Good Composite->VGA converters for classic computers (& video games...)

[Josh Dersch]

Eric J Korpela wrote:
>>> Well, sure.  I wasn't expecting the highest quality output for what I paid
>>> (but I didn't _need_ that...).  But I wasn't expecting it to be unable to
>>> sync to half of my gear :).
>>>       
>
> I'm really surprised at that.  Might it be as easy as some signal
> conditioning?  Use an LM1881 to separate the sync, and then put it
> back together a bit cleaner?
>
>   
"unable to sync" is technically inaccurate, I misspoke.  The picture is 
synced properly (i.e. it's not rolling vertically or tearing 
horizontally).  It just seems to have trouble de-interlacing certain 
signals -- from my inexpert observations, one field of each frame is 
displayed properly, while the other field is skewed at a 30 degree angle 
or so and flickers like mad. 

At any rate, I've sent that unit back and I picked up a used one of 
these:   
http://www.startech.com/item/VID2VGATV-Composite-S-Video-Component-YCbCr-to-VGAHDTV-Scaler-Converter.aspx

(for _considerably_ less than what it's listed for there...).  So far 
it's happy with everything I've thrown at it and the picture quality is 
quite good.  Has decent controls, seems well built, etc...

Thanks,
Josh