I hope this fits here, but a question for people that use there TV as a PC monitor.

[Spellsong]

Since I will have the ability to converter my PC monitor to TV, I am wondering if emulation will be much better on there fullscreen? I mean by not having to use filters or any of that since its on a real screen. This guide got me the idea to do this.


http://www.nesplayer.com/technical/emu-to-tv.htm

[Jale]

Just get a card with S-Video or TV-Out port, a cable and set your emulation resolution to 640x480. Now you have two modes of display: Interlaced and Progressive. Either way, they'll work fine on a standard 4:3 (non plasma) TV, but to achieve the maximum sharpness, I suggest you to use the interlaced mode.

Consoles use Progressive mode.

[Spellsong]

I have to settle with a S-Video to composite converter since my TV does not have an S-out. My video card does. I am waiting for that to come in the mail. My TV is not one of those new gen ones. Only have one video and audio input. No S-Video, HD, or anything like that.

[Zach]

edit: nevermind

[Jale]

I have to settle with a S-Video to composite converter since my TV does not have an S-out. My video card does. I am waiting for that to come in the mail. My TV is not one of those new gen ones. Only have one video and audio input. No S-Video, HD, or anything like that.

That's the one you need. Make sure your driver is set to clone your monitor or extend it to your TV, but I see it more comfortable by cloning your display (same image for monitor and TV).

You can do this when you get that cable.

[Spellsong]

What is interesting is I found an option for 640x480 in my display setting. So I should be ready. Thanks. I would like to here experiences as well. Does it look as good as if it was from a console? No more tweaking the video to get a good picture? That sort of thing. I did use some Xbox emulators, but I rather use more updated ones that are on the PC only, and it feels more convenient playing it off my computer, and entering cheats are a breeze thanks to copy and paste for most emulators. Another thing is that I am tired of my computer screen getting darker when I go fullscreen. Its even worst with a video card than with integrated graphics. I can't even play Warcraft II anymore on my computer screen because of the annoying darkness. My TV should fix this, I hope.

[Jale]

Some computer games are not designed to be played on TV. Let's take fonts for instance. If they're too small, there won't be a problem with a monitor, but it'd look blurry on a TV.

[Spellsong]

Hmmm. Can you give me some examples of what games will have problems?

[Zach]

Real Time Strategy, RPG's, some Flight/Space Sims, Online Games.

ANY game which relies on text in a small font will suffer because it will likely be unreadable. You should be able to get by on most FPS games though.

As for emulation. All the classic systems should be fine.. Maybe even N64 and newer - I haven't tried those, just the classics

[Ryanfaescotland]

Have you got this going yet?