sashswash Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Hey, What is a good monitor that i should look for for my atari 800xl? Do i need any special adaptors?? -Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Pretty much any monitor that accepts composite will do (i.e. like the seperate audio/video jacks found on VCR's)...though the Commodore 1702 monitor still gets rave reviews to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Yeah That Commodore Monitor Rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Just get a modern small flat screen TV that has SVideo input... The 800xl to Svideo cable is easy to make and if you get a good set (say SONY or Toshiba) you'll be getting a great modern tube with all the refinements that the last 20 years of tube design and chassis design have accomplished. I run my 8bits on a SONY 20" WEGA set for the most part, and compared to my older monitors the picture is AMAZING... Remember that after just a few years an old tube (especially that in a 15 year old vintage monitor) will have dulled, the image quality will have decreased significantly as the components have aged -- nothing lasts forever!!! sTeVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 The 800xl to Svideo cable is easy to make and if you get a good set (say SONY or Toshiba) you'll be getting a great modern tube with all the refinements that the last 20 years of tube design and chassis design have accomplished. You'll also have to do the Supervideo 2.0 upgrade, or similiar to get S-Video out of your 800XL (unless you are lucky enough to get one that has chroma-luma already... the latest ones did I think.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 Why did Atari not make a monitor for its 8-bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 they did but it went up to the proto phase!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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