On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:21:16 GMT, Wes Newell
<w.newell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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.
Are you sure your TV allows that with a low resolution input?
The models I know of only allows 1:1 pixel mapping when the input
signal match the display native resolution.
(I'm in Europe and our SD resolutions use non-square pixels, so it
might be different.)
I have no experience with external scalers but one idea is to use a
PIP/PAP or Text with picture mode to get a smaller picture.
I can achieve it with Text with picture (on analogue inputs). That
means the picture will be about half the screen width.
The limitation is that the picture format is locked to 4:3 and (to
work the best) finding a Text Page that produce black. It worked in a
quick test but I have not used it for real.
It can be mentioned that the quality when upscaling SD material and
especially noisy SD material differs between TV models. When looking
for an HDTV, this could be an im****tant factor.
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