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   Message 12,246 of 13,461   
   Confused to Ted   
   Re: VGA on LCD TV   
   14 Jun 07 22:10:34   
   
   From: none@none.com   
      
   In article <46719D43.CAE0FE43@nospam.com>,   
    Ted  wrote:   
      
   > Confused wrote:   
   > >   
   > > I just realized I can use my DC VGA adapter to hook up my DC to my new   
   > > LCD HDTV (Samsung LNT4665F). I tried a couple of games and they look   
   > > rather fugly (I know about blowing up SD video on HDTVs).   
   > >   
   > > Question is, should I stick with S-video so the flaws won't be so   
   > > apparent, or should I tweak around the settings on the TV with VGA? I've   
   > > run the TV settings through the THX Optimizer and turned the sharpness   
   > > all the way down.   
   > >   
   > > Anyone have a similar setup? How good is VGA compared to S-video on a   
   > > big screen TV?   
   >   
   > I got an LCD recently, and I tested Shenmue and Soul Calibur on it; I   
   > thought they looked great through the VGA connection; I need to put some   
   > concerted effort into playing DC games again on it. Which games were you   
   > trying? People complained about some of the 2D games from the get go on   
   > VGA.   
      
   Alone In The Dark only so far.  I guess I should try non-port games,   
   rather ones built specifically for the DC.  Almost wish I waited to play   
   Shenmue 2 until I got this thing.  Don't know if I have the patience   
   again.  ;-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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