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| torino:
--- Quote from: Lion Heart on May 26, 2011, 01:06:18 pm ---Wow - that looks great! My current version of Mame is a few years old as about to update when I build the cab, and that's just got the basic scanlines options. Hmmm - I'm swaying towards Plasma/LCD now! Just a damned shame that they're ALL widescreen these days! Lion Heart :applaud: --- End quote --- LCDs/Plasmas have fixed refresh rates, that means for any game not running at EXACTLY 60fps, which is many, you will see screen tearing and/or choppiness in animation. Try Moon Patrol, for example, and see if there is any point worrying about "safety" if the game plays like amateur DOS port made by 14 year old kid. It's like swimming in your bathtub just because you're afraid of sharks in the ocean. People are playing arcade games on arcade hardware for several decades now, and I don't think there was any actual case of any kind of health issue related to CRT monitors, ever, beside some people, including me, getting electrocuted slightly, which is fun in itself. Children can fall off a swing, sure, but is that a reason to stop playing on a playground? I'd say you should worry less about "danger", and pay more attention to actual GAMEPLAY. |
| kalars123:
--- Quote from: torino on May 26, 2011, 01:55:13 pm --- --- Quote from: Lion Heart on May 26, 2011, 01:06:18 pm ---Wow - that looks great! My current version of Mame is a few years old as about to update when I build the cab, and that's just got the basic scanlines options. Hmmm - I'm swaying towards Plasma/LCD now! Just a damned shame that they're ALL widescreen these days! Lion Heart :applaud: --- End quote --- LCDs/Plasmas have fixed refresh rates, that means for any game not running at EXACTLY 60fps, which is many, you will see screen tearing and/or choppiness in animation. Try Moon Patrol, for example, and see if there is any point worrying about "safety" if the game plays like amateur DOS port made by 14 year old kid. It's like swimming in your bathtub just because you're afraid of sharks in the ocean. People are playing arcade games on arcade hardware for several decades now, and I don't think there was any actual case of any kind of health issue related to CRT monitors, ever, beside some people, including me, getting electrocuted slightly, which is fun in itself. Children can fall off a swing, sure, but is that a reason to stop playing on a playground? I'd say you should worry less about "danger", and pay more attention to actual GAMEPLAY. --- End quote --- That's what vsync,triple buffering..ect are for, it's all going to come down to what your looking for, both LCD with the new shader, and a arcade monitor up and downs, if your looking for the most authentic experience possible then yea get a CRT, if you don't mind small things here and there, which you likely won't notice anyway, then go for a lcd personally I've played UMK3 through mame on my CRT, played it on my CRT with my UMK3 PCB, and I've played it on my 25" LCD with the new filter, and frankly outside of a few difference's mostly emulator related, i can't really tell the difference between the 3 |
| Lion Heart:
hi Guys Great discussions - and interesting points on both sides! On the HLSL filter, in the images posted here I noticed that it is display within a windows frame. Is this the only option, or was this just for the sake of the images? Will it display that filter full screen? It seems that the new filter essentially makes a plasma/LCD as good as a CRT for the 'authentic' feel. Also of course plasma/LCD offer such good value for money now as well. 32" 1080p plasma's for less than £250! Lion Heart :applaud: |
| Donkbaca:
Plasma/LCD screens are obviously safer. Haven't you people seen polteirgeist? That was a CRT as I recall |
| torino:
--- Quote from: kalars123 on May 26, 2011, 02:26:35 pm ---That's what vsync,triple buffering..ect are for, it's all going to come down to what your looking for, both LCD with the new shader, and a arcade monitor up and downs, if your looking for the most authentic experience possible then yea get a CRT, if you don't mind small things here and there, which you likely won't notice anyway, then go for a lcd --- End quote --- I am afraid the only proper way is "Vsync", which will (should) slow down or speed up the game that is not running at exactly the rate of the set video adapter (screen) resolution. And that's fine for most games, if it was only working in mainstream MAME and if it could properly sync with the sound, but then some games are quite far from 60Hz, so any speed up or slow down to match LCD would make the gameplay quite non-authentic. I suppose it depends on what particular games you _really play, because ugly visual artifacts due to frame rate mismatch can apparently pass unnoticed. --- Quote ---personally I've played UMK3 through mame on my CRT, played it on my CRT with my UMK3 PCB, and I've played it on my 25" LCD with the new filter, and frankly outside of a few difference's mostly emulator related, i can't really tell the difference between the 3 --- End quote --- Ok. Can you please try "Moon Patrol" and tell us how that goes? BTW, does your CRT have OSD that can show current refresh rate? |
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