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| honkey:
I got my computer that I am going to be using for my build and I got MAME .144 all configured. Right now it is hooked up to my TV via HDMI and I think it looks great! If I had known how good it would look on an LCD, I may have considered just building a showcase cab with my TV and saved a lot of money that could have gone towards a visual pinball machine... Not that I am too disappointed as my MKII cabinet is awesome with a working monitor, but it seems to me that people have this idea that LCD tv's are just horrible for arcade games, and I disagree now that I have seen it myself. I think the only game that looks sub-par is Pac-man, and even that is not bad, just not great. |
| codefenix:
LCDs are very sharp, and therefore present a less "authentic" arcade picture. People tend to prefer the gritty picture and scanlines on a CRT TV or monitor. |
| RandyT:
LCD's are only "horrible" for lightgun games ;D But nowadays, the options are getting slimmer for CRTs, so like it or not, LCD (or Plasma) is going to have to do until something better comes along. Higher powered systems, couple with a high resolution LCD and some anti-aliasing code will still look very nice. But it takes a lot more effort and money to try to replicate the look of a CRT on the newer technologies than it it does to use them directly. RandyT |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: codefenix on November 16, 2011, 12:44:31 pm ---LCDs are very sharp, and therefore present a less "authentic" arcade picture. People tend to prefer the gritty picture and scanlines on a CRT TV or monitor. --- End quote --- Ding ding ding... I mean, think about it. You are building an entire cabinet to simulate the arcade experience. A monitor is crucial to that. If we are talking about saving money, why not just use gamepads? That's definitely cheaper. Some people feel a stretched widescreen LCD is fine, and some don't. I use authentic arcade monitors in 2 of my 3 cabinets and I prefer them, but as soon as they die I'll probably have to do LCD's and try to get the correct look with software. |
| honkey:
I do like the aspect ratio to be correct, but black bars around the sides don't bother me. I didn't change any settings at all and I think most games look fine. For the classics, I use scanline effects and I think it looks better. Don't get me wrong, arcade monitor is definitely the better option, but LCD isn't anywhere near as bad as I think people make it out to be. |
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