guess what..
I have NEVER seen an Australian TV with a scart input before in my life. I also have a commodore 1084S and that doesn't either. However it has an rgb input BUT it is too small a screen for my liking.
ok here is the response from LAWRENCE WRIGHT of Game Station X
as you can see he has broken down my questions and answered them.
> My PAL megadrive 2 has a 60hz mod. When i switch to 60hz the screen
The speed of the system (50/60Hz) and the output color system
(NTSC/PAL) are set independantly on the MD. Usually they're tied
together, so changing the speed ALSO changes the color encoding, but
you haven't given enough details for me to say if this is the case or
not. IIRC the MD2 uses a CXA1145 video encoder, the datasheet is
available on the web and will tell you which pin is used to set
PAL/NTSC encoding (but it does NOT set 50/60Hz).
> goes black and white. The megadrive is using a rf cable.
This is largely irrelevant, the RF cable is just an AV cable with an
RF adaptor on the end.
> The dreamcast also somehow gets colour ntsc through an rf cable.
That's because it's the same as the MD2 - the AV output is combined
in the RF box on the cable, not inside the machine.
> people are saying i will never get ntsc colour on a megadrive or
> saturn without an rgb or scart lead.
Totally wrong. I am not sure if the 1145 chip uses different
components for the color encoding differences between PAL and NTSC,
but the problem is simply that you are (or aren't) changing both the
50/60Hz speed and the encoding type at the same time on the MD2 where
you aren't (or are) on the other systems.
Lawrence.
I think that quite simply puts this whole matter in its place. opinions?
dont say you already said this one either shakey cuz u didnt
