Terrible image on TV

[james.miller]

whatever. I'm not about to aruge with you over the merits of running 1024x768 on a crt. I know what looks the best, and that's why i run it.

Now tell me im wrong. No sorry, PROVE that im wrong. prove that 1024x768 looks worse than 640x480. If you cant do that, you'd better zip it

 

[badbob]

Your display is not capable of 1024 x 768. So it has to scale down.
Try and read text at 1024 x 768- it's too blurry, wheras it is readable at 640x480, and it's clear. Therefore the lower rez has more detail. Some laptops lock the maximum resolution on the S-Video port, so any higher is just software scaling.

Go to avforums and be set straight.

 

[james.miller]

yes thanks im a member there. i know very well thank you. like i said before, show me some proof, or zip it.

and before you go off on another rant, remember i'm talking dvd's and gaming here, not a desktop where NOTHING is suitable on a crt.

 

[badbob]

I use my eyes, and not just the pseudo high resolution and therefore it must be "better" If you truly believe your laptop is sending 1024 x 768 at the S-video ports I'll just leave you be.

 

[james.miller]

who said anything about a laptop? that's another thing you've got wrong. I'm using an x800gto2, if that interests you.

guess what im running mpc+ffdshow and switching between varion resolutions....guess which looks best?

 

[tim_enchanter]

You two are making me and a mate laugh
What bothers me is that because of the newr drivers I'm using with my X1800XL I can't get as good a picture as I did with my old 9600pro Just can't seem to tweak it as well as the old card.
James can you tell me a little about the software you are using?

I know my games look better at 1024x768 over lower settings and my eyes are not deceiving me.

 

[james.miller]

lol sure. MPC is media player classic. its a fantastic piece of software that can play damn near everything including real and quicktime, nd with the ffswhow codec it does everything else as well.

Ffdshow handles divx/xvid, avi, mpeg, dvd's ect. It can also scale video (very useful for any display your using) as well as apply various different fliters such as advanced noise reduction, deinterlacing, sharpen ect.

ffdshow is the daddy of codecs. It's not easy to setup, but the worth it. The worst thing about my crt (which isnt brilliant either) is how bad it makes my 19" tft look when watching dvd's. the crt totally outclasses it with black levels.

 

[Spyhop]

1024x768 may well look better but that's down to how the particular graphics-card/driver scales 1024x768 to what ever low resolution format the TV is running at. The TV is not "running" 1024x768 since it's impossible to feed that resolution over composite or s-video. So..? Yeah.

 

[james.miller]

PAL has a maximum display of 720x576, whatever input you are using. That's not the argument here. Feeding a crt with a 1024c768 signal is fine, beucase wether the tv itself is stuck at a res (which is not 800x600 or 640x480 btw) or not, the image produced is far better.

one thing i'm not sure on is wether tv set's actually stick to pal or if they are actually capable of a higher vertical res. i *think* they are capable. I'm trying to dig that up now.

 

[Spyhop]

I read that the first time, thanks. Just pointing out that you're not feeding the CRT 1024x768 because the downsampling is done automatically by the computer before anything goes down the svhs/composite cable.

 

[badbob]

1024x768 may well look better but that's down to how the particular graphics-card/driver scales 1024x768 to what ever low resolution format the TV is running at. The TV is not "running" 1024x768 since it's impossible to feed that resolution over composite or s-video. So..? Yeah.

bang on...James can't understand that.

 

[james.miller]

are you even reading my posts? are are you selectively ignoring them? here it is...once more, with bold this time:

Feeding a crt with a 1024c768 signal is fine, because wether the tv itself is stuck at a res (which is not 800x600 or 640x480 btw) or not, the image produced is far better.

I read that the first time, thanks. Just pointing out that you're not feeding the CRT 1024x768 because the downsampling is done automatically by the computer before anything goes down the svhs/composite cable.

yes and that post tells you i already know that sod what happens inbetween, its the end result that matters.