Thanks for letting me in
Been planning to build a "arcade setup" with Mister and my Sony BVM20F1E. (using RGB via Scart as my other retro computers already do that). I know that the Sony only can handle 15Khz stuff. But what exactly does that mean in practice? All "standard resolution" games work ok? There are some vertical resolution games that don't? I really don't care about the "newer" arcade games, I rather play those so called classics from 80's and/or early nineties.
Could someone with more experience give me a short rundown regarding the planned setup vs. game compatibility:) Highly appreciated!
To play vertical games as accurately as possible on a 15khz CRT you have to rotate the screen. If you don't, in most cases you'll have to play your vertical game in an interlaced mode, the refresh rate will likely be wrong, and in any case the scan lines will be running the wrong way.
No game setup can play all games, so a lot of people have 2 or more cabs for this reason. Good thing about boxy monitors like Sony's is that they can stand vertically fairly well (but they weigh a ton!).