[rescue] SunTuner?

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Tue Jan 14 08:28:27 CST 2003


On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:03:54PM +0100, Carl-Johan Schenstrom wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> 
> > The PSX, I think, plays fast and loose with the timing standards.  Most TVs
> > are dumb enough to simply  accept the signal, but most video capture boards
> > can't display it correctly.  My O2, Indy, and Mac 8500AV never could
> > properly display the signal.
> 
> I used an Indy as a display for a PSX (PAL version) without any problems,
> with the exception that there was no full screen mode or even a way to
> zoom the window to double size. It was connected to the composite port of
> the Indy with the regular cable that ships with the PSX.

I wonder if the PAL version was more standards compliant.  If not, I
wouldn't be surprised if a lot of video equipment is a bit more tolerant
of timing issues with PAL.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd


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