Or e-ink screens in colour, maybe.
They're very expensive and slow by comparison, though.
Nevertheless, e-ink is superior to all the other technologies, because the image it displays looks like a real-world "thing".
True OLED screens, with OLED pixels vs OLED illumination is fine, too.
The colours are very vibrant, very neon-like.
Laser-based rear-projection systems could be nifty, too, but they are not on the market sadly.
Personally, I think a little 12", 14", 15" portable tube TV with SCART is the most practical way.
I mean, sure it's chunky, but it is not bigger than your PC. So the space argument isn't longer valid. 😉
Attach a VGA-SCART converter and be happy.
Some convert to RGB, some to Composite (CVBS) or S-Video.
I'm using one, too, for experiments.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4w22Yuy2bcY
Or use a custom made VGA to SCART cable and a utility that reprograms the VGA CRTC to PAL/NTSC compatible timings.
They are from the arcade cabinet scene and available for DOS and Win9x, I think.
The drawback is, that some games may overwrite the settings.
Edit: I often used little CRT TVs in the other thread over there :
Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?
The images were taken with the help of a SurfStation JNT.
That's a little set-top box on Media GX basis.
It runs DOS and has an internal VGA to S-Video/Composite converter.
Edit: It's insides can be partially seen here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Qwq5xf0g8
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCM_rzw6WcXibc7 … earch?query=JNT
The Composite output is a bit fuzzy in colour.
A monochrome monitor or a monitor incapable of the current setting (NTSC/PAL) will produce a clean b/w picture.
So if you're using a quality converter with S-Video, the picture should be acceptable. At least in 320x200 modes.
640x480 or 720x576 (?) is "ok", but not great.
Again, monochrome video should be razor sharp.
Monochrome "Composite" (VBS, AV, VIDEO) via RCA connection was the RGB-equivalent of the black and white era.
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