Does anyone have any info on the 3DO's video chip

[Vertigo]

Does anyone yeh that what I wrote up there.
Are there any differences between the makes of system or are they all exactly the same chip? Is there a difference between PAL and NTSC chips, apart from one outputs PAL and one outputs NTSC?
Does anyone know if a supposedly PAL disc will output full speed and full screen on a NTSC 3DO?
Are there any 3DO systems that are capable of RGB at all, or are we looking at composite and S-Video only due to the mongy video chip?
Thanks.

[Endymion]

If there were any hard information on the RGB layout for the 3DO I'm sure we would have seen it here on this site by now. I really wish we had as well, but I am guessing that the hardware is probably capable of this but that no electrical engineer with sufficient skills, knowledge, and interest has yet tackled a 3DO board with a meter to root out the wires to tap. At least we're not stuck with composite.

[Vertigo]

I'm stuck with composite coz Panasonic decided not to allow their low-end TVs to do S-Video in the UK, but their excellent RGB quality more than makes up for it.
I guess I'll have to open my machine up and take a look at the video chip when I get home in 4 months then.

[NFG]

according to someone who claims to have talked to a panasonic rep, the 3DO cannot do RGB.  They omitted this feature for cost reasons.

[Endymion]

Looks like the best way to make the 3DO look good is to play Policenauts, then.

[Vertigo]

Looks like the best way to make the 3DO look good is to play Policenauts, then.

Or Star Control II

[Vertigo]

Does anyone here have a NTSC Goldstar 3DO that they could do a decent resolution scan of for me, or a list of the differences between it and the PAL version?

[dum dum]

i dont know if 3do stuff was even sold down here, but wasnt there a 3do compatible pc card made by the soundblaster guys? or was that something else alltogether

[Vertigo]

Well the reason I'm after a scan of the Goldstar one is because I have the PAL version and want to see the physical differences between this and the NTSC version's board. I can't currently afford the ridiculous shipping to get one from the US, and to be honest I really don't want to buy another Goldstar, I'd rather get hold of an FZ-1.