using a tv-out rules!!!!

**sk8bloke22** · September 5th, 2002, 13:24

been using my pc on the big tv lately, and omg, n64 roms look identical to the n64. its odd cos the tv image seems to blur things a lot, and it means roms look as blurry as the real n64 games. and omg, jabo's plugin is faultless when playing perfect dark 2 player on a 32-inch widescreen tv. it just looks sooo damn good.

**iq_132** · September 5th, 2002, 14:07

The thing with a tv is that it has a really really low resolution. It's somewhere in the neighborhood of like 525 by something or other...
This might be helpful:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/vidres.htm
and yes.. n64 games are just awesome when played on a tv.

**sk8bloke22** · September 5th, 2002, 14:54

not really, my gfx card supports upto 1024x768x32 on a tv ouput, and it supports it just fine. is there anyway to make things sharper tho, its almost impossible to read regular text.

**iq_132** · September 5th, 2002, 15:06

What i mean is that it looks sharper with a highter res, but it is always going to be put into the res of the tv.... I think

**iq_132** · September 5th, 2002, 15:24

Take a screenshot of this webpage 1024x768 desktop and shrink it down to like 525x393 and see what it looks like... probably alot like it does on your tv

**sk8bloke22** · September 5th, 2002, 20:05

i still dont think so, cos otherwise it wouldnt allow resolutions up to 1024x768x32 in the video options of any application when connected to my tv. for instance, if i use pj64, on jabo's d3d, the highest resolution is 1024x768x32, whereas on my monitor its 1600x1200x32. so im guessing my tv does support 1024x768x32. i think a tv blurs things more tho, it does look like 1024x768, just blurry.

**iq_132** · September 5th, 2002, 20:13

Well... i'm pretty sure I'm right. I don't know how to convince you of this, but only to say that there are a maximum number of lines you can put on a television. If a tv did support that high or a res, why don't we use a tv rather than a computer monitor? You can get a 27 in at walmart for around 200 bucks.. i don't think they even sell 27 in computer monitors, short of a plasma display (Highest I've seen is 24 in. )

**iq_132** · September 5th, 2002, 20:14

Hey bloke... this seems to be our thread

Nice chattin' with you.

**nudetothis** · September 5th, 2002, 20:33

I've got a kickass 36" JVC and I still can't get myself to bother with hooking up the TV out. I LIKE the 1280x1024 resolution (ok, its overkill I know) I'm using in PJ64. I've even considered getting the convertor so I can play the Gamecube on the PC monitor.

HDTV has higher res possibilities and I don't have one of those yet, but AFAIK for general purposes iq_132 has it right on this one. The normal TV set most of us own has less than 640x480 capability.

**ElGatoAzul** · September 5th, 2002, 20:39

I will add to the chat! XD

I'm totally agree with iq_132.

A normal TV has a 3xx lines (not pixels) (i don't remember the number exactly). This is a very low resolution but is compensed by the TV blur effect ( emulators try to imitate it with the scanlines blitters, but you should already know it). The bigger distance that you should watch the TV helps too. XD .
If you input a 1024 resolution on the video program, it only stretchs the image. The resolution of the tv is the same: 3xx lines.

PS. I prefer to play N64 emulated games on my 14 inch tv than in my 17 inch monitor. XD

Excuse my poor english. I hope you can understand me more or less

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