18 September 2010, 23:33 | #1 |
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Widescreen on LCD tv
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I have a 19" samsung LCD tv which I've hooked my a1200 up to via rgb/scart Can I change the resolution in os 3.9 to a wider screen resolution to avoid stretching the 640x512 display? The screen native res is 1440x900 Cheers |
19 September 2010, 00:08 | #2 |
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Not really.. The TV probably won't show the HighGFX modes without an Indivision card.
Just run it in 4:3 mode. That's what I do. |
19 September 2010, 00:20 | #3 |
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I think Workbench looks nice when stretched horizontally, just like browsing EAB does!
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19 September 2010, 06:56 | #4 |
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You can use a not-common 1280x640 screen mode that flicker to the point you go blind but seems OK on the wide screen resolution.
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19 September 2010, 13:42 | #7 |
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Reminds me of a story with the old folks getting a widescreen TV... you know, the kind of people who have still 00:00 blinking on their stereo and such. They spend a whole evening looking at their glorious new TV without bothering to press the aspect ratio button. After an evening of enjoyment they turn to each other and say in chorus: "My, what a difference in picture quality compared to our old one! ...But why the long face, darling?"
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But I think you misunderstood me. Its always wide screen and my A1200 looks great. Have'nt noticed any stretching. My point was, if oyu start looking for impurities then you will constantly be looking. |
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19 September 2010, 22:45 | #10 |
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Here's a video of me browsing the web on an A1200 with a 16:9 LCD monitor with a native resolution of 1440x900. I'm running Workbench in PAL Super High Res Interlace 1376 x 536. It's possible to set it to 1440x576 but it depends on your monitor how much of that it can display without pushing it outside the overscan area.
[ Show youtube player ] (Turn volume down if you don't like music) The aspect is still wrong, but at least a lot more fits on the screen. |
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But if you have no stretching, then everything is fine of course. Right now I'm repairing/finding a replacement for my A600 8" screen's CPU, some fine noise-snow is noticable on dark colors. I spent some evenings finding the cause, and will spend more evening looking for components. But it's better to fix the problem, then you can enjoy/use it to the max. (Coding assembler needs a crisp screen/not stretched chars, or eyes get tired. Dpaint requires square pixels, else everything I draw is wrong on proper Amiga setups. That's the kind of thing I mean.) |
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