Re: VGA to Composite

Robinson, Eric-2 wrote:
> 
> 25" TVs with S-VIDEO inputs are hard to come by in my area, for some
> reason. I've been camping on craigslist for 2 months. I've seen lots of
> 25" TVs, but so only 1 with S-VIDEO. I've seen lots of 27" TVs, but
> those are too big.


Mmmm, right. I would think even 25s would have at least S-vid, but
truthfully I haven't seen many around, let alone on CL. I would either go 27
or 19. Certainly a decent 19" will have at least S-vid, though probably not
component. Or you can surrender and use a 21-22" PC monitor. Actually, if
you set mame correctly, you can get natural hardware scanlines, making it
much more palettable and then have all the perks of higher resolution
capacity for your front end, etc. If I had to go through it again, while
knowing what I do, I might do this latter suggestion.




Hey, here's a question. Do most people build cabs with horizontal
> monitors and just put up with black margins on vertical games, or do
> most people build 2 arcade cabinets? :-)
> 
> 
> 

Are you married? That seems to be the general determinant. Comedic yet true.
For those who have the overall capacity and who wish to have separate
set-ups, they made one for each. Even at native resolutions, I don't enjoy
golden age (there was only one, mind) vertical games in 27 inches. 19 is
right, hence, I only need one rig. As for the margins, there's a third
option, usually. Set things up so there aren't any. From what I've seen, if
connecting via S-vid or component and using hwstretch or stock D3D settings
in mame since the re-write, both horizontal and vertical games are sized the
same, hence all's needed is going into the TVs service menu and sizing the
screen appropriately. HOWEVER - I just remembered - newer mame has a
function (in the same menu as the volume, etc) where you can stretch the
image without any artifacts. It's a software feature, but acts the same as
the hardware option on a monitor. It's really quite nifty. It doesn't work
well when running at native resolutions, but might be fine in the scaled
circumstance of a TV.


Oh, I forgot about using Advancemame. Well, obviously, I'm hinting you maybe
shouldn't in this overall situation.

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