Subject: Re: Readablilty
To: None <nludban@columbus.rr.com>
From: Marcus Comstedt <marcus@idonex.se>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 03/06/2001 03:13:05
>>>>> "Neil" == Neil Ludban <nludban@columbus.rr.com> writes:
Neil> There may be nothing wrong with the code. Television sets are
Neil> normally adjusted so the picture runs off the edges of the screen
Neil> by an inch or more on all four sides; the reason being that the
Neil> electronics degrade over time, causing the image to drift. If it
Neil> were adjusted right on the edge of the screen, the image could
Neil> drift inward leaving a black stripe, and the irate customer would
Neil> return the TV to the repair shop demanding a full size picture.
We're not talking about overscan here, but about lines missing right
in the middle of the screen. About every other line or so. It's not
missing in the sense that it is black, it is only not distinguishable
from the lines above/below. So I think there may be some interlace
problem.
// Marcus