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Post by niceguy71486 on Sept 12, 2006 22:51:13 GMT -5
Hey everyone I have a question. If I were to buy a HDTV that is both a TV and a PC monitor would that fix all the graphical problems that psx emulators are having since it would have an NTSC filter or would using software rendering or D3D or Opengl cause the game to be changed so it would no longer use the NTSC filter because the emulator would force everything to go to the renderer that the emulator is using. Thx for the help.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Sept 12, 2006 23:00:09 GMT -5
It wouldn't fix a thing, since the graphics are how they're gonna look before they ever reach the monitor. The rendering has nothing to do with the monitor being used. I would imagine that buying and using an HDTV would actually make the image look a little worse (especially a decently sized TV, like over 20"). Have you ever tried using an HDTV as a monitor? I have (a 36" Sony HDTV), and everything looked a bit blurry and pixelated at the same time, not to mention a bit small (and this was using an S-Video connection from my video card to the TV).
My advice: forget buying or using an HDTV for the primary purpose of using it as a monitor. Get a nice 17" LCD monitor for your computer, as it'll look big and crisp. But don't forget that no display device (monitor or TV) is going to fix pSX's minor display problems.
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Post by Truth Unknown on Sept 13, 2006 15:34:30 GMT -5
Actually any PC monitor is HD quality, 640x480 is pretty much 480i/p but the wide-screen chopped off. So a monitor with 1600x1200 is higher than any HDTV out for sale.
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Post by niceguy71486 on Sept 14, 2006 23:15:03 GMT -5
I have another question then. Is it possible to buy for example a PC to A/V connector or PC to HDMI connector and be able to connect to a TV that way and have everything be converted and then psx emulator could use the NTSC filter that way just as if you would be plugging in a real psx console in the a/v ports on a TV and playing it. Thx again.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Sept 15, 2006 4:04:25 GMT -5
I'm gonna answer the question behind the question here: there is no hook-up situation you can do involving a tv to make the picture look any better than it does on a monitor. The very best you can do is make it look the same.
And yes, there is a hook-up for using a TV as a monitor, although any decent video card has at least an S-Video output that can do the same thing with much better quality. But it won't help in any way. If you want enhanced graphics, use ePSXe. pSX is made purely for accuracy, *not* for enhancement.
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Post by patrickp on Sept 15, 2006 12:14:15 GMT -5
Well, I suppose outputting to a TV would act like a filter. Since a TV screen is such low resolution device and, I suspect, is made to blur the picture so as to disguise this, it would act as if you were using a massive filter.
But, there again, you can get some pretty hefty filtering effects in ePSXe as well - if you want them...
But, certainly, for anyone who appreciates the detail that is revealed by pSX, there is no way this can be considered an improvement.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Sept 16, 2006 4:42:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I didn't consider blur and pixelation (the effect it has outputting it to a TV, as tested at my last birthday party) any kind of improvement. It doesn't use enough blurring to hide the pixelation that occurs, so you get both, which just isn't cool. However, ePSXe (or any emulator that uses high resolutions and pretty filters) looks halfway decent when output to a HDTV... but still not better, really, just very playable.
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