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Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?....
06/19/16 07:00 PM


> The image on the left is an alt+F4 snap taken on my 4:3 CRT displaying at 1280x1024.
> It looks 'clean', even viewed on my 32" LCD.
>
> The right snippett image is on my 32"LCD displaying at 1920x1080 (MAME is set for
> 16:9, so the games display properly). (Alt+F4 images paste as black on this rig, so I
> had to take a picture the old-fashioned way.)
>
> Setting the LCD to display at SXGA changes it a little. The rigs are the same
> hardware. Is it just the LCD? As far as I know, there's no hardware or software
> scaling going on...

It doesn't, I don't think. Your LCD display may also be incompatible with whatever video resolution or refresh rate you're trying to output.

Also, LCD monitors DO have hardware scaling built in, depending on the model. Mine does, it's a pain in the ass, so I have to set things manually once in a while.







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* Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Traso 06/17/16 09:19 AM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Mr Ric  06/21/16 12:47 AM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Traso  06/21/16 06:41 AM
. * MAME is not sentient [nt] Tomu Breidah  06/19/16 09:09 PM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Foxhack  06/19/16 07:00 PM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Dullaron  06/20/16 03:13 AM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Traso  06/21/16 06:32 AM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Foxhack  06/21/16 07:31 AM
. * Re: Does MAME somehow take the monitor you're using in to account?.... Traso  06/23/16 12:12 AM
. * Note that the black, or blank?, snap happens in only MAME.... Traso  06/26/16 02:35 AM

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