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Hi to everyone and to all you glorious B&O users outthere,Here is a snap of our latest commodore Amiga retro-campaign, using a MX4000 CRT TV and WOW, it just looks awesome and not to forget the blast-off sound!!
enjoy :)
MX8000, MX7000, MX6000, MS6000, 2*MX4000, MX3500
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Always been a fan of the Commodore Amiga (i owned a rare A4000/68040 in Full Towerr case ! ) !
Congratis for your MX...BTW my ultimate Retro CRT TV could be a BV1 ! ! !
Impressive sound !
Beosound Stage, Beovision 8-40, Beolit 20, Beosound Explore.
My upcoming foto-session is with the Commodore Amiga and B&O MS6000. Got Hybris on the Amiga running 60fps with a B&O MS6000, and it is just fantastic.. not to mention the wonderful 80 wat speakers.. lols... BLAST from the PAST ;)It is all plug'n'play :)
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Years ago I drove out to New Hampshire from Albany, NY to purchase a complete Beosystem 6500 I found on a classifieds ad. When I got to the gentleman's home, he said to me: "You drove all this way, do you also want to take with you this television?" he was offering me an MX4000 on a stand for free. I was floored. If I only had room in my car I would taken it right away.
All your Beo-base are belong to us!
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Thanks for sharing!
Have used UAE for Windows and a Competion Pro Joystick to show the kids what we played with back in the 80s.
Beat them at Great Giana Sisters, too
;-))
Ralf
Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), no Subwoofer. Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096Dining Room: Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 4000 on stands, fed by Amazon Echo Show 8Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 1 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55Home Office: Beosystem 3, Beolab 7-4, Beolab 5000, Screen: Sony KD-55XH9005 on Beovision 7-40 stand, ML to Beosound 9000 MK3 and Beosound 5/Beomaster 5 (1 TB SSD version)Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted)
In storage: Beolab 5000/Beomaster 5000 (1960s).
Hi to all retro fans out there,
an AMIGA was THE personal comupter to have, if you want Sound and graphics (others had a "buzzer" and up to three colours at that time). So to combine AMIGA and B&O makes perfect sense to me.
I had 11 of them until my wife found them ;-(
AMIGA rulez!
appreciated Aussie Michael. ;)
...and DocLeisure I concur, it really makes a lot of sense combining a classic CRT B&O TV with a Commodore Amiga. Also you seem to have a cruel wife.
Superior sound and picture meets a superior retro computer = a higher level of retro game-playing!!
The Legendary Commodore Amiga:
1. The legendary Amiga computer had superior graphics and sound and it still being praised around the world.
2. Easy to hook up with the 520 TV modulator and scart cable.
B&O TV and sound:
1. The B&O company is legendary within sound and TV equipment and has been for decades.
2. The MX/MS TV series is capable of great picture tweaking (service mode) and not to forget the fantastic and high volume sound. These TV's just beg to be parred with other legendary devices that can match it and bring out the best retro gaming experience.
3. Just plug'n'play with the scart cable to the B&O TV, it automatically adjust to the image and just pump up the volume on the remote.
...and it is like the retro games becoming alive again. ;)
Before I post (images) on the next parring match between Commodore Amiga running the legendary shooter Hybris and a B&O MS6000 TV set, I took these images from my MX4000 (in action at the top of the thread) from the inside, that is :)WARNING High-voltage: Do not open your TV set, unless you really know what you are doing!!
Timeless and priceless design
Lots of plugs :)
Notice the almost "railtrack" train like "sliders" the mainboard rests on. Such a gem to work with, I would presume :)
A closer look at the "railtrack" train sliders. Talking about very effective building and when reparing the TV. Awesome!!
We just slide it back in there like a train on tracks ;)
Perfect soldering!
Reminds me of a piano ;)
Ever wonder why B&O is famed for their sound! Look at these speakers. Very well hidden and protected ;)
Reached easy 100 dB sound level on gaming and no errratic speaker-noise. Turning it higher and I will reach the dB level from a closeby airplane. :)
The worlds best CRT and sound TV for playing retro games!
This is brilliant, brings back a lot of memories for me as a kid
Amiga 500, 600 and 1200.
