First post, by Zilch
Hi all,
I'm really considering getting a CRT for some gaming schtuff. A friend of mine is selling a JVC BM-1400PN-A.
It seems to be a pretty decent unit. Accepting of resolutions such as 240P and 480I.
My problem is this... I'd really like to run some older games on it, but I don't really have any retro hardware. Fortunately, I have a PC with VGA output that I could maybe use...
Doing some research showed that I can use this tool to set my Linux output resolution to 320x240P @ 15kHz - which should work with the JVC.
After that, I can get some some resistors and stuff to combine the separate H and V sync into one sync, and send the RGB signals straight to the monitor with 75 ohm load on. The monitor does appear to support YUV RGB input with separate sync.
In theory this is reasonably sound - but as all good theories go, there's always a catch!
Let me know what you think? Hopefully this works.... ?
EDIT... fixed the YUV thing