GameEX + HDTV question

[evilpenguin]

I'm setting up GameEX on my HTPC with the eventual goal of running it on an HDTV. I was wondering if all of the resolution changes that happen when you switch between GameEX and emulators could hurt a DLP HDTV? And insight would be appreciatetd.

[djrobx]

The only thing that "hurts" a DLP TV is powering on and off the lamp. A resolution change will not cause that.

A DLP is a fixed-pixel display. The actual display has one video mode - the native resolution of the DLP chip. That gets fed from a scaler which is what handles stretching a particular video mode to appear correct given the DLP chip's resolution. So when you change resolutions, the scaler is simply reconfiguring itself for a new mode. It's unlikely that the scaler will become "damaged" due to that activity. It's more or less software that's responding to changing input (the video mode that the PC is outputting).

Now, you very well might see some funky behavior as the scaler detects and synchronizes up to a changed resolution. But it's not going to harm a thing.

[ShoPow]

I have mine running through my hdtv. Granted its a tube and not a projection dlp I have no problems with it. The only thing that kinda sux is that I have it both on my monitor and tv and things look great on my monitor but its so small on the tv and its a pain in the ass trying to set up the nvidea stuff to make it work right. But movies and the games work great.

[djrobx]

Which reminds me. Tom, the GameEx config screens have a minor glitch when Large Fonts are enabled (see attached).

On my CRT TV, I used 480p (really 540p with 480 lines visible) for the desktop, browsing, etc. Made things large enough to be readable, and no flicker from interlacing.

[evilpenguin]

Thanks for the info That puts my worries to rest.