What did you buy today. - Page 81

PowerPie5000 · 19 July 2010, 23:43

I just bought "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" for the Xbox 360. The first game is great and the second is fantastic! Plus i'm one of the lucky one's who got a VIP code with it... free expansions/map packs for me

fitzsteve · 19 July 2010, 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerPie5000

I just bought "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" for the Xbox 360. The first game is great and the second is fantastic! Plus i'm one of the lucky one's who got a VIP code with it... free expansions/map packs for me

Nice one, I just downloaded it from Steam yesteraday, going to play online with some old friends from the online gaming community.

Shame Xbox Live and PC's cant game together onling

prowler · 20 July 2010, 00:22

Hi thgill,

Here are the screenshots I took today. The colours are actually much more vibrant than they appear. This is because I had to apply Gamma correction to the images in order to crop them accurately on my PC. I am using a tired old 14-inch CRT monitor until I receive the 1.8m male to male SVGA monitor PC to TFT lead I bought on eBay which will allow me to use the Toshiba with my PC as well and cure this problem!

Click the thumbnails for bigger images. They're VERY big! Zoom in and check the detail.

PAL: High Res Laced; 670 x 538 x 256 colours.

PAL: High Res Laced (Wide); 670 x 538 x 256 colours.

PAL: Super-High Res Laced; 1340 x 538 x 256 colours.

The Super-High Res Laced Workbench suffers from cramped text. This could be improved by changing the Font Preferences.

fitzsteve · 20 July 2010, 00:28

@prowler

That looks superb mate, well done

thgill · 20 July 2010, 04:32

@prowler

wow that does look good...text is very sharp and clean.

Would appear that the built in scaler is doing a fine job of handling the Amiga's rather low res.

No need taking NTSC pix my friend. I can clearly see that this TV would be up to the task.

Time to start counting my pennies...

prowler · 20 July 2010, 21:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

That looks superb mate, well done

Quote:

Originally Posted by thgill

wow that does look good...text is very sharp and clean.

Would appear that the built in scaler is doing a fine job of handling the Amiga's rather low res.

No need taking NTSC pix my friend. I can clearly see that this TV would be up to the task.

Time to start counting my pennies...

Thanks for your comments, my friends. They are appreciated.

It wasn't easy producing screenshots designed to illustrate display quality without professional equipment, so they are less than perfect. I am greatly relieved that you found them helpful nonetheless. It makes the effort worthwhile!

prowler · 21 July 2010, 20:20

This morning I received the 1.8m HD15 male to male VGA cable I bought on eBay to be able to use my new Toshiba 19-inch LCD widescreen HDTV as a PC monitor.

I am now using it with this machine and I am happy to report that at 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz it is giving a sharp and solid picture with a choice between 4:3 or wide picture scaling!

fitzsteve · 21 July 2010, 23:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

This morning I received the 1.8m HD15 male to male VGA cable I bought on eBay to be able to use my new Toshiba 19-inch LCD widescreen HDTV as a PC monitor.

I am now using it with this machine and I am happy to report that at 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz it is giving a sharp and solid picture with a choice between 4:3 or wide picture scaling!

You should be able to use widescreen resolutions as well, it will tell you in the manual what ones are supported in PC mode.

You might need to upgrade your Video card drivers for them to be available though...

prowler · 21 July 2010, 23:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

You should be able to use widescreen resolutions as well, it will tell you in the manual what ones are supported in PC mode.

The standard user's manual doesn't include information like that, unfortunately. To view the advanced functions available for the set, Toshiba have an owner's manual area on their website:
http://www.toshiba-om.net

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

You might need to upgrade your Video card drivers for them to be available though...

Yes. 1600 x 1200 (not compatible with this set) is the highest standard resolution available (embedded Intel Extreme Graphics) with the installed drivers. Mind you, 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024 don't look bad at all when scaled to widescreen.

prowler · 22 July 2010, 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

Mind you, 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024 don't look bad at all when scaled to widescreen.

Hmm... That's just as well.

The latest Intel® Extreme Graphics Driver for integrated video on Intel Desktop Boards is the one I have already dated 7th March 2003 for Windows NT 4.0

So I'm actually going to need a graphics card to get widescreen modes.

I think I can wait until it's time to get a new machine.

fitzsteve · 22 July 2010, 10:31

Oh well mate, just enjoy it for now then

If you need any help/advice building a new system at any point give me a shout, PeeCee's are my other hobby but I try to keep that quiet on these boards

lolafg · 22 July 2010, 18:59

A new toy : Gp2x Wiz !!

prowler · 22 July 2010, 23:11

During the last hour or so I have won 18 Amiga Plus CD-ROMs on eBay at £2.99 each. I have just been watching them fall like skittles.

I am negotiating with the seller (Airey36) on combined p&p.

The CDs are dated between January 1996 to July 1999. I've not heard of this magazine before, but it appears from the card sleeves that Amiga Plus was a German Amiga magazine.

Whatever they turn out to be, it seems I will have some new material to upload to the EAB File Server.

alexh · 23 July 2010, 10:06

10x MX27C4100 EPROMs from here

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=53962

Let you know when they arrive in case others were thinking of using these guys.

fitzsteve · 23 July 2010, 11:49

Skeleton Krew for CD32 - £3.20 + £1 P&P from gool ol' ebay

Baboon · 23 July 2010, 12:42

I just picked up an s-video to VGA converter Box...

