[sdiy] OT: Somebody may know this...

[Gene Stopp]

Hello you group of multi-disciplinary gurus, I have a tech problem that is
outside my realm of knowledge...

<Sorry for the non-DIY question, but it's music-gear-related :) >

I rearranged my setup and I put the TV set next to my sampler rack, which
causes audio crap. My sampler rack has some Roland 760's in it with a
mouse/video switcher. Composite video goes into a RatShack modulator which
puts the composite up on channel 3, into the TV.

So I says to myself, let's get that TV out of there and join the 21st
century with a flat panel (our house is gradually going flat panel). I went
to Fry's and flat panels with multiple inputs are kind of pricey still, so I
looked at the TV's. Got a good price on a return that had a connector
problem (which I promptly fixed). Set it up, moved the coax over and tried
it in TV mode. The picture is pretty fuzzy, the text graphics are doubled,
kind of like ghosts that you'd see on an old TV.

Tried composite video instead - same thing. Moved composite cable directly
to sampler (bypassed switch box), same thing. Tried S-Video directly to
sampler, same thing. I guess there is some scan-rate thing going on. There's
no adjustment for this on either end. So I guess I'm hosed, but it would be
good to know what's going on.

The flat panel TV works great in our TV setup, both with composite video and
channelized coax from the cable box. (I think I'll keep it anyway cuz it's
kinda cool and it was cheap.) Anybody have experience with sampler video
outputs and/or newer TV tuners?

- Gene