proph3t <craigoscott@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have an Nvidia Geforce 6600 /w S - vid out.
> The display is always black and white.

I got the same result with a difference video card with TV out.
The problem turned out to be a non standard TV out connector
that looks like a standard svideo connector until you look at it
closely. I was using the composite signal, and with the video
card it was actually connected to the Y signal on the TV out.
Once I used the supplied adapter, the composite signal was
fine, full color available.

> However the boot screen is in color and when
> safemode is booted color also displays.

On the TV or on the monitor ? I forget what showed
on the TV with the original config color wise.

> Its quite strange

Nope, once you know what the problem is, its all rather obvious.