Comment on Why is my Dreamcast displaying tiny with a new HDMI cable?
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
What was your input situation before?
Dreamcast outputs at 480i/p which looks about that size on a 1080 display. I think your TV is running in just-scan display mode which is just displaying what it gets pixel for pixel. I’m guessing whatever you used for input before made the TV auto scale itself, but now it’s not on HDMI.
Change the TV to fill and live with it.
macstainless@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I was using an RCA cable output prior to this. It worked great, though was lower quality of an image than I would’ve liked.
I’ll have to check the display mode on the tv and see if any other options exist. I did play it in Fill mode which kept the 4:3 resolution but I feel like that sorta defeats the purpose of using hdmi.
AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Well no? You are getting a digital signal which will be MUCH clearer than analog RCA… Upscaling / fill mode is the Only way to make it bigger.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well thats just not true! You could also try sitting really really close to the tv!
macstainless@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
You’re right. The picture is cleaner but choppy from TV being set to Full. That’ll have to be my Solution for the time being.
AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
If your TV has a crappy upscale then you can look into external hardware, however seems odd this is making it choppy, does your TV have a low latency GAME mode?
db2@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If your game isn’t 16:9 then your video won’t be. Nothing about HDMI means you’re automatically going to get high def widescreen.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
garbage in , garbage out.
or in this case, SD in , SD out.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
HDMI doesn’t automatically mean good resolution. The Dreamcast only outputs 480p. That’s regardless of what you’re using to plug it in. The TV was likely automatically scaling the RCA signal, but isn’t scaling the HDMI.