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wizkid32:

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--- Quote from: wizkid32 on November 29, 2011, 08:39:10 pm ---Just another thought.  There is one other convincing reason to go CRT, and that is viewing angle.  LCD/Flatscreen monitors often have small viewing angles, so you have to be sitting right in front of them.  You can't see the image if you look at any other angle.  This is much less of a problem with newer monitors, however, but you should still keep it in mind.

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Lots of talk on that already. SIPS and stuff I can't remember the names of.

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Not trying to rehash, just summarize my views.
Paul Olson:
I was looking around over at mameworld's forums, and it looks like we are going to have nice artwork for the widescreen LCDs soon. These are supposed to into the next release.

http://www.cooleywire.com/jimmyh/mame/artwork.html
Spacedueler:

--- Quote from: JODY on November 16, 2011, 01:26:12 pm ---My major issue is I can't get some games to use more of the screen.  E.g. Williams games like Joust and Robotron wind up taking up a small box in the middle of the screen.  I realize this is due to scaling the resolution up but I would think it should be able to be done so that it uses the full height of the screen.  Anyone know how to work around this?

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That's what I get if I use bezel artwork with those games - is that possibly your case? If you're using artwork try running the game without it and see if there's any change.
wizkid32:

--- Quote from: JODY on November 16, 2011, 01:26:12 pm ---My major issue is I can't get some games to use more of the screen.  E.g. Williams games like Joust and Robotron wind up taking up a small box in the middle of the screen.  I realize this is due to scaling the resolution up but I would think it should be able to be done so that it uses the full height of the screen.  Anyone know how to work around this?

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I have had no such problems on my 20"  LED monitor.  On the topic of aspect ratios, some monitors (like mine) offer a hardware solution.  Mine can be switched from 16:9 to 4:3 with the touch of a single illuminated key!  This is accomplished by the usual black bars, but is handy none the less!
Gray_Area:
This whole black bar nonsense amuses me. 'We must be missin somethin thar cuz the whole screen ain't filled by this here original video game picture'.
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