Lotus turbo challenge, altered beast, another world! Now that was a game.
Do do you remember the demo disks that shows the capability of the sound card?? I remember one have bomb the bass on it!! Fantastic
Well, the Amiga had a soundchip which used 4 channels and thus allowed an effective and inexpensive way to record and play with digital sound samples and music etc.Back then demo-disk of various sorts was very popular and I believe that the Bomb the Bass was from a game called Xenon 2 from Bitmap Brothers ;)
Torben Larsen:2. Easy to hook up with the 520 TV modulator and scart cable.
BeoNut since '75
The A520 TV modulator allows your Amiga 500 to be viewed on a television. The 520 tv modulator allows two video signal output, RF or composite.
The Amiga 500 has a build in monochrome video output through a RCA connector, but that is not really suitable for other than "signal testing".
Such tv modulator can be found here: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=227
There is also a third option which is rgb to scart cable.
I am currently using the 520 amiga tv modulator and composite output. The image on my B&O tv from the modulator is brilliant and gives that rare warmth, flow and reminiscence of what true retro playing was and is like. Later on today i will show images as promised earlier on from the 60 fps amiga shooter Hybris on a B&O MS6000 TV and you will not be disappointed. ;)
Depending on where you live, these classic mx tv sets, can often be found under classified ads ;)
you are welcome :)Actually there is also rgb to s-vhs, since the MX series comes with a s-vhs input, but adapters seems a bit experimental :)
I would stick to 520 composite to scart or a rgb to scart for best images ;)
Nice to see so many Amiga fans here. One more here
B&O CRTs do good job on the composite video, but I'd still recommend going RGB thrue SCART. Much better.
I still have a Beovision 3-32 as my main TV and I have used it with several old computers and games. My main gaming gear, a Super Nintendo is permanently connected to it. Also in storage I have a Beovision 1 which would be a very good retro-computer/game display (4:3, relatively small and good sound). At one point I also had a Beovision MX3000, which was resuced from dumpster. I gave it away in exchange when I bought my BV3.
lausvi:B&O CRTs do good job on the composite video, but I'd still recommend going RGB thrue SCART. Much better.
That can be disappointing with the later MX/LX TVs (which have a real B&O chassis and more than one SCART). I have never got a sharp RGB image with them. I suspect the passive diode switches that are used for internal signal routing just do not have the required bandwidth for a sharp image. Also, you cannot adjust the colour saturation in RGB mode (typical to most analogue TV sets) and it can look quite bleak after you are used to watching a signal from the composite input.
Y/C is pretty good, though, and I'd always choose that over composite if the source allows.
--mika
beautiful reminiscence ;))
Here goes the legendary 60 fps Commodore Amiga shooter Hybris on my brilliant B&O MS6000 :D
I use a A520 Commodore Amiga TV modulator for this session.
The feeling when I look at this TV.. woohaa it brings back memories, from the golden era of gaming... The Commodore Amiga was superior :D
It is not just the "feeling", the image/photograph of the screen cannot be clearly photographed/copied in the overall sense in which I/we see it, and the image from the MS6000 is being viewed.... The teletube image is almost jumping out of the screen - thus making it alive ;)
test
:)
Lol that was it! Great trip down memory lane
tournedos: lausvi:B&O CRTs do good job on the composite video, but I'd still recommend going RGB thrue SCART. Much better. That can be disappointing with the later MX/LX TVs (which have a real B&O chassis and more than one SCART). I have never got a sharp RGB image with them. I suspect the passive diode switches that are used for internal signal routing just do not have the required bandwidth for a sharp image. Also, you cannot adjust the colour saturation in RGB mode (typical to most analogue TV sets) and it can look quite bleak after you are used to watching a signal from the composite input. Y/C is pretty good, though, and I'd always choose that over composite if the source allows.
Just finished testing RGB to scart on ms6000 and mx3500 and the result is awesome It looks sharp as a razers edge compared to regular A520 composite to scart ;)Really a great sharp picture on RGB to scart and very very nice to all sorts of retro-gaming. I'll post rgb to scart images later on today and you be the judge
Here are the images from the same game and MS6000 TV and this time I am using a RGB to SCART cable from the Amiga.
