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From: Clockmeister on 30 Dec 2006 23:39 "Mike Paull" <mikey351(a)removethis.gmail.com> wrote in message news:5beep213q2vctckaqqpu91eh8sjbosloc5(a)4ax.com... > 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 :) > Cool!
From: Clockmeister on 30 Dec 2006 23:46 "Andrew Wiskow" <drewbrasil(a)yahoo.com.br> wrote in message news:en7dfi$21hr$1(a)zook.lafn.org... > > "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. > Basically the Chinese manufacturer of the PAL DTV stuffed up on the placement of the resistors for the video circuit which means the colours are off and some games are virtually unplayable because of it. Some have replaced the tiny SMT resistors to correct the fault but it was suggested that another batch of fault free PAL DTV's would be produced. I doubt that will ever happen. The NTSC units were not affected.
From: David Murray on 31 Dec 2006 00:02 > The NTSC units were not affected. Yeah.. The NTSC units have a WORSE problem with chroma noise. At least the PAL units can be fixed with some resistors being changed. You can get a hummer unit in many Radio Shacks still, and with the modified games, it can now be a decent gaming machine too... see here: http://galaxy22.dyndns.org/dtv/hummer/index.html
From: John on 31 Dec 2006 18:04 "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. > What are they asking for them?
From: John on 31 Dec 2006 18:05
"Mike Paull" <mikey351(a)removethis.gmail.com> wrote in message news:5beep213q2vctckaqqpu91eh8sjbosloc5(a)4ax.com... > 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 :) > You should really concentrate on your driving. |