So - with a TV and TV-out card, every game will run ok? TV vs. arcade monitor?

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Posted by TDD on 14, 2001 at 11:47 AM:

It seems that with MAMEW becoming the new standard and all its fancy stretching modes and whatnot, it is becoming what all the other spinoffs (AdvanceMAME, StretchMAME) basically do.

With a *decent* TV, TV-out card, and S-Video throughout, the whole setup should scale the video properly and pretty much make any game playable and use as much of the screen as possible, keeping the aspect ratio - right?

I am still trying to choose between a dedicated arcade monitor and a TV - I a need 25 to 27" display, the ability to run Windows emuilators as well, and have the whole system somewhat mimic the fuzziness of the older games. It should also be able to display pretty much anything that I throw at it.

I'll lose the Windows ability if I go arcade monitor, unless I get a VGA display, right? Then I get the blockiness of the higher scanrate then, I would figure.

What if I try Wells Gardner's D9200 digital XGA monitor - it apparently handles 15-31 kHz scan - can it therefore run old games via ArcadeOS at 15 kHz, and also boot into Windows for VGA 31 kHz mode and make those Windows based emulators run fine as well?

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: It seems that with MAMEW becoming the new standard and all its fancy stretching modes and whatnot, it is becoming what all the other spinoffs (AdvanceMAME, StretchMAME) basically do. : With a *decent* TV, TV-out card, and S-Video throughout, the whole setup should scale the video properly and pretty much make any game playable and use as much of the screen as possible, keeping the aspect ratio - right? : I am still trying to choose between a dedicated arcade monitor and a TV - I a need 25 to 27" display, the ability to run Windows emuilators as well, and have the whole system somewhat mimic the fuzziness of the older games. It should also be able to display pretty much anything that I throw at it. : I'll lose the Windows ability if I go arcade monitor, unless I get a VGA display, right? Then I get the blockiness of the higher scanrate then, I would figure. : What if I try Wells Gardner's D9200 digital XGA monitor - it apparently handles 15-31 kHz scan - can it therefore run old games via ArcadeOS at 15 kHz, and also boot into Windows for VGA 31 kHz mode and make those Windows based emulators run fine as well?

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