Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Composite monitor

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 04:29, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

Composite monitor
Two big problems with this article: 1) I've never heard of a monitor that output a video signal, and 2) composite video input is a feature of a monitor (usually considered a minor one), not a type of monitor. --Carnildo 03:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Rhobite 04:43, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. I changed "output" to "input" as this was an obvious error. I've heard the term "composite monitor" used often before - it refers both to some professional video monitors designed for composite signals, and to some older computer monitors, such as the Commodore 1702 monitor that was often utilized with the Commodore 64 computer. There's enough meat here for a real article, but it will have to be largely rewritten. I'll see what I can do over the next few days. Firebug 04:53, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * When I said outputs the signal, I meant people can see the picture when the monitor is used therefore it is outputted visually rather than to other devices however some composite monitors have output jacks to relay video signals from connected AV devices to connected VCRs. --TheSamurai 22:34, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Older PCs (in the CGA days) also sometimes used composite monitors. Might want to merge with monitor though, I'll leave that up to Firebug for now. Radiant_* 08:53, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 09:39, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with monitor.Gorrister 19:01, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. (as per Firebug, Radiant & Megan) P Ingerson 19:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Sometimes, monitors with composite or S-video imputs don't have a TV tuner built in. This page has some history of when composite video was implemented on video monitors for home use.  So keep it. --TheSamurai 22:05, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Keep.  Good reasoning, Samurai!! - Lucky 6.9 03:41, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, of course. As a former owner of a Commodore 128, I know a little about composite monitors.   &mdash; J I P | Talk 18:58, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I am an officianauto of devices that output a composite video signal and ones that output a channel 3/4 signal. NES 2 and Atari 2600 are mentioned in this article.  Please mention the Commodore 128 also. --TheSamurai 02:40, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article needs major cleanup, though --Zappaz 00:27, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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