Yet again, an early morning jog through my neighbourhood yields a haul.
I found this LCD TV/monitor dumped on the pavement, took it home and gave it a good clean.
Composite video, S-Video, stereo audio in and a headphone jack.
Not bad. Let's have a look at the other ports.
VGA, PC audio in and RGB SCART/Euroconnector/Peritel. This is pretty decent for a freebie find.
It's compatible with worldwide voltages and the old analogue TV standards of NTSC, PAL and SECAM - which is perfect for my purposes. The TV tuner is only UHF/VHF - which has been deprecated and curiously, DVB-T isn't included. Ah well, it's not like I'll be needing that side of things.
The 4:3 aspect ratio is ideal for retro consoles and computers and yes, I already have a TV that fits this purpose but this one is essentially a portable that's compact enough for me to use as a test display on my repair table. Providing that it works of course. Time to find out!
Here it is connected to my C64 via S-Video displaying a beautiful PAL signal.
NTSC composite video from my A/V Famicom and the picture quality is much better than the photo suggests.
I'll have to do some testing with RGB devices and I might consider buying a remote control if I can find one for the right price.
I found this LCD TV/monitor dumped on the pavement, took it home and gave it a good clean.


Composite video, S-Video, stereo audio in and a headphone jack.

Not bad. Let's have a look at the other ports.


VGA, PC audio in and RGB SCART/Euroconnector/Peritel. This is pretty decent for a freebie find.
It's compatible with worldwide voltages and the old analogue TV standards of NTSC, PAL and SECAM - which is perfect for my purposes. The TV tuner is only UHF/VHF - which has been deprecated and curiously, DVB-T isn't included. Ah well, it's not like I'll be needing that side of things.
The 4:3 aspect ratio is ideal for retro consoles and computers and yes, I already have a TV that fits this purpose but this one is essentially a portable that's compact enough for me to use as a test display on my repair table. Providing that it works of course. Time to find out!
Here it is connected to my C64 via S-Video displaying a beautiful PAL signal.

NTSC composite video from my A/V Famicom and the picture quality is much better than the photo suggests.

I'll have to do some testing with RGB devices and I might consider buying a remote control if I can find one for the right price.