You decide which is best, Composite to Scart or RGB to Scart ?
Torben Larsen: Here are the images from the same game and MS6000 TV and this time I am using a RGB to SCART cable from the Amiga.
As far as I remember MSxxxx is the simplified budget model with only one SCART connector, so I presume it doesn't have the switching circuitry that ruins the image quality.
tournedos: Torben Larsen: Here are the images from the same game and MS6000 TV and this time I am using a RGB to SCART cable from the Amiga. As far as I remember MSxxxx is the simplified budget model with only one SCART connector, so I presume it doesn't have the switching circuitry that ruins the image quality.
Hi mika,You are right on the MS model and only 1 scart connector. Although I did start out testing on the MX3500 model and the picture quality using RGB to Scart on MX3500 (2 Scart connectors) and MS6000 is exactly the same ;)The obvious next step since you mention this issue would be ofcourse to test all the models with RGB to Scart AND take pictures of it ;)
So far I have 2 models which pass the RGB to Scart setup with flying colors:MS6000 (see pictures) PASSMX3500 (pictures coming up) PASS
To be tested:MX7000MX6000MX4000
As promised on our venture down the Amiga to Beovision CRT picture memory lane with Composite or RGB Scart. We have come to the beautiful Beovision Model MX3500. That model also passes the RGB to scart with flying colors like the MS6000 model.
Amiga with RGB to Scart:
MS6000 - PASS (See images)MX3500 - PASS (See images)
Got myself a gorgeous MX8000 with beo4 yesterday and since it fits our testing it is added to our testing rounds with RGB to Scart:
Coming Soon: (random order)MX8000MX7000MX6000MX4000
MX4000 (my favorite) also passes RGB to Scart with top score - no need for a cliffhanger (images coming up soon)
Manage to get an Amiga 1000 during the holidays and what better than to show it connected to my retro crt flagship B&O mx8000 through rgb to scart :D
Hi everyone :)Showcasing Bang & Olufsen MX 8000 CRT TV connected to a Commodore Amiga using RGB to scart.
The ultimate retro gaming experience ;)
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Hi Torben,
if you are interested in a MX4002 for yourself or some of your 'Amiga-fellows', you may collect mine for free.
Send me a pm, if of any interest.
Would be nice, if somebody could use it - better than having to recycle it.
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
BeoVision Eclipse 55”, Beolab 18s, Beolab 19s, Beosound 1, Beoplay P2, H3, BeoRemote One IR, BeoRemote One BT, Beoplay S8, Beosound Essence MkII, BeoTime
Dual Twin Commodore Arcade Combo !!
2 Commodore computers, a Commodore 64 and an Amiga 500, both connected to the same Bang & Olufsen MX 8000 CRT tv.I simply just use the Beo4 remote to switch alternately between the C64 and the Amiga on the TV ;)
Now...it is time to do some great retrogaming over the summer ;)https://www.facebook.com/Bang.Olufsen.Commodore/
While cleaning up the living room, I noticed this and immediately thought of this thread
Hey that was my Amiga 500. At that time no PC had that power, graphic and sound. Still miss it.
Had a quick blast of gaming tonight, with Amiga CD32 connected to a Beovision 3. Using "just" S-VIDEO (could do RGB with SX1 expansion module) but it still looks gorgeous.
Almost visible at the left is my other gaming gear, my Super Nintendo which is permantently connected using an RGB cable
Playing Super Stardust, CD32 version.
... and Simon the Sorcerer, still had my saved game in the CD32's NVRAM.
Hi lausvi,
Looks gorgeous your CD32 images, wow ;)Got myself a new (retro) desktop system with a fully working Commodore Amiga 1000 connected with RGB to a Bang & Olufsen MX4000 CRT tv. Looks like the Amiga 1000 is ready for work ;)
Hello,
i have mx 6000,7000 and 8000 at home.
but i wonder how good the beovision 3 is.
is it true that they have 100 hz tubes and because if this are not that good for Retro gaming?
thanks
Beovision 3 is a 100Hz and 16:9 aspect ratio so it might not be the perfect choise for retro gaming. But it's still a very nice set. I got mine from a B&O dealer for a very good price but most imporantly it was delivered and installed so I didn't need to carry it