Comment on Converting HDMI to composite
thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
You might want to purchase a scaler rather than connect your computer directly to the screens.
justification: those old screens are going to need a low resolution like 480i and modern games/apps are just not designed for that so they may not run at all, or you may find that some elements like menu items are cut out and don’t render properly.
cloudskater@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Thankfully, Mint allows me to output in 4:3 aspect ratio. Now, if the actual resolution will still be an issue, then yeah, I suppose I’ll need that. But if I send a converter a ~720p 4:3 signal and it outputs it to composite, what does it matter to the CRT that doesn’t have pixels anyway?
thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
I suppose it depends if your CRT is capable of displaying a 720p signal. If it’s not, then it won’t work.
Likewise if your converter requires the input format to match what the CRT expects (i.e. it doesn’t have scaling built in), then the converter may not work either.
cloudskater@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
Right, thank you I’ll try to keep this in mind. What do you mean by the TV supporting it though? Like I said, CRTs have no pixels to the best of my understanding, so how would it be aware of the resolution in order to reject it? I can understand it causing problems, but how exactly can a CRT outright reject a signal like that?
thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
If you send a CRT an image larger than it can display, it will either display nothing, some garbage or as much of the image as it possibly can - normally cropping the top left corner.