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Title: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: arnoldemu on 12:59, 31 August 13
What does the cpc display look like on a widescreen television?

is it stretched to fit and so the aspect changes, or does it show it as 4:3 with black borders on the left/right?

Are the borders the same relative thickness compared to a cpc monitor?

Just wondering. Anyone got any pics.. I am sure there are some around.


Title: Re: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: andycadley on 15:44, 31 August 13
Wouldn't that just depend on how the TV is set up? Most widescreen TVs have various different settings for dealing with a 4:3 signal, from centering it with a black border to varying different types of stretching algorithms.
Title: Re: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: beaker on 15:59, 31 August 13
Here's some old ones I took last year with the Symbiface and Megaflash attached. May give you some idea?
Title: Re: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: Munchausen on 16:28, 31 August 13
I've found it's quite good in 640x200 sometimes, because it counteracts the strange pixel size!
Title: Re: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: ralferoo on 19:04, 31 August 13
Yeah, my TV can do either. I actually plan to add a mode to my FPGA emulator that compresses the display by 4:3 horizontally (which when multiplied by the normal 4:3 gives 16:9) too, but mostly because it annoys me to change the setting on the TV!
Title: Re: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: TotO on 19:10, 31 August 13
For information the 4:3 cpc screen size on a TV is 384x288 to 768x576
Title: Re: cpc on widescreen television
Post by: arnoldemu on 19:40, 31 August 13
yes my television has the same algorithms. I wanted to see some nice pictures and beaker provided them, but also because I have an idea about 3d using passive glasses. I wanted to know how it could work.
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