TV Settings Pointers/Tips/Help?

[wonderalex]

Hi there,

I'm currently testing an old 19in TV (Citizen) to be used as the monitor in my new build (Williams Cab). No SVIDEO, but it does have video-in and coax-in (cable).

I've got it working - hooked up to my PC, set to 640X480 (I can go lower) - but the image isn't great - blurry, colours are a bit off, et cetera.

Does anyone have any pointers for getting this to look good or at least better? I've got an GeForce 6200 NVIDIA card with 512MB.

Thanks,

WonderAlex

[Donkbaca]

You are always going to have a crappy picture with anything less then s-video because of how the signal is sent to the tv

[wonderalex]

Nuffin'futs!

So much for that plan - I've got quite a collection of TVs now - a 20in (kinda broken) and two 19in - well they were free so I guess I can't complain.

Thanks Donkbaca - I'll hunt for a TV with SVIDEO then.

WonderAlex

[Donkbaca]

on the flipside, if you remember, the pictures weren't all that crisp on the original machines, if you can live with it, then don't bother.  It'll probably be hard to find a tv that is 19 inches with s-video.  Then you have to worry about power return, and if it remembers teh channel it was on....  I was going to go the tv route, then finally just said f-it and got an lcd.  a 17inch LCD is probably about the same size as a 19inch crt, and you can get one for like 75 bucks and it will be a no-hassle install, plus it will be lighter and easier to deal with...

[wonderalex]

I hear ya - but I've got a beautifully preserved bezel and glass I'd hate not to use - hence the hunt for a 19 in CRT TV or Monitor - which I've noticed isn't easy to find.

There's no question LCDs are a breeze to set up (same can be said for PC CRT Monitors) - but I'm really not keen on the way it displays games - particularly older ones. It's more than the lack of scan lines - they just seem flat to me.

I'm going to set-up up my FE and everything using the TV before I make my final decision - and you're right - who knows I may like it that way - besides I've got a 21in CRT PC Monitor I can always cram into the Williams.

WonderAlex

[boardjunkie]

If its a Williams cab, then why not just use the *right* monitor (arcade monitor) and be done with it?
There's no shortage of 19" arcade monitors out there....
A regular TV *will* work, but you'd need to hack it to take RGB inputs. The reason why your present TV image sucks is that composite and S-video are compressed formats, RGB is full bandwidth.

To the poster who said something about the pix not be'n crisp on the original machines, ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. You *can't* get any more crisp and pure (on a CRT display) than RGB. And.....its simpler to work with. I have MAME set up on a 30+ yr old arcade monitor and it looks just as the original games did. LCD monitors and std res games don't give good results....at all.