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| | Richard Gatineau
Posts 60 21 Sep 2019 14:02
| I though that was just made for fun... It is not as good as the vampire itself. I'm not interested by this home made box that could be one more DIY enclosure project.
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 21 Sep 2019 14:13
| Richard Gatineau wrote:
| I though that was just made for fun...
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What do you refer to?
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| | A1200 Coder
Posts 74 21 Sep 2019 16:25
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
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Mike Kopack wrote:
| @Gunnar - what resolution is that!?!? 1920x1080? |
Its 1600x1200 But please note Vampire officially supports up to 1280x720. |
Would say its best to support Amiga resolutions of 5:4 aspect ratio, or 1280x1024 for workbench, and 320x256 or 640x512 for games. Doing pixel art is easier when pixels are approximately square. I don't like these 1920x1080 resolutions at least or 1280x720. Good maybe for watching HD/FULL HD videos on fullscreen but not for desktop in general.
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| | Mike Kopack
Posts 268 21 Sep 2019 16:29
| Richard Gatineau wrote:
| I though that was just made for fun... It is not as good as the vampire itself. I'm not interested by this home made box that could be one more DIY enclosure project.
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Nobody is forcing you to use it. They're providing SOMETHING which is better than nothing for folks who won't care. Cases are a pretty personal preference thing. You can always put it in something else if you don't like what they give you...
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 21 Sep 2019 17:42
| A1200 coder wrote:
| Would say its best to support Amiga resolutions of 5:4 aspect ratio, or 1280x1024 for workbench, and 320x256 or 640x512 for games.
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V4 support all kind of resolutions. But 16:9 resolutions make a lot sense today - as all TV sold are this format.A1200 coder wrote:
| Doing pixel art is easier when pixels are approximately square. I don't like these 1920x1080 resolutions at least or 1280x720. |
But pixels ARE square on 1920x1080 and 1280x720 on today TVs.
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| | A1200 Coder
Posts 74 21 Sep 2019 18:13
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
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A1200 coder wrote:
| Would say its best to support Amiga resolutions of 5:4 aspect ratio, or 1280x1024 for workbench, and 320x256 or 640x512 for games. |
V4 support all kind of resolutions. But 16:9 resolutions make a lot sense today - as all TV sold are this format. A1200 coder wrote:
| Doing pixel art is easier when pixels are approximately square. I don't like these 1920x1080 resolutions at least or 1280x720. |
But pixels ARE square on 1920x1080 and 1280x720 on today TVs.
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Yes, but I'm using old CRTs as displays for Amiga, which need correct aspect ratio to have square pixels. Newer displays cause too much probs with not being capable of displaying 50 Hz correctly or the response time is poor. Both means trouble for scrolling smoothness.
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 21 Sep 2019 18:21
| A1200 coder wrote:
| Yes, but I'm using old CRTs as displays for Amiga, |
Could it be that you post in the wrong thread? This thread is about the V4-SA. The VA-SA is a brand new AMIGA. People that get the V4 will of course also use a new TVs. A1200 coder wrote:
| which need correct aspect ratio to have square pixels. Newer displays cause too much probs with not being capable of displaying 50 Hz correctly or the response time is poor. Both means trouble for scrolling smoothness. |
We have totally different experiences. On V4 AMIGA games run just fine and butterly smooth both in 50 Hz and in 60Hz .
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| | A1200 Coder
Posts 74 21 Sep 2019 18:47
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
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A1200 coder wrote:
| Yes, but I'm using old CRTs as displays for Amiga, |
Could it be that you post in the wrong thread? This thread is about the V4-SA. The VA-SA is a brand new AMIGA. People that get the V4 will of course also use a new TVs. A1200 coder wrote:
| which need correct aspect ratio to have square pixels. Newer displays cause too much probs with not being capable of displaying 50 Hz correctly or the response time is poor. Both means trouble for scrolling smoothness. |
We have a totally different experiences. AMIGA games run just fine and butterly smooth.
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This was just an old problem that I mentioned - most modern LCDs can only handle 60 Hz, so they will need to interpolate somehow a 50 Hz signal. Most games/demos are made with a 50 Hz update rate on the Amiga. This is indeed not so much related to V4-SA, I just mention that some users prefer to use old CRTs. These need a VGA connector.
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 21 Sep 2019 18:50
| A1200 coder wrote:
| This was just an old problem that I mentioned - most modern LCDs can only handle 60 Hz, so they will need to interpolate somehow a 50 Hz signal.
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Not true. All modern TVs in Europe perfectly support 50Hz. But you have to give them a "proper" input signal.Maybe your bad experience is based on using bad input signals.
