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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: orange on November 17, 2009, 10:16:55 AM

Title: about LCD monitors
Post by: orange on November 17, 2009, 10:16:55 AM

there is an interesting discussion on slashdot about using LCD monitors with low res games:

http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/11/17/0039243/Making-Old-Games-Look-Good-On-Modern-LCDs?art_pos=1

Title: Re: about LCD monitors
Post by: Moto on November 17, 2009, 03:38:18 PM

That is interesting.  I just recently hooked up the Amiga to a 20" 4:3 LCD (12x10) panel and I must say that it's a problem getting things to look right.  Text is very blurry and there's no way to turn the "automagic" scaling features off.

I still have an HD (CRT) television in my house and everything that I throw at it looks great.  I guess it's a matter of LCDs having fixed pixel whereas CRTs can make a nice pixel any size it needs.  Perhaps once LCD resolutions get so incredibly high we'll be able to make any resolution possible and it won't matter.

Title: Re: about LCD monitors
Post by: Lockon_15 on November 17, 2009, 05:42:21 PM

That same issue bugged me as hell for a while...until I shelled out for an Indivision ECS. I hooked up few high-end CRTs (FDTrinitron tube) and "classic" 5:4 LCDs...CRT throws a bit smoother pixel print compared to LCD, but it's obvious IECS has some clever antialiasing stuff mimicking CRT native color blending...
In fact, it's good enough I won't look back for good.