How sad am I?

My wife and I were watching a DVD of the 3rd series of "Between the Lines" a British political TV drama set in the 1990's. The main character was setting up a new office and had a Commodore A4000 box open on the table and a Commodore Monitor on the desk. My wife could not quite appreciate my excitement of seeing my beloved Amiga on a mainstream TV show of the day. After that I started to realise that all the monitors used in the show were Commodore models. Ah happy days.

TrevorDick

@TrevorDick

those were the good ol days

@TrevorDick

Apparently the TV companies liked them because of the sync rate. Because they refreshed at the same speed as a TV picture, any recording of the screen through a video camera would be steady.

Try the same with VGA scan rates, and the screen flickers like mad.

Chris

@TrevorDick

last week I've seen on TV a few images of a soccer match that was recorded in the early 90s. What a surprise to see around the playing field, adverts for "Commodore Amiga" !

@Elwood

Commodore used to sponsor Chelsea Footbal club in England and the Amiga name appeared on their shirts.

TrevorDick