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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Motormouth on September 15, 2016, 03:14:50 AM
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What is your opinion?
What monitor would you rather have your high end amiga (assume a nice graphics card)?
1600x1200 UXGA CTR or 1920x1080 LCD?
These are relatively close in the number of pixels
both have a their advantages (and disadvantages)
Which would you rather have?
What about a high end amiga but with a bit lower end graphics card (like a picasso II note: make your you fix the pin 9 issue before you us it on an LCD monitor)
For this the example resolutions would be a bit lower
1152x864 +XGA (or simiilar 4:3) CTR vs 1280x720 LCD (or similar 1366x768 or 1280x800)?
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I use a 20.1" LCD on my main Amiga, 4:3 aspect ratio, of course. 99% of Amiga software is designed for this ratio (actually I've heard it's 5:4, but 4:3 is close enough).
On my 500 at home I use a 37" widescreen display. I can either stretch it or live with the vertical black bars on the sides. Normally I live with the bars. ;)
I've played around with just about all the resolutions and aspect ratios my Spectrum and Indivisions are capable of, and these are just what I prefer. My .02 cents. :)
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1600x1200 UXGA CTR or 1920x1080 LCD?
These are relatively close in the number of pixels
I am typing this on my dual 20" 1600x1200 screen Linux setup; especially ordered two HP LP2065 second hand as everything bigger now seems the other aspect ratio.
Would love to have this properly supported also on my (NG) amiga's.
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Overall I personally like the CRT as it allows exact pixel registration at lower resolutions.
This is especially nice for games running in NTSC or PAL resolutions with a scan doubler.
Also the 4:3 ratio "feels" like an Amiga.
However at the exact native resolution of an LCD monitor, the LCD monitors seem superior, as they are extremely sharp. However, I cannot stand low resolution extrapolation on a high res. monitors, they always look "soft" or worse as there is antialiasing going on.