S-Video/composite board for Atari STs -- great for STFs
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:06 am
(I recall a few years back when I first got back into Atari's, I came up with this and was shot down on the Atari Forums. I'll post it for other's reference because, well, it actually worked!)
For countries where SCART is less common, obtaining a better video signal than RF/composite on modern displays required Multisync monitors or genuine Atari monitors. The reason I got this originally is because I picked a very cheap 1040 STF and had no way at the time to use it (my monitor/video handling situations is well and truly sorted now though ).
I came across a RBG to S-Video convertor that I feel got very good results, cheaply. It's the Wei-ya CV-04 RGB CGA to TV composite video converter, available here:
https://www.sintron.co.uk/products/sint ... erter-mame
As you can see, you can switch between PAL and NTSC output.
Overall, I was very happy with the S-Video output. The medium resolution photo above of the desktop probably doesn't do it justice, but you can see that most lettering (especially "i's" and "w's") are present and not skewed.
For countries where SCART is less common, obtaining a better video signal than RF/composite on modern displays required Multisync monitors or genuine Atari monitors. The reason I got this originally is because I picked a very cheap 1040 STF and had no way at the time to use it (my monitor/video handling situations is well and truly sorted now though ).
I came across a RBG to S-Video convertor that I feel got very good results, cheaply. It's the Wei-ya CV-04 RGB CGA to TV composite video converter, available here:
https://www.sintron.co.uk/products/sint ... erter-mame
As you can see, you can switch between PAL and NTSC output.
Overall, I was very happy with the S-Video output. The medium resolution photo above of the desktop probably doesn't do it justice, but you can see that most lettering (especially "i's" and "w's") are present and not skewed.