I would like to know if there are any video formats I should avoid when testing an Apple Monitor //.
Specifically, I would like to know if it is safe to test a Monitor // with devices other than an Apple Computer (e.g. a VCR).
While optimally I would prefer to test it with an Apple computer, I ask this question for a circumstance where that is not possible, such as if I find one at a thrift store.
I would also like to expand this question to include the other Apple monitors used with the Apple II series, but the Monitor // is my main interest.
Any information would be appreciated.
I don't think you'll hurt the monitor, but it might be hard to find things that output composite analog video these days...
There are many things that will give you composite video output.
A tv game, several output wires for phones to display composite video from Netflix and Youtube, older dvd players and cable boxes.
I also don't think that such output devices would hurt apple monitors with composite input but you will not get the image quality from composite that you can get from a modern device.
It will work fine as a composite display from a TV, VCR. etc. I did it before.
Thanks for the answers; it's good to know that I can safely test a monitor without an Apple.