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Nov. 23rd, 2012 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariSo, since getting the Wii U, I've been playing with the HDTV stuff on it. This is my first real HD gaming system and I'd been playing it on my old 1995 Curtis Mathis 20 inch CRT TV in 16:9 letterbox. Not really a huge problem there, it's totally playable. And the Wii games play fine on it as well.
Downstairs, though, is Liz's gigantic five foot LED HDTV. So I connected it there
Oh, my sweet giddy aunt....
Ever since I got the Wii and saw that it was 480P, I'd tried connecting the systems to my computer monitors for a clearer picture. The first attempt was using a video capture card, since I used my monitors for a Digital TV at the time. The Wii still wouldn't do 480P, but would do 480I on it. The TV card automatically upscaled and deinterlaced it, but the result wasn't much better than my regular TV, even after playing with sharpness and saturation. On my regular TV, the quality wasn't much worse, but the colors were more vivid, so I went back to using that.
After seeing the pic on Liz's Mammoth Theater TV, I decided to see if I could plug the Wii U into my monitors using an HDMI to DVI adapter to get a clearer picture. My actual 1680x1050 monitor, while not full HDTV, sounded like a great image...but it just refused to even say there was a signal there. This wasn't a good sign. I tried my smaller second monitor, and that worked! But only at 720P. That monitor, though, was 4:3 not 16:9...so everything was in LongTorsoVision. It was super clear, though...and super stretched. I decided I'd live with it...but then noticed something else: No sound.
Boogers.
I need an HDTV for that clear picture...but.. .I'm in a bit of a quandry. I don't like upgrading unless what I'm upgrading is broken or completely inadequate. I used Windows 98 until 2003. I'm still using XP. That 1995 Curtis Mathes TV is still a great TV and going strong. Good colors, strong picture...it doesn't feel right replacing it since it's not broken, and it's adequate for everything, and only a little underpowered for the Wii U.
But damn, that was a nice clear picture. on that monitor.
I'll probably get a replacement TV (as well as a converter that will not only convert composite video AND RF signal for the Atari 2600 and Bentley Pong systems). I've already got my eye on one. But will totally totally wait until I find a new place. That way there's no lugging even more stuff around and the financial Rube Goldberg machine that helped budget the Wii U will probably not happen again (there's a story there I need to tell).
Until then, I have LongTorsoVision...still clearer than that old TV. :)
Downstairs, though, is Liz's gigantic five foot LED HDTV. So I connected it there
Oh, my sweet giddy aunt....
Ever since I got the Wii and saw that it was 480P, I'd tried connecting the systems to my computer monitors for a clearer picture. The first attempt was using a video capture card, since I used my monitors for a Digital TV at the time. The Wii still wouldn't do 480P, but would do 480I on it. The TV card automatically upscaled and deinterlaced it, but the result wasn't much better than my regular TV, even after playing with sharpness and saturation. On my regular TV, the quality wasn't much worse, but the colors were more vivid, so I went back to using that.
After seeing the pic on Liz's Mammoth Theater TV, I decided to see if I could plug the Wii U into my monitors using an HDMI to DVI adapter to get a clearer picture. My actual 1680x1050 monitor, while not full HDTV, sounded like a great image...but it just refused to even say there was a signal there. This wasn't a good sign. I tried my smaller second monitor, and that worked! But only at 720P. That monitor, though, was 4:3 not 16:9...so everything was in LongTorsoVision. It was super clear, though...and super stretched. I decided I'd live with it...but then noticed something else: No sound.
Boogers.
I need an HDTV for that clear picture...but.. .I'm in a bit of a quandry. I don't like upgrading unless what I'm upgrading is broken or completely inadequate. I used Windows 98 until 2003. I'm still using XP. That 1995 Curtis Mathes TV is still a great TV and going strong. Good colors, strong picture...it doesn't feel right replacing it since it's not broken, and it's adequate for everything, and only a little underpowered for the Wii U.
But damn, that was a nice clear picture. on that monitor.
I'll probably get a replacement TV (as well as a converter that will not only convert composite video AND RF signal for the Atari 2600 and Bentley Pong systems). I've already got my eye on one. But will totally totally wait until I find a new place. That way there's no lugging even more stuff around and the financial Rube Goldberg machine that helped budget the Wii U will probably not happen again (there's a story there I need to tell).
Until then, I have LongTorsoVision...still clearer than that old TV. :)
