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ZZAP69
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 30 |
Best LCD TV-set for the C64?
Most people I've talked to, doesn't recommend a LCD TV as a C64 monitor, but my question is: which is the best one? I'm looking forward to a slick C64 setup with 1541U and a very portable monitor. :D
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algorithm
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 702 |
Just installed powerstrip and by luck, my lcd monitor can be selected to use 50.116 refresh rate. Yes its a small bit off but i have confirmed the refresh rate by the OSD which gives the 50.1 hhz notification. Furthermore scrolling is now silky smooth
The monitor is the Proview 900p
This is via emulator however, not a real c64 |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
Bump! Any recent developments? I'm looking for a solution with a small screen I can bring on a plane for X, preferably without framejumping, which I guess would mean a TV that could adapt its framerate like old CRT's. But if that's not technologically possible in 2012, I guess I'll have to live with some jerkyness. As long as it's not as bad as on the last X where I thought I could use an analogue TV adapter for MacBook, which turned out to be a horrible disaster with only about 2-3 frames/sec. |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
Btw, about Frantic's idea of modding a C64 to run at 50 Hz - wouldn't it be easier to mod a screen to run at 50.12 Hz? |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42543&sid=e17a9039..
Same sort of discussion as in here.
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Fierman
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 85 |
http://www.goodluckbuy.com/mini-7-tft-digital-lcd-tv-dvd-monito..
i bought that display a few months ago, works fine with c64. of course, it is a 16:9 display, so the screen will have the wrong aspect ratio. For watching the odd demo its pretty decent though. (and it is cheap too!) |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
Cresh: Yeah, there are lots of similar discussions, but this one is the most clever one I've found. Haven't seen anyone else dealing with the 50.12 Hz problem.
Fierman: Thanks, might try it out. How is it handling smooth scrolling stuff? |
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algorithm
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 702 |
The monitor that i am using at the moment allows 50hz via nvidia control panel. Will try powerstrip at some point to see whether or not i can set it to 50.12 or similar.
There may still be issues with emulators syncing to it constantly without no dropout however. There was a build of x64 (x64e) which would sync to refresh with lesser dropouts
My x110p projector can even allow 50hz (nice 3 metre c64 screen :-)
edit: Monitor is LG 2342P 3D passive 23" |
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
Cruzer: I bought the same set, also on recommendation from Fierman. It handles smooth scrolling surprisingly well! Haven't noticed any visible frameskips/double frames at all. The only downer is that the 16:9 aspect ratio is fixed. If you can live with the stretching it's a great choice; it certainly doesn't get much more portable. Personally I consider it well worth the money; as a coder I'd take stretched pixels over jerky scrolling any day of the week. |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 421 |
I have one of these: http://www.camos-multimedia.com/index.php?content=products&grou..
They sync perfectly to a 50.12Hz signal, have S-Video (and VGA) input, 4:3 aspect ratio, the resolution (800x600) is high enough to show every pixel and they come in 8 or 10 inch size. Definitely not cheap though. |
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Fierman
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 85 |
Quote: I have one of these: http://www.camos-multimedia.com/index.php?content=products&grou..
They sync perfectly to a 50.12Hz signal, have S-Video (and VGA) input, 4:3 aspect ratio, the resolution (800x600) is high enough to show every pixel and they come in 8 or 10 inch size. Definitely not cheap though.
'only' 350 euro..... They have really great products though. Bookmarked. Thanks :)
Cruzer: what radiantx says, scrolling is smooth. A small downside, besides the aspect ratio, though is that sometimes due to the resolution a colourbleeding effect can be noticed. Not sure if this also happens with mrsid's superduper display. |
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