Color Monitor for my PCjr

[ChuckB]

Getting ready to set up my Jr.. I was going to hook up to a TV with the adapter since I don't have a "real" monitor. Thinking about buying a small LED type TV from the thrift store. What quality picture will I get? Thanks!

[Trixter]

What "adapter"/connection were you planning on using? It's not clear from your message.

The PCjr composite output isn't NTSC broadcast standard, but most TVs with composite input can display it.

[ChuckB]

I had planned on using the IBM made adapter that was proprietary for the PCjr, but I tried the composite output and it work fine.

[Trixter]

You mean the TV RF adapter? The composite output port is higher quality anyway.

[OldComputerGuy]

You mean the TV RF adapter? The composite output port is higher quality anyway.

I think he means the adapter that lets you use the IBM color display 5153.

[ChuckB]

This One:

[OldComputerGuy]

OK, that's the TV adapter. I use the monitor that was made for the PCjr, so I don't know about output to a TV or the IBM 5153, although I do have a TV adapter. I can only assume that the output for either of the monitors would be better than TV output because TV is an interlaced signal.

[Trixter]

The output of the TV adapter is worse than composite, so you use composite if you can, and the TV adapter only if your display doesn't have a working composite input.

[KenG]

I use the adapter for RGBI with a converter made for the C128 that converts digital RGBI to analog and then a Gonbes converter to upscale to VGA. This then works with a cheap VGA monitor I got from a thrift shop. I chose a monitor that had speakers and hooked it up to the audio port via a Y adapter. There is also a direct RGBI to VGA adapter I bought from a guy on VCFED.ORG, but I haven't tried that out.

[Trixter]

That's a good combo, but just wanted to mention that the "TV adapter" and "monitor (RGBI) adapter" are two different adapters.

Nobody should use the TV adapter unless desperate.