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protokatie:

--- Quote ---Are there many (mame) games that can't be played on a TV because the resolution is so low?
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If your video card has Svideo out, then all it is doing is converting the image in its "native" resolution to NTSC or PAL resolutions. In other words, you can (sorta) display a 1280X800 on the TV, but the system has to convert it, so you will lose much of the detail (it become blurry). Basically, there are no normal NTSC/PAL resolutions on most Video Cards, and they take this into account and just convert to NTSC/PAL when it goes out to Svideo.

Unless there are any MAME games that require very sharp very hi-res imagery to play effectively (IE you need to be able to read small text for instance) the games should play fine on a TV. Also note, what Fozzy says is true, and even more than I imagine Fozzy knows: If you TV is NTSC, the RF modulation will cause much more colour bleed than PAL will!!!!
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: protokatie on February 01, 2008, 10:27:49 pm ---Also note, what Fozzy says is true, and even more than I imagine Fozzy knows: If you TV is NTSC, the RF modulation will cause much more colour bleed than PAL will!!!!

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Oh! I know exactly what NTSC is like..... I work on standards conversion for NTSC to PAL and PAL to NTSC quite often. I've written software converters that now outperform the hardware ones in terms of getting good quality video conversions.

We have a saying that, NTSC stands for Never The Same Colour...  ;D It really is the most inferior colour carrier system ever invented.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
protokatie:

--- Quote ---We have a saying that, NTSC stands for Never The Same Colour...  Grin It really is the most inferior colour carrier system ever invented
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You can blame the commitee in the US for that, they had very strict rules on backwards compatibility for the signal with B/W sets. Also, wasnt NTSC the first to incorperate a color sub-carrier? That might have something to do with how crappy it is...
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: protokatie on February 02, 2008, 11:46:54 am ---You can blame the commitee in the US for that, they had very strict rules on backwards compatibility for the signal with B/W sets. Also, wasnt NTSC the first to incorperate a color sub-carrier? That might have something to do with how crappy it is...

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That's just like a Camel....... A horse designed by a comittee.  ;D ;D 

And yes it was the first practical colour sub carrier system.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
protokatie:

--- Quote ---That's just like a Camel....... A horse designed by a comittee.  Grin Grin 
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Yep, I can see the meeting now:

Director: Ok,ok, our client wants a quadrpedal animal that will work well in the desert, Jenkins, do you have any ideas?

J: Yes, I think it should conserve water well enough that it only drinks sparingly.

D: Ok, good. Where to we put the water? Mrs. smith?

S: Hmm, well we could design 2 humps on its back to hold it!

D: That might be expensive...

Mr Roberts butts in: We could have an economy model with only one hump!

D: Excellent! Good ideas. Now, what about defence? How should this animal defend itself?

R: Hmm, well we do have those big water tanks, maybe we could make it like to spit at things it doesnt like?

D: Yes, excellent idea. Also, Waste managment? Jenkins?

J: Hmm, well, we dont want it to cost more than the price point and with the features we already have, I dont think we have enough left over to deal with pollution. I say let it leave its waste whereever it wants.

D: Agreed! Ok, We now how our new FORD Mustang, desert edition!


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