On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:44:59AM +0100, dave cunningham wrote:
Do standard CRTs handle this increased resolution/clock? I've never tried driving this signal into my TV.
I haven't experienced any problems even with very old TVs caused by the higher video signal bandwidth.
In fact I use the cable from here http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/scart.htm with the cut off circuit so I'd actually have to build a new cable to use this resolution.
you can use any VGA2SCART cable realizing some composite sync circuitry. My favorite cable (the simplest circuit I know from) is described in my README. I don't know why most VGA2SCART cables are composed of so many parts.
Not that that's particularly difficult but do you gain any advantage using the higher resolution on the Intel cards vs standard 576i with ATI. If not then I'll probably just save the hassle and buy an ATI card of eBay instead.
ATI cards do have a major drawback compared to Intel cards: They can't scale vertically in interlaced mode because they can't scale both fields independently. So your TV must handle format adaptions.
- Thomas