Ratio Monitor

Planetinfinity · 13 April 2021, 10:05

Hello,

can anyone tell me what the aspect ratio of the monitors were on the Amiga ? Were they 5:4 or 4:3 ?
I bought a NEC Multisync EA193Mi LED Monitor for my Amiga. The ratio ist 5:4 but I am not sure if that is correct for the Amiga.

Jope · 13 April 2021, 12:21

Back in the day they were all 4:3.

This is a bit of an impossible subject.

Old Amiga software (1985-1986) was mainly written for NTSC 4:3 but many of us European users saw the art squished in a sort of 4:2,81 aspect ratio with the huge blank bar on the bottom. :-)

But 4:3 is how everything Amiga should be viewed if you want some kind of accuracy. The pixels are not square. If you want to take it all the way, use NTSC 4:3 mode for software that comes from USA and PAL 4:3 mode for software that comes from Europe.

13 April 2021, 10:05	#1
Planetinfinity Registered User Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Mannheim Age: 48 Posts: 175	Ratio Monitor Hello, can anyone tell me what the aspect ratio of the monitors were on the Amiga ? Were they 5:4 or 4:3 ? I bought a NEC Multisync EA193Mi LED Monitor for my Amiga. The ratio ist 5:4 but I am not sure if that is correct for the Amiga.

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13 April 2021, 12:21	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Back in the day they were all 4:3. This is a bit of an impossible subject. Old Amiga software (1985-1986) was mainly written for NTSC 4:3 but many of us European users saw the art squished in a sort of 4:2,81 aspect ratio with the huge blank bar on the bottom. :-) But 4:3 is how everything Amiga should be viewed if you want some kind of accuracy. The pixels are not square. If you want to take it all the way, use NTSC 4:3 mode for software that comes from USA and PAL 4:3 mode for software that comes from Europe.

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