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

[Salvador Garcia]

Thanks Steve. I'll keep in mind your caveat.

I have some composite out devices that I can't hook up to anything other than a TV that has multiple inputs, so I am looking for an alternate solution for HDMI, DVI or VGA, but most of the products that I have found cost upwards of $60USD. Salvador



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 7:57 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Now Running the CoCo 3 on and LCD TV with a Composite to HDMI Converter...


Salvador,

Here's the info. Please understand that this is not a good
replacement or alternative over a decent RGB Solution, but it will keep the CoCo
and other devices with Composite output living on with newer TVs and Monitors
that support
HDMI.


Converter

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E6ZKQWM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cable

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003L1717K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


You
can view a few pics I took of the screen with my
iphone.

http://ppl.ug/1HwrLsFdNQg/








On Apr 14, 2015, at 5:14 AM,
Salvador Garcia <ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net> wrote:

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

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