dphirschler Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 What happens when I connect the VGA output (640x480, right?) from an F18A to a widescreen monitor? I would expect it to NOT be stretched, thus preserving the aspect ratio. Perhaps this is a DIP switch setting? Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 All the monitors I have used stretch it to fill, and it looks quite fine. And I believe Matt upped to output to 800x600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99_forever Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's a monitor setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Yep. It's just a setting on your monitor. You'll find it somewhere in the menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I use a small flat panel TV with VGA connection, it has a setting to 'not stretch' the screen. you end up with black bars on the edge but it looks better to me then stretched. TV was about same price as a monitor. Also, if you look around at thrift shops you can still find square VGA monitors, I have one those too I use for testing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I use a small flat panel TV with VGA connection, it has a setting to 'not stretch' the screen. you end up with black bars on the edge but it looks better to me then stretched. TV was about same price as a monitor. Also, if you look around at thrift shops you can still find square VGA monitors, I have one those too I use for testing. For that matter, I have a couple of square monitors, 15" and 17", I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 actually have a silver and black flat 15" I plan to use as soon as I get around to putting the sound in the console, matches real nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 actually have a silver and black flat 15" I plan to use as soon as I get around to putting the sound in the console, matches real nice. OH! You just reminded me, the 15" I have is a black and silver Sony, which perfectly matches the TI console. As though they were made for each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) yep square monitor or set the widescreen to 4:3 or no stretch Greg Edited August 21, 2014 by arcadeshopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I've got a 4:3 19" Dell LCD monitor - black + silver given to me by my former employer (Mythic, RIP) that might look nice on someone's TI.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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