From: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28534

I wanted to hook my CD32 and xbox 1 up to a spare vga monitor I found in my loft.

I did purchase what I thought was the same converter box from ebay quite a few months ago but got ripped off and got sent the wrong item and no refund.

...hopefuly from this shop I should get the correct gear.

Jakodemus · 23 July 2010, 13:09

Brand new Oh No! More Lemmings just arrived to my mailbox. I probably should take some time to play it. Oh, and it did cost only 10 euro's.

DDNI · 23 July 2010, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baboon

I just picked up an s-video to VGA converter Box...

From: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28534

I wanted to hook my CD32 and xbox 1 up to a spare vga monitor I found in my loft.

I did purchase what I thought was the same converter box from ebay quite a few months ago but got ripped off and got sent the wrong item and no refund.

...hopefuly from this shop I should get the correct gear.

I would be very interested to hear what quality you get from this!
Will it do VGA to composite/svideo?

phipscube · 23 July 2010, 14:14

I bought an old Granstand Pinball Wizard

Baboon · 23 July 2010, 15:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

I would be very interested to hear what quality you get from this!
Will it do VGA to composite/svideo?

It was Anemos that got me interested in the converter (originaly from him posting images on pspuae). You can see how good the quality is in these posts:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=50252

22 July 2010, 18:59	#1612
lolafg Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tours/France Age: 52 Posts: 1,233	A new toy : Gp2x Wiz !! Last edited by lolafg; 17 August 2012 at 17:48.

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19 July 2010, 23:43	#1601
PowerPie5000 Miggy Ate My Hamster! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,566	I just bought "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" for the Xbox 360. The first game is great and the second is fantastic! Plus i'm one of the lucky one's who got a VIP code with it... free expansions/map packs for me

20 July 2010, 00:22	#1603
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Hi thgill, Here are the screenshots I took today. The colours are actually much more vibrant than they appear. This is because I had to apply Gamma correction to the images in order to crop them accurately on my PC. I am using a tired old 14-inch CRT monitor until I receive the 1.8m male to male SVGA monitor PC to TFT lead I bought on eBay which will allow me to use the Toshiba with my PC as well and cure this problem! Click the thumbnails for bigger images. They're VERY big! Zoom in and check the detail. PAL: High Res Laced; 670 x 538 x 256 colours. PAL: High Res Laced (Wide); 670 x 538 x 256 colours. PAL: Super-High Res Laced; 1340 x 538 x 256 colours. The Super-High Res Laced Workbench suffers from cramped text. This could be improved by changing the Font Preferences.

20 July 2010, 00:28	#1604
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,685	@prowler That looks superb mate, well done

20 July 2010, 04:32	#1605
thgill Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mason, Ohio / USA Age: 48 Posts: 391	@prowler wow that does look good...text is very sharp and clean. Would appear that the built in scaler is doing a fine job of handling the Amiga's rather low res. No need taking NTSC pix my friend. I can clearly see that this TV would be up to the task. Time to start counting my pennies...

21 July 2010, 20:20	#1607
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	This morning I received the 1.8m HD15 male to male VGA cable I bought on eBay to be able to use my new Toshiba 19-inch LCD widescreen HDTV as a PC monitor. I am now using it with this machine and I am happy to report that at 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz it is giving a sharp and solid picture with a choice between 4:3 or wide picture scaling!

22 July 2010, 10:31	#1611
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,685	Oh well mate, just enjoy it for now then If you need any help/advice building a new system at any point give me a shout, PeeCee's are my other hobby but I try to keep that quiet on these boards

22 July 2010, 23:11	#1613
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	During the last hour or so I have won 18 Amiga Plus CD-ROMs on eBay at £2.99 each. I have just been watching them fall like skittles. I am negotiating with the seller (Airey36) on combined p&p. The CDs are dated between January 1996 to July 1999. I've not heard of this magazine before, but it appears from the card sleeves that Amiga Plus was a German Amiga magazine. Whatever they turn out to be, it seems I will have some new material to upload to the EAB File Server.

23 July 2010, 10:06	#1614
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,478	10x MX27C4100 EPROMs from here http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=53962 Let you know when they arrive in case others were thinking of using these guys.

23 July 2010, 11:49	#1615
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,685	Skeleton Krew for CD32 - £3.20 + £1 P&P from gool ol' ebay

23 July 2010, 12:42	#1616
Baboon Moon Monkey Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Plymouth, Devon Posts: 419	I just picked up an s-video to VGA converter Box... From: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28534 I wanted to hook my CD32 and xbox 1 up to a spare vga monitor I found in my loft. I did purchase what I thought was the same converter box from ebay quite a few months ago but got ripped off and got sent the wrong item and no refund. ...hopefuly from this shop I should get the correct gear.

23 July 2010, 13:09	#1617
Jakodemus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 62	Brand new Oh No! More Lemmings just arrived to my mailbox. I probably should take some time to play it. Oh, and it did cost only 10 euro's.

23 July 2010, 14:14	#1619
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