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| | Tim Trepanier
Posts 135 22 Sep 2019 01:00
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
| All modern TVs in Europe perfectly support 50Hz.
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European TVs, yes. What about North American TVs? Have North American TV's been tested with V2 and V4SA? Please don't forget about us on the other side of the pond. I've used my PAL A1200 (no Vampire) on one NA HDTV and it worked at 50Hz. Soon, i'll test a monitor. That's not a thorough testing regime.
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| | Samuel Crow
Posts 424 22 Sep 2019 02:08
| Tim Trepanier wrote:
| European TVs, yes. What about North American TVs? Have North American TV's been tested with V2 and V4SA? Please don't forget about us on the other side of the pond. I've used my PAL A1200 (no Vampire) on one NA HDTV and it worked at 50Hz. Soon, i'll test a monitor. That's not a thorough testing regime.
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My NA Vizio TV worked at 50 Hz but monitors may need an upscalar from a lower resolution to hit higher scan rates.
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 22 Sep 2019 05:55
| Tim Trepanier wrote:
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Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
| All modern TVs in Europe perfectly support 50Hz. |
European TVs, yes. What about North American TVs?
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Every Monitor or TV worldwide which has the H-D-M-I Logo has to be able to correctly show PAL @50 and NTSC@60 Hz This is per definition of the standard. This means the every TV will show the original Amiga Display Formats correctly - if you give it proper input signals. If any AMIGA has display issues then its the fault of the input signal - e.g. the Scandoubler or flickerfixer card you use.
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| | Eric Gus
Posts 479 22 Sep 2019 08:49
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
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Tim Trepanier wrote:
| Gunnar von Boehn wrote:
| All modern TVs in Europe perfectly support 50Hz. |
European TVs, yes. What about North American TVs? |
Every Monitor or TV worldwide which has the H-D-M-I Logo has to be able to correctly show PAL @50 and NTSC@60 Hz This is per definition of the standard. This means the every TV will show the original Amiga Display Formats correctly - if you give it proper input signals. If any AMIGA has display issues then its the fault of the input signal - e.g. the Scandoubler or flickerfixer card you use.
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Actually there is a well-known number of DIGITAL-VIDEO tvs in North America that have problems displaying 50hz PAL .. this cropped up with the Ultimate 64 (also FPGA Cyclone5) was released, initially the firmware only did PAL video modes and a number of people reported problems with display .. Seems a number of vendors did not enable or bother to add PAL/50 support to their models sold in the USA/NA.
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 22 Sep 2019 09:04
| eric gus wrote:
| Actually there is a well-known number of DIGITAL-VIDEO tvs in North America that have problems displaying 50hz PAL |
To make this clear, there is a very clear "rule" for any vendor to sell something with the H-D-M-I label. The rule states: "The device has to support PAL 50Hz" If it does NOT then it clearly not allowed to be sold as "H-D-M-I" device and you can surely ask your money back. eric gus wrote:
| .. this cropped up with the Ultimate 64 |
Yes maybe some TV are "fakes" ? on the other hand also the U64 could have made some signal mistake.We can not find out from here. But one thing is clear, in AMIGA market are some GFX output devices - like indivision. And some of those not correctly put out PAL@50 signals - this means these devices cause the problem mentioned - not the TV.
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| | Olaf Schoenweiss
Posts 690 22 Sep 2019 10:17
| perhaps I could try to do a test distribution based on magellan with just desktop (magellan) integrated
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 22 Sep 2019 10:57
| Olaf Schoenweiss wrote:
| perhaps I could try to do a test distribution based on magellan with just desktop (magellan) integrated
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Olaf how does WHDLOAD work on AROS?Having all the old DEMOS on the WB easy to load and run will be liked by many users.
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| | Olaf Schoenweiss
Posts 690 22 Sep 2019 12:55
| whdload works perfectly you just need to integrate the original roms in it (f.e. from amigaforever) or you use the aros roms in it then many programs work but not all
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| | Olaf Schoenweiss
Posts 690 22 Sep 2019 13:32
| unfortunately it seems I am wrong version of aros nightly from 30.5. works perfectly with whdload, version of 16.9. freezes no clue what they have changedI tested it with wanderer and no additions :-( That is the main problem with aros, what works with one branch negative affect another branch
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| | Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo Team Member) Posts 6254 23 Sep 2019 07:21
| Olaf Schoenweiss wrote:
| That is the main problem with aros, what works with one branch negative affect another branch
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"you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs" Its good that AROS is developed. And mistakes are human and will happen. I see this progress as benefit and I'm sure more people testing this and more helping hands can help here too. "Many hands make light work"
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