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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 54107" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>So I've mentioned here and there about the problems I have with my TV and displaying of both TPA and Zen. Thought I'd put a visual reference out there. Mine is a Pioneer Elite 53" rear projection TV that is 12 years old. It can only display HD in 1080i, otherwise it drops down to 480p.</p><p></p><p>The short story of this is, my TV has pretty bad overscan. This means it is cutting off the picture all around the edges. That means in TPA, I often have a hard time seeing what the score display says. For Zen, a game that is only 720p, not only does it drop in resolution to 480, but it also squeezes top and bottom for a letterboxing, making for fat pinballs.</p><p></p><p>Now for some visuals...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/66099_481784285191761_511822289_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>On the left, TPA running Taxi. I pretty much can't even read the top line of the score. On the right, Zen running Sorcerers Lair. I highlighted the black bars into green so you can see the letterboxing effect better.</p><p></p><p>TPA running in HD certainly looks better than Zen in standard def. After a while, I get used to the squeeze on Zen, but that's a lot of screen real estate not being used. By the way, the screen isn't really that washed out. Brightened it up in photoshop so you could see what is screen and what is TV cabinet.</p><p></p><p>So would either of these scenarios be a deal breaker to you? I know playing Taxi, Party Monsters, and Harley are some of my least played partly due to the score being cut off. I stopped buying Zen tables because the letterboxing and standard def picture were annoying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 54107, member: 134"] So I've mentioned here and there about the problems I have with my TV and displaying of both TPA and Zen. Thought I'd put a visual reference out there. Mine is a Pioneer Elite 53" rear projection TV that is 12 years old. It can only display HD in 1080i, otherwise it drops down to 480p. The short story of this is, my TV has pretty bad overscan. This means it is cutting off the picture all around the edges. That means in TPA, I often have a hard time seeing what the score display says. For Zen, a game that is only 720p, not only does it drop in resolution to 480, but it also squeezes top and bottom for a letterboxing, making for fat pinballs. Now for some visuals... [IMG]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/66099_481784285191761_511822289_n.jpg[/IMG] On the left, TPA running Taxi. I pretty much can't even read the top line of the score. On the right, Zen running Sorcerers Lair. I highlighted the black bars into green so you can see the letterboxing effect better. TPA running in HD certainly looks better than Zen in standard def. After a while, I get used to the squeeze on Zen, but that's a lot of screen real estate not being used. By the way, the screen isn't really that washed out. Brightened it up in photoshop so you could see what is screen and what is TV cabinet. So would either of these scenarios be a deal breaker to you? I know playing Taxi, Party Monsters, and Harley are some of my least played partly due to the score being cut off. I stopped buying Zen tables because the letterboxing and standard def picture were annoying. [/QUOTE]
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