Hi Calamity,
A while ago the flyback on my
favorite Blaupunkt burnt out. I've ordered a new one and hopefully the TV can be revived. Fingers crossed!
In the meantime, I came across another rare and very nice
Loewe Calida 5072. As this thread documents, the E3000 chassis has amazing picture quality but it's not the most compatible board.
I have done some further tests with E3000 and have discovered the following:
In PAL mode, 285 lines is maximum possible before the TV starts to crop lines. 52 Hz is about the upper limit before the picture rolls.
In NTSC mode, only a measly 233 lines can be shown before the image is cropped! 57 Hz is the lowest refresh rate possible before the picture rolls. I've had the refresh up to 63 Hz but the geometry starts to distort a little.
So, there's a big gap in the middle where the TV won't sync. Also, to get 240 and 256 lines games to show, they need to be pushed down into the PAL mode.
The 285 and 233 lines limits I'm confident about. The vertical frequency ranges may have a little more play in them, but not much.
My question is: how do I define a set of monitor specs that force 233+ line games to always run in PAL mode (with a lower refresh).
Also, how do I get the games to run smoothly (albeit with a lower refresh than usual) instead of with tripple buffer?
Basically, I want to make sure all lines are showing at the expense of original refresh rate.
It would be nice to finally get a working solution for the E3000 after so much effort has gone into it...