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Why the LCD TV hate?
RandyT:
I really need to check this HLSL out. Amazing number of options. From the looks of it, full blown CRT emulation is already well underway!
What kind of performance hit does it cause?
ids:
--- Quote from: Paul Olson on November 16, 2011, 02:15:06 pm ---...I kinda like seeing what the sprites actually looked like when designed.
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imho, when designed, they would have been designed by an "artist" staring at a CRT.... so the blur, colour bleeding, and all that went into the original design. In another thread I recall reading that some sprites were designed with pink pixels and such. The end result does not show the pink as neighbouring pixels bleed colours together. So, if this is true, to see the way it was designed, you would need a CRT (perhaps even a real arcade crt, not just a tv or other type).
otoh, looking at these games on a high res LCD without HLSL effects does give a very crisp look at things. I was set up that way for a while and didn't mind it at all, but some guests complained :)
RandyT:
--- Quote from: ids on November 16, 2011, 02:48:26 pm ---imho, when designed, they would have been designed by an "artist" staring at a CRT.... so the blur, colour bleeding, and all that went into the original design. In another thread I recall reading that some sprites were designed with pink pixels and such. The end result does not show the pink as neighbouring pixels bleed colours together. So, if this is true, to see the way it was designed, you would need a CRT (perhaps even a real arcade crt, not just a tv or other type).
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I smell another 14 page thread.
Agreed 100%, as I was one of those artists doing exactly that at the time.
LeedsFan:
I need to read up on this HLSL option. But two very quick questions to begin with....
1) Which version of mame did this get added?
2) Is it only useful for people with LCD monitors? I mean... if I have an old CRT PC monitor is HLSL of any use?
newmanfamilyvlogs:
I probably would have ended up with an LCD if I could get one big enough.. It's really the aspect ratio that killed it for me. I wanted it to fit in a given footprint.
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