jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus) (04/21/89)
Well, this is a nutty question if I've ever heard one, but here goes...
I have a Mac II with a color monitor, which I believe is a monitor very
similar to one of Sony's multiscan RGB monitors (it has the shadow line
cast by the support wire inside the tube). It's a great monitor, but
there's one problem with it....
I can't watch TV on it. And nor can I play video games (I may be able to
get hold of a cheap Nintendo soon).
So the question is: are there any magic boxes that I can plug this monitor
into on one end, and plug an NTSC input into the other end, and be able to
watch the video? (I know I'll still need a separate speaker for the sound,
and a channel decoder if I want to hook up to cable... any thoughts on
those while you're at it?)
Note that I don't care about image processing TV pictures on the Mac or
anything like that. All I want to do is turn this incredibly fancy RGB
monitor into a stupid TV set. Why? Well, dorm rooms are small, and a real
TV would take up a lot of room... and *maybe* there's a magic box that I
can get for cheaper than a decent color TV.
Thanks for listening to this inane query. Now tell me... is it possible?
Followups directed to rec.video (as I wasn't sure where to post this).
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In article <57811@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus) writes: >Well, this is a nutty question if I've ever heard one, but here goes... > >I have a Mac II with a color monitor, which I believe is a monitor very >similar to one of Sony's multiscan RGB monitors (it has the shadow line >cast by the support wire inside the tube). It's a great monitor, but >there's one problem with it.... > It isn't a multiscanning monitor. Sorry > >So the question is: are there any magic boxes that I can plug this monitor >into on one end, and plug an NTSC input into the other end, and be able to >watch the video? (I know I'll still need a separate speaker for the sound, >and a channel decoder if I want to hook up to cable... any thoughts on >those while you're at it?) > I suspect that any magic box would be more expensive than a 13" color television. I say this considering I have looked around for a box to do the opposite (convert composite to RGB), and I haven't been able to find anything cheap. > >Thanks for listening to this inane query. Now tell me... is it possible? > > >Rob Jellinghaus | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a >jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU | bad decision being made out of sheer ignor- >ROBERTJ@{yalecs,yalevm}.BITNET | ance, pause, and think of hypertext." >{everyone}!decvax!yale!robertj | -- K. Eric Drexler, _Engines of Creation_ -- DISCLAIMER: Not only does the University not share my opinions, they don't want me sharing my opinions. "This 'Pnews', what does it do?" Matthew T. Russotto russotto@wam.umd.edu
jmt@apple.com (Michael Tindell) (04/26/89)
In article <57811@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus) writes: > So the question is: are there any magic boxes that I can plug this monitor > into on one end, and plug an NTSC input into the other end, and be able to > watch the video? (I know I'll still need a separate speaker for the sound, This would require a scan rate converter (not a cheap, off-the-shelf item). The problem is that NTSC video is ~30 frames/s interlaced and the Mac II monitor runs at 67 frames/s non-interlaced. An alternatice would be using one of the multiscan monitors that are aournd.