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Simple Guide to using a TV with component connections - Almost arcade perfect!
Jeff AMN:
Oops, never mind.
Wienerdog:
--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on March 30, 2007, 02:05:39 pm ---Sorry for the stir I caused....Sure, I can tell the difference, but it really is minor.
I'm an AV nut too, so I notice those things.
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Don't be sorry, you are absolutely correct and this guide is very helpful. I am a child when it comes to configuring video settings so this is great. Back in 2003 I had had trouble getting everything configured right: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=4531.0
In the end, I was VERY impressed with the quality.
Moose13:
I just started building my cab and noticed the TV I purchased (used on Craigslist) had component inputs. It's hooked up to s-video now, but I guess it's wothe the $10 to get the adapter and cables to find out how it looks with component.
One question I have, and forgive me for being at work and not in front of my cab. Can you modify the Mame32 configs to 640x432, the same as you would for mame? Can it be edited from notepad? Or can I simply change it to 640x432 in the gui?
:dunno
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on March 30, 2007, 02:05:39 pm ---Sorry for the stir I caused.
When I said "almost arcade perfect" I meant to convey my satisfaction, not to actually imply that my setup looked exactly like the real deal.
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Actually Aurich is talking through his arse!! and you have nothing to be sorry for. I work with real arcade monitors every single day. I can tell you that your images, even in your photographs, look a damned sight better than most arcade monitors do in real world use.
The truth is that in an arcade, most monitors are not perfectly adjusted and pin sharp. Mostly because we don't have the sort of time it would take to do that. The fact that Aurich has an arcade monitor that no doubt he has tweaked to perfection, makes little or no difference to that statement. In fact Aurich's perfectly sharp tweaked arcade monitor is more inaccurate to the monitors in the real world than your TV is.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
ChadTower:
On my regular TV (purchased 1999), I've always used component for DVDs and Svideo for Satellite. I've always wondered what the big deal about component was given that my two images looked pretty much identical. If it really is just converting the component to Svideo right inside the connector plate, that would explain a lot.