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Arcade monitor do vs PC or TV?
gse123:
I have been running MAME on a regular TFT PC monitor until recently, as I had no other choice - no room for a full size arcade cab at least.
I have now got it hooked up to a regular CRT TV via RGB scart, and the picture is fantastic - everything just looks 'right'. Very similar to a true arcade monitor (to my eyes anyway)
Zebidee:
Yes, when I first got mame running on a CRT TV with RGB via VGa-SCART cable, i was literally stunned by how good it looked. Couldn't do much else but gape for about an hour or so. Dunno how else to describe it. As GSe123 says, it simply looks right, and the way it was meant to be.
1cal:
One thing I noticed when switching from an S-Video TV to using a monitor with proper arcade resolutions, is the lack of interlacing. (its actually a TV with an AVGA wired into the SCART socket but it's practically the same thing) This wouldn't show on a photo of the screen but is fairly noticeable on some games. I seem to be particularly sensitive to the flicker that the interlacing produced and couldn't play some games without getting a headache. OK perhaps its a doctor I needed rather than a new monitor however playing the games on non interlaced resolutions made the picture much more stable.
You won't get interlacing on a computer monitor either of course and I'm not sure if you could use the progressive scan mode on the component input of new TVs instead.
tommyinajar:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on April 25, 2007, 12:02:42 am --- They accept a wide range of cga and ega inputs (eg all of the ArcadeVGA card modes, including the problematic 400x256x53khz one)
--- End quote ---
I've got a chance to pick up one of the newer models PVM2950Q 29" I believe. How do you hook this up to a ArcadeVGA ?
Does it have the VGA hook up in back ? I seem to remember it only had standard RCA type jacks.
dmckean:
Does it have RGB inputs? The older models have BNC connectors and you have to buy a VGA to BNC adapter cable.
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