What is the best setup for a 15hz monitor?

[vibez]

Hi Guys,

I've spent the last hr or so trying to find the best setup for my arcadde monitor + arcadevga. The problem I'm having is that if I run the montior at 640x480 (max res for me) then the fonts & some images flicker really bad, if I run @ 640x288 then everything is stretched from top to bottom.

Has anyone come up with some good settings or themes that minimise the flicker @640x480 or a nice theme to run at 640x288?

I'd prefer not to run at 640x288 because the themes do not look very good when resized to such a low res.

Thanks guys

[vibez]

Is there a way to change the font colours in a theme? I find that black & white tend to cause the most flicker when running at interlaced resolutions

[Tom Speirs]

Hi Guys,

I've spent the last hr or so trying to find the best setup for my arcadde monitor + arcadevga. The problem I'm having is that if I run the montior at 640x480 (max res for me) then the fonts & some images flicker really bad, if I run @ 640x288 then everything is stretched from top to bottom.

Has anyone come up with some good settings or themes that minimise the flicker @640x480 or a nice theme to run at 640x288?

I'd prefer not to run at 640x288 because the themes do not look very good when resized to such a low res.

Thanks guys

On my Cab, I set the Background option to show in program images rather then use a theme background. I'd recommend doing this to anyone running an ArcadeVGA at 640X288 or 640X264. It then shows the icons, snaps, artwork and video previews as the background image. Much better for low res in my opinion, and it was specifically designed for this purpose. I think the GameLauncher theme is already setup to do that, so try that theme.

Or go into the Config. Select Display Settings, Change Background mode to use Game Images.

[vibez]

Cheers Tom, I'll test it out soon.

Thanks

[vibez]

Thanks Tom. Worked a treat. I have another question. on the Default - BlueEx - Arcade640x288 theme, I would like to increase the area of the box where the video/snap displays. I think its a little too small. Is it possible ti increase the size somehow?

[Tom Speirs]

Is it possible ti increase the size somehow?

Sorry, no.

[vibez]

that is a shame. the icons/snaps/video previews are just to small for me at that resolution. I can hardly make them out.