Zybex Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 How can I connect my Atari 800XL to my TV's DVD input (Y Pr Pb)? When I connect the Video Out signal from my Atari to the Y input, the screen looks only in black and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 What type of cable are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 How can I connect my Atari 800XL to my TV's DVD input (Y Pr Pb)? When I connect the Video Out signal from my Atari to the Y input, the screen looks only in black and white. Uh, if you only connect to the Y signal, you will only get black and white. Y = luma = brightness only. Pb / Pr are color components. Y Pb Pr is a different color space, but can be transformed from RGB, anyway... You should not connect the Video Out (composite Video (pin 4 on monitor port)) signal to Y, but rather the composite Luminace, pin 1, to Y. Even though the Video out will work, you will see the "color information" as noise on the screen. I think the best you can do, without a separate chip to convert S-video to Y Pb Pr or to RGB, is to connect the Luminance pin to Y. You will need a chip that can take composite chrominance and convert it into separate color channels.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Does your DVD accept S-video inputs? This can be used to connect to an Atari without modification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Also, this guy will convert from S-video to Y Pb Pr: http://www.highway.net.au/parts/converters/2003.html I do not see separate Y Pb Pr BNC connectors, but there is a menu option for Y Pb Or output. I assume you use the VGA to RGB converter, but the RGB end would really output the Y Pb Pr color space. But you will have to spend a couple $$$'s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I have just 1 question. . . . Why would you want to connect your Atari 800XL to your TV's DVD input (Y Pr Pb) ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fröhn Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 y/c enhances the luminance a bit, but you lose the possibility to create colors via luminance signal. dont forget that some A8 games do that. Pr Pb does not enhance anything over the simple chrominance signal because the chrominance signal needs to be split anyway. there is no PrPb inside the A8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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