mode to composite video and watch the tube if I'm waiting for something to happen on the Amiga? Do I need to have the cable from the Amiga disconnected to safely watch my favorite movie rental? What is the easiest (read least expensive) way to record composite color video out from the Amiga if I'm running a simulation or something? Well, for anyone with some answers, please e-mail me. Thanks, Bill Murphy murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu
451061%UOTTAWA.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Valentin Pepelea) (02/22/89)
"William J. Murphy" <murphy@pur-phy> writes in Message-ID: <1992@pur-phy> > Last night, I was trying to hook up a VCR to my 1080 monitor. Being ignorant > of possible problems, (I want to use the VCR to watch television and movies) > I disconnected all computer related paraphenalia from the monitor. Changing > My questions are these, when I have the computer hooked up and running, > can I change the mode to composite video and watch the tube if I'm waiting > for something to happen on the Amiga? Do I need to have the cable from the > Amiga disconnected to safely watch my favorite movie rental? What is the > easiest (read least expensive) way to record composite color video out > from the Amiga if I'm running a simulation or something? Don't worry about anything, you may have both your computer and VCR connected simoultaneously and flip between them as you please. As a poor student I have been forced to use my 1080 monitor like this for years. But there are no regrets, the image on a 1080 monitor is better than 90% of 14 inch television sets out there. The easiest way to record the output of your Amiga is to plug its composite output to the composite input of the VCR. If the colors that get recorded on the VCR are bleeding, use a low quality cable between the two. That seems to cool down the Amiga composite output. It worked for me, so it should work for you. Ah, and if you don't have an Amiga 1000, then you'll have to buy a composite output modulator. There are a couple of companies selling those for the Amiga; the modulator plugs right into the RGB port. Valentin (sorry, email bounced like a Boing! ball) _________________________________________________________________________ "An operating system without Name: Valentin Pepelea virtual memory is an operating Phone: (613) 233-1821 system without virtue." Bitnet: 451061@uottawa Usenet: Look at the header - Ancient Inca Proverb Planet: Ontario!Canada!Earth
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (02/23/89)
[ Do you feed the boogie man? Then why do you feed the line eater? ] In Message <1992@pur-phy>, murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy) writes: >Last night, I was trying to hook up a VCR to my 1080 monitor. Being ignorant >of possible problems, (I want to use the VCR to watch television and movies) >I disconnected all computer related paraphenalia from the monitor. Changing >the mode to video composite and hooking up the cables from the VCR to 1080, >Viola I can watch TV again. Boy thats alot of work, I hope the show was worth it ;-) > My questions are these, when I have the computer hooked up and running, >can I change the mode to composite video and watch the tube if I'm waiting >for something to happen on the Amiga? Do I need to have the cable from the >Amiga disconnected to safely watch my favorite movie rental? What is the >easiest (read least expensive) way to record composite color video out >from the Amiga if I'm running a simulation or something? Just stick the ol video from that VCR in the "video in" port! No need to disconnect anything. I have heimat connected via the 9-pin port and BERKS AMIGA BBS connected via the "video in" port. That way I can just flip a switch and see whats going on where. plus if there is that really good show on tv (like Dr Who -or- the Yankees ;-), I have a genlock installed in heimat so I can watch tv while I work. Or is that through my work.... Ive been using a genlock to watch tv & work since the beta models for the 1000 were available. Only thing I miss with the 2000 genlock is the ability to merge audio. So like me you may need a switchbox or second amp. for the audio from that vcr. Sneakers -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691