Posted by Rob Meyers on 11, 2001 at 4:14 AM:
In Reply to: Today's decent 25"+ TVs vs Arcade Monitors posted by TDD on 11, 2001 at 12:58 AM:
All the TVs out there (even the new ones) are still usually interlaced, which both reduces the scan-line look most of us are trying to get, and causes an unwanted crawling or vibration on very thin lines or saturated colors. I don't know how you get rid of the interlacing or introduce scanlines graphically without using a computer monitor or arcade monitor. I'm personally planning to use my current 14" Sony monitor in combination with a screen magnifier available for $30. I've heard this works great and basically doubles the size of your picture with little or no distortion. This seems the best cheap solution for getting good scanlines on raster games while allowing the highest resolution for vector games. Just my preference.
: I haven't been TV shopping as of late, so i'd like some opinions from those in the know out there.
: Most, if not all, arcade monitors are limited resolution devices, and a few now are VGA/SVGA, albeit large dot pitches at the 25" and up sizes.
: Today's upper end TVs (Sony WEGA, JVC D-series, etc.) with S-Video ins and digital comb filters are probably very decent units.
: Can someone comment on the comparisons between, let's say, Wells-Gardner 25" and up monitors vs. upper end TVs, at equal tube sizes?