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In article: <rJHkZCAscnexEw5L@njackson.demon.co.uk>  Neil Jackson <neil@njackson.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to connect my PC to a TV?
> After previously owning a games console, I miss the `arcade look`
> created by a television. My PC monitor is `too pure and clean` when it
> comes to game graphics. Games like Doom look wierd on a monitor as you
> can see every block on the screen. I want a fuzzy, unfocassed, blurry
> picture when playing games, without violently bashing the monitor until
> this effect is created. Vast ammounts of alcohol creates a fuzzy
> picture, but it wears off after a while and gaming performance is
> drastically reduced.
> Is there any way that a cheap external TV modulator can be connected to
> the output of my existing graphics card, a bit like the old Amiga 500
> external TV modulator? Or can a special lead be `rigged` to allow me to
> use a TV.
> I've got very little money left, so please no bright ideas about getting
> a new 200 quid graphics card with built in TV tuners or anything like
> that.
It is possible, but the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Think what you
are trying to do, The VGA 'standard', starts at over 20MHz dot frequency,
and goes from there up (some cards can push 190MHz). The monitors
used, cover the same range, with many of the larger units offering over
100MHz bandwidth. TV's, strain to @8MHz, and 14MHz, for some
teletext units. You can however get the sort of effect that you are after,
by puchasing various external 'converters'. 'Moretec' offer one for @60,
(01818081811), and I am sure that there are others. Their unit is designed
to allow portable PC's, to drive into a TV, and requires no external power
etc.. This should give the interlace 'shimmer' for the games, but I cringe
to think what it does to your eyesight. Direct connection is not possible,
even via the SCART input on some TV's (Again it is _just_ possible on
some sets/cards), this method requires the VGA to be reprogrammed as
a CGA, and falls over as soon as you go into most programs, that then
immediately return the card to it's normal settings.

Uurgh!

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