Types of Monitor

The Amiga requires an analog RGB (color) monitor or high quality color television. There are three general types of analog RGB monitors that you can use with your Amiga. The difference between them is in the horizontal sync frequencies (also called the scan rates) they accept:

1. Video monitors, such as the Commodore 1084 series, accept only the standard Amiga 15 kHz scan rate (NTSC and PAL display modes); a television is considered a video monitor.
2. VGA-only monitors accept only the 31 kHz VGA scan rate (DBL, Multiscan, and Productivity modes).
3. Multiscan (multiple horizontal sync frequency or multi-sync) monitors, such as the Commodore 1942, 1950 and 1960, accept a range of scan rates.