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Do LED monitors really look this crappy with mame?
BadMouth:
http://youtu.be/YNFDkIZZRjI?t=50s
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lcmgadgets:
Although my white elephant, when in the distant future it is finally finished, will have 2 LCD monitors, I agree with 'viva la CRT!' I have 4reasons for going LCD: Weight, size, availability, & weight. I'm going to have a rotating monitor & a LCD marquee, & that'll b enuf weight for me. It's too bad, too. There's a big 'ol CRT monitor (I think it's 20.5") collecting dust under my work table downstairs, a remnant from my early cab plans. I should find a home for it where it would b used, but...I'd miss it! :'(
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: 8BitMonk on February 28, 2014, 11:18:50 am ---With HSL settings tweaked I get alright results with some vertical games like DK and Galaga but can't get other games like Street Fighter to look even halfway decent. Having to tweak HSL settings on a per-game basis is also as much (or perhaps even more) of a hassle as setting up an arcade monitor.
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I have the opposite problem: Street Fighter looks pretty good, but I can't get the older games to look right.
I think it has a lot to do with using a larger monitor.
My settings for Street Fighter are attached to this post if you'd like to try them: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135430.msg1400957.html#msg1400957
I ended up going the crazy route of making a different HLSL setup for each resolution. I still have a few left to do.
I tried to come up with mathematical formulas for the perfect settings, but in the end trying to get the LCD screen to match close up pictures that I had take of real machines yielded the best results. I will share them when I'm done, but they make look different on a smaller screen with a different resolution. I also need to make a mask that makes the curvature around the edges look smooth. Those jaggy edges bug me.
I don't pretend that it looks like the original CRT, but it looks better than the LCD without HLSL.
My main gripe with LCD is the lack of a pixel accurate light gun.
adder:
something like the pic below is what id like to see being done on lcd's
it must be possible, as u are looking at it using your lcd screen right now ;)
ps. and there isnt even horizontal scanlines and it still looks great :applaud:
pbj:
You know, I read the other day that CRT light guns will actually work on LCDs if you can get them to display the signal in the native resolution (480i).
I'm extremely skeptical of this claim but have no way of testing it.
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