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- From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AGA monitors - squishy squishy
- Message-ID: <37116@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:12:31 GMT
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1992Nov17.005006.3634@cbnews.cb.att.com> itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack) writes:
- >Ok, I have a 4000 and a Panasonic PanaSync C1391 monitor. Yes it syncs to
- >all the modes! BUT, DBLNTSC seems to be squashed on the horizontal. For
- >example, the horizontal width for 'DBLNTSC:High Res No Flicker' is 676 (with
- >overscan. 'MULTISCAN:Productivity' gives me 640. However, the productivity
- >mode is physically wider on screen than the dblntsc mode! This makes all
- >the dblntsc stuff looked squashed.
- >
- >Is this a product of my particular monitor, or has this been noticed on other
- >monitors? I'm considering getting a new monitor and would like to know if
- >this is to be expected from multisyncs.
-
- No, it is the software (although some monitors display the problem worse than
- others), and is a problem that I am trying to address.
-
- >Incedently this has caused me to use productivity whenever possibile instead
- >of dblntsc. Anyone see a disadvantage to this?
-
- No, not really. It will of course use more CHIP RAM because of the bigger
- dimensions, but use whichever you feel happier with.
-
- >
- >Thanks!
- >
- >
- >Rich...
- >--
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