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Help with philips 21 tv
« on: October 13, 2007, 10:39:33 am »
the trouble im having is fuzzy picture im using a philips 21" tv with a scart in from pc svideo i swapped it with my sis for a brand new flat screen so i could use it in my cabinet but the screen is so bad i cant read anything has anyone any ideas my setup is amd 1.8 80 gb hard drive 320gb usb external ati 9600 (256mb) graphics card top end sound card please help thanks

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2007, 02:05:07 pm »
the picture was o.k with the old t.v?if so whats different about your wiring

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2007, 12:18:57 pm »
Yeah the picture from the crt is fine when you open menus (ie the menu is perfectly clear) so i know the tv is fine just when its displaying windows xp its quite fuzzy or mame for that matter. lots of red blue blur 4 pin svideo cable to scart  60 hz crt very grainy image like small lines any ideas

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2007, 12:46:35 pm »
« Last Edit: October 14, 2007, 02:39:40 pm by cynos »
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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2007, 08:42:54 pm »
thanks for the link dude i should have a 21 crt sony monitor by tomorrow which should solve things ps up the dubs

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2007, 09:22:46 am »
lol
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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2007, 09:55:19 am »
sutton how about you

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2007, 12:27:18 pm »
From Portmarnock
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If your looking for a cheap or free TV
try
dublinwaste.ie or buyandsell.ie
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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2007, 10:41:49 am »
cheers dude got myself a 21 sun microsystems monitor which should do the trick

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2007, 01:01:39 pm »
Through buyandsell actually

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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2007, 11:07:37 pm »
If your gonna get an ArcadeVGA card or mod your card, I'd highly reccommend the scart hack I done, Its brillant, picture perfect
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Re: Help with philips 21 tv
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2007, 01:26:28 am »
If this is a flat screen, it may be a HDTV or EDTV which give higher resolution, which would involve scaling the picture, which may add some distortion.  Additionally, most flatscreens are pixelized.  You may want to run it at the HIGHEST resolution it supports, and enable stretching in MAME.