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From: Clockmeister on 30 Dec 2006 20:34 "BigRed" <REMOVETHISmcbigred(a)AT.ii.DOT.net.NOTRU> wrote in message news:4597108d$0$2620$5a62ac22(a)per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > >> Is it a new batch or the one from last year and how much are they now? > > I was in a store the other day and there was one (only) on clearance for > $30 - not quite sure which store I was at though. > > So has there been a new batch without the colour fault then ??? I'm hoping, but I seriously doubt it. As an aside, I plugged my DTV into my AWA portable DVD players A/V inputs to check and see if the PAL composite out of the DTV is clean enough to display properly on an LCD screen. It is and it does (including the colour fault, ofcourse) ;-)
From: Tristan Mumford on 30 Dec 2006 20:54 Clockmeister wrote: > > "Tristan Mumford" <xtristan.xmumford(a)xgmail.xcom> wrote in message > news:45970cfd$0$68966$c30e37c6(a)lon-reader.news.telstra.net... >> Andrew Wiskow wrote: >> >>> Are there any retailers still selling these? I was out of the country >>> for the last several years, so I sort of missed these while they were >>> being sold on QVC. Now I'd like to get one and try it out, so if >>> anyone knows where I can buy one, please let me know. Thanks! >> >> I hate to say this, but I still see them in the stores here (Australia). >> The >> Target here still has pretty much the stock they started with. Or at >> least they did a couple of days before Xmas. I'd have to take another >> look though. >> > > Is it a new batch or the one from last year and how much are they now? The batch I couldn't tell you. Is there an easy way to tell? The price, $50 I think. This is the same target that sells a 1GHz computer w/14" CRT etc for $1200 though. And the iPAQ they have on display (inside the glass cabinet mind you) has a smashed screen. A couple of the many horrors. I wish i could say it was limited to just that store. > > Last Christmas they flew out of the stores at least locally but I haven't > looked for them this year. I don't think they moved at all here. Even the atari thing and the single game TV games (eg Tetris) which were heavily resuced barely moved. -- -----> http://members.dodo.com.au/~izabellion1/tristan/index.html <----- ===== It's not pretty, it's not great, but it is mine. =====
From: Andrew Wiskow on 30 Dec 2006 23:14 "BigRed" <REMOVETHISmcbigred(a)AT.ii.DOT.net.NOTRU> wrote in message news:4597108d$0$2620$5a62ac22(a)per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > > So has there been a new batch without the colour fault then ??? I'm afraid I'm not very educated on this subject... Could someone tell me what this "colour fault" is? I've heard about it elsewhere, but I don't think I've read a proper explanation of it. -Andrew
From: Andrew Wiskow on 30 Dec 2006 23:12 "Tristan Mumford" <xtristan.xmumford(a)xgmail.xcom> wrote in message news:45970cfd$0$68966$c30e37c6(a)lon-reader.news.telstra.net... > I hate to say this, but I still see them in the stores here (Australia). > The > Target here still has pretty much the stock they started with. Or at least > they did a couple of days before Xmas. I'd have to take another look > though. Thanks, Tristan, but the PAL version of the C64 DTV wouldn't be much use to me here in the U.S.A. I guess I should have specified that I was looking for the NTSC version. -Andrew
From: Mike Paull on 30 Dec 2006 23:18
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:34:02 +0900, "Clockmeister" <whowhere(a)andwhy.com> wrote: > >"BigRed" <REMOVETHISmcbigred(a)AT.ii.DOT.net.NOTRU> wrote in message >news:4597108d$0$2620$5a62ac22(a)per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... >> >>> Is it a new batch or the one from last year and how much are they now? >> >> I was in a store the other day and there was one (only) on clearance for >> $30 - not quite sure which store I was at though. >> >> So has there been a new batch without the colour fault then ??? > >I'm hoping, but I seriously doubt it. > >As an aside, I plugged my DTV into my AWA portable DVD players A/V inputs to >check and see if the PAL composite out of the DTV is clean enough to display >properly on an LCD screen. > >It is and it does (including the colour fault, ofcourse) ;-) > > I've got a Nissan Skyline R33 imported from Japan. The Nissan head unit came with an inbuilt 6" LCD screen to show radio station tuning, EQ settings and stuff like that. It also has a video /audio in socket, so i made a small adaptor and hey presto, i can now play my C64 DTV in the car and have the sound through my Alpine system :) mike |