Athough I used my OSI with a cheap television with a tap at the video
input I found the best most crisp display was on a tiny 9" Panasasonic
video monitor... Most of the sharpness was due to the smaller display but
it sure looked good at the time.
George
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon
http://racsys.rt.rain.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> > > 75 (ohm)... <SNIP>
> >
> > I believe that's just an attenation control; puts a 75 ohm resistor before
> > the monitor.. Like the Pad control on a sound mixer I think, just brings
> > the level down to avoid damaging things... or something ;P
>
> Not really. It's the termination switch. It connects a 75 Ohm resistor
> across the video input socket (from the signal to ground if you like) to
> terminate the video input cable (like terminating a SCSI bus, basically).
>
> In theory, the video output on the computer should be designed to drive a
> 75 Ohm load. You then terminate the last (or only) monitor. If you don't,
> you might get reflections on the cable and ghosting on the picture.
>
> But it appears that OSI products are designed to drive a high-impedance
> monitor only. I guess on short video cables you still get a reasonable
> picture.
>
> -tony
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 01 1999 - 15:43:05 BST