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LCD Monitors
#349836 - 02/02/16 01:29 PM
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In doing a little research for a monitor for my MAME machine, I ran across LCD monitors "Perfectly suited for arcade machines including MAME machines". They adjust the resolution to the game's needs. Is this a useful feature or just hype. I want good quality video, but I'm not a stickler for it looking 100% original.
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Re: LCD Monitors
[Re: DrLarryE]
#349853 - 02/03/16 07:04 PM
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> I ran across LCD
> monitors "Perfectly suited for arcade machines including MAME machines".
Those are typically old-tech underperforming, crappy generic lcd's sold by parts resellers who don't know anything nor care at all. Often not even full-hd, and TN-film in the worst cases.
Unless you get a G-Sync or FreeSync compatible (with either nVidia or AMD compatible gpu) all monitors are 60Hz period, whatever those resellers say. Eveything they pretend to be multi-sync blah blah blah is just the normal usually choppy framerate conversion and ugly scaling any normal lcd tv or monitor does anyway.
Focus on better and thoroughly tested and reviewed pc monitors, at least full-hd and IPS (or PLS) or even 'VA'-type (like AMVA) film.
Check websites like tftcentral.co.uk, pcmonitors.info, or even prad.de if you can read German, or overclockers.ru for Russian, there are more good websites Korean, Czech etc if that matters.
Also check NCX's recommendations on wecravegamestoo forums, very valuable advice here.
Models from LG, ASUS, BenQ, Iiyama, ACER etc dating back to 2013 year of release and successor part numbers/series are usually quite decent and in the same vein.
Everything in regards to framerate and upscaling handling will be done by MAME settings and your pc hardware together anyway, so again you just need the monitor that will best display a normal 1920x1080@60Hz period (or 1920x1200 or whatever native resolution your monitor of choice will feature).
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> MAME isn't about playing the games anyway.
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Yup...and go as high resolution as you can....
[Re: LensLarque]
#349868 - 02/04/16 10:17 AM
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cos it won't look any worse, but using HLSL or GLSL it'll look a fuckload bettah.
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Re: Yup...and go as high resolution as you can....
[Re: Traso]
#349878 - 02/04/16 12:32 PM
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> cos it won't look any worse, but using HLSL or GLSL it'll look a fuckload bettah.
Seconding that. If stuff like crt simulation shaders are your thing the higher resolution the better indeed.
Honestly even 1920x1200, which is the first step up full-hd, already shows a difference with more details and realism.
2560x1440 is commonly a favourite. 4K I wouldn't recommend without a fairly decent and up-to-date pc setup.
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> MAME isn't about playing the games anyway.
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