Re: question about scalers

by Wes Newell <w.newell@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 24, 2008 at 04:21 AM

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:52:39 +0000, Allen Watson wrote:

> I've been looking at specifications for video scalers, but as far as I
> can tell, they provide only the standard presets-- fine for upscaling
> 480-line stuff to full-screen on a 720p or 1080p monitor.  I want custom
> settings that would let me, for example, display 480-line video on the
> middle 480 lines of a 720p monitor.  Are there scalers that can do that?

Set your TV for a 1:1 aspect ratio. That will display it as is. IOW's, if 
it's 640x480 and you have a 1366x768 display, it will occupy the center 
640x480 pixels. It will be small, but it will be super clear.:-)

I'm assuming all HDTV's have this setting since my inexpensive sets do.

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