LCD for Classic Consoles/Computers

[sixstringmonk]

I just picked up a Commodore 64 and I have a Commodore to S-Video cable on the way. I currently have a Samsung 226bw. Even if there was a commodore to vga cable, the Samsung has built in aspect ratio stretching that can't be disabled, so that is a no-go. My current plan is to run that svideo cable into my PC's Hauppage winTV pci card to display it on my Samsung widescreen LCD with pillar bars. However, I'm worried that the signal may become a little grainy/degraded by going through this fairly ancient TV card.

I know CRTs are the optimal platform for such things, but really, I don't want to sacrifice the space for one. I've noticed that there are quite a few 4:3 LCDs on the market that have svideo ins on them, but I'm not sure what native res would be optimal for scaling issues. Or, would pretty much all resolutions be equally bad after scaling.

Another possible option I have seen is the Sharp LC20S7U, which is a LCD 4:3 edtv. However, the native resolution of that tv is 640x480. I'm not sure how that would look with the commodore since I think NTSC is actually in the 720x 480(i) range.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[10e]

There is the BenQ FP241W/VW which has s-video and good ratio scaling.

Additionally, if you want to pay a little bit less, I do believe the Dell 2007FP has s-video and composite video inputs. It's not wide screen, but it's a nice monitor, and it should allow aspect, fill and 1:1 image scaling.

Regards,

10e

 

[SH1]

I'd kind of expect S-Video to look just awful on an LCD...

Don't you have to get a little CRT TV to get the full retro experience?

(Commodore 64 resolution and other specs should be available via Google and such...)