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NukeBlast

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Analog Arcade Monitors
« on: May 19, 2007, 02:27:27 pm »
Just to verify, am I correct to assume that analog arcade monitors do not save the screen geometry when you change resolution?  Will a digital monitor keep the geometry between resolutions? 

Since switching between games in MAME often means various resolutions, I don't want to be stuck adjusting the screen for every new game I load.

Thanks for the help.

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Re: Analog Arcade Monitors
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2007, 07:17:49 pm »
You are correct sir. Analog monitors store their current settings only, whereas a digital will store the settings for all modes and resolutions and bit depths.

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Re: Analog Arcade Monitors
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2007, 01:13:12 am »
Well that's partially correct.  It's only an issue though (in my experience anyway) with a multisync monitor when you go from a 15khz mode to a 25 or 31khz mode.  If you just have a standard CGA monitor (15khz only), you really only need to adjust the settings once for pretty much everything.  When I had my plain analog CGA monitor, I did not have to adjust the geometry at all when switching games once I got a good balanced setup for all games.