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Makvision 29/27 (2929D-72) Review
tommywright:
No, sorry.. I haven't seen any purple spots.
newmanfamilyvlogs:
--- Quote from: wxman13 on September 18, 2011, 08:10:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: tommywright on September 18, 2011, 07:28:58 pm ---@wxman13
So I worked on it today. I simply unzipped groovymame (I used groovymame32_0143.013.exe.7z). I'm not sure what the (a) and (b) versions are and although I read something about patching.. I couldn't figure that part out. So I just pointed Hyperspin to groovymame (I had to rename it to "groovymame32.exe" because Hyperspin doesn't seem to like long file names) and it just worked.
So it seems that it syncs to double scan frequencies in order to eliminate tearing. I've tested many games now (including Galaxian, Gorf and Frogger which didn't sync at all to the default AVGA and mame)... so far it's fantastic. I don't see any tearing and I get most things at double resolution (or close there) and it does a pretty good job filling the screen.
You don't need the crt_emudriver or VMMaker (doesn't work with AVGA 3000 anyway). Strangely, you don't even need the mame.ini. I still haven't figured that one out but it actually works very well with no mame.ini. I tried both and I think I get a more accurate resolution without the mame.ini... but maybe I'm crazy.
Anyway, try it out and let me know. I'm really really happy at this point. I'm getting very close now to what I got on my old WG D9200 minus proper scanlines. Adding groovymame makes the Makvision well worth the purchase. :applaud:
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Thanks for the info, I'll test it out soon, just curious if you have seen the purple spots on the screen? They seem to come and go own their own?
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I've noticed that if it's left running for a while, they eventually go away, but some days I never see them at all.
It's just the monitor telling you to play more vertical games, where you don't notice them as much :P
wxman13:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on September 19, 2011, 05:30:41 am ---
--- Quote from: wxman13 on September 18, 2011, 08:10:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: tommywright on September 18, 2011, 07:28:58 pm ---@wxman13
So I worked on it today. I simply unzipped groovymame (I used groovymame32_0143.013.exe.7z). I'm not sure what the (a) and (b) versions are and although I read something about patching.. I couldn't figure that part out. So I just pointed Hyperspin to groovymame (I had to rename it to "groovymame32.exe" because Hyperspin doesn't seem to like long file names) and it just worked.
So it seems that it syncs to double scan frequencies in order to eliminate tearing. I've tested many games now (including Galaxian, Gorf and Frogger which didn't sync at all to the default AVGA and mame)... so far it's fantastic. I don't see any tearing and I get most things at double resolution (or close there) and it does a pretty good job filling the screen.
You don't need the crt_emudriver or VMMaker (doesn't work with AVGA 3000 anyway). Strangely, you don't even need the mame.ini. I still haven't figured that one out but it actually works very well with no mame.ini. I tried both and I think I get a more accurate resolution without the mame.ini... but maybe I'm crazy.
Anyway, try it out and let me know. I'm really really happy at this point. I'm getting very close now to what I got on my old WG D9200 minus proper scanlines. Adding groovymame makes the Makvision well worth the purchase. :applaud:
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Thanks for the info, I'll test it out soon, just curious if you have seen the purple spots on the screen? They seem to come and go own their own?
--- End quote ---
I've noticed that if it's left running for a while, they eventually go away, but some days I never see them at all.
It's just the monitor telling you to play more vertical games, where you don't notice them as much :P
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They are getting worse on mine, I've spoken with a tech at Suzo Happ, he thinks it may be a bad tube, even though its under warranty it still would be cheaper possibly to try to fix rather than paying for the freight to send it back for repair :-\
newmanfamilyvlogs:
In what way can you repair a bad tube?
wxman13:
No way other than replacing the tube itself that I know of, I am hoping its something other than the tube, that would cost less than the freight charge. :-\
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