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Why the LCD TV hate?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: honkey on November 16, 2011, 01:02:31 pm ---I do like the aspect ratio to be correct, but black bars around the sides don't bother me. I didn't change any settings at all and I think most games look fine. For the classics, I use scanline effects and I think it looks better. Don't get me wrong, arcade monitor is definitely the better option, but LCD isn't anywhere near as bad as I think people make it out to be.
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You'll find that to be the case with nearly everything (arcade or not).
Wait till you ask people what the best joystick is.
VanillaGorilla:
All I gotta say is, the HLSL feature thats been added to MAME/MESS is blowing me away. I just sit there and look at Pac Man on my LCD now, and mutter to myself 'that looks so f'ing awesome', this is what I have been waiting for in MAME for 15 years. CRT's will become superfluous as this filter tech advances. I have a 1920x1200 27" LCD in my cab. If I increase the pre-scaling on 320x240 games to 6X [x], and 5x[y], and then apply scanlines and shadow mask, .01 pincushion, a touch of scanline jitter and some de-focus, wow does it look good. The sprites in berzerk actually have a little 'glow' to them now (using the red/ble/green power adjustment). I really couldn't be much happier with it at this point, outside of speed optimization...Much love, mamedev's.
honkey:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 16, 2011, 01:06:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: honkey on November 16, 2011, 01:02:31 pm ---I do like the aspect ratio to be correct, but black bars around the sides don't bother me. I didn't change any settings at all and I think most games look fine. For the classics, I use scanline effects and I think it looks better. Don't get me wrong, arcade monitor is definitely the better option, but LCD isn't anywhere near as bad as I think people make it out to be.
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You'll find that to be the case with nearly everything (arcade or not).
Wait till you ask people what the best joystick is.
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I suppose that is true. If I had tried it out for myself sooner, I probably would have sacrificed the little bit of quality and made a showcase cabinet and then would have used my savings to start working on a visual pinball. I may still be able to make one in a few months though... There have been a lot of deals on TV's on craigslist lately.
JODY:
My major issue is I can't get some games to use more of the screen. E.g. Williams games like Joust and Robotron wind up taking up a small box in the middle of the screen. I realize this is due to scaling the resolution up but I would think it should be able to be done so that it uses the full height of the screen. Anyone know how to work around this?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: JODY on November 16, 2011, 01:26:12 pm ---My major issue is I can't get some games to use more of the screen. E.g. Williams games like Joust and Robotron wind up taking up a small box in the middle of the screen. I realize this is due to scaling the resolution up but I would think it should be able to be done so that it uses the full height of the screen. Anyone know how to work around this?
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There are a bazillion things you can try, but I always swapped out the video card and that would fix it. Onboard Intel on older boards used to give me the biggest trouble.
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