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From: mperdue@l4software.com (Mario Perdue)
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Subject: Re: crap tv?
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 03:59:31 GMT
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:19:02 -0000, "Darren Jackson"
<darren@tang.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>Is my TV crap?
>
>Let me explain, I draw a border around the screen using GsLINE, screen size
>320,240.
>
>The top and bottom lines are fine, the right hand line is only just visible
>and a bit hidden at the corners, and the left hand line is just not visible.
>It seem I must move the lines in a bit by a couple of pixels just so I can
>see them on the screen.
>
>Is it time to get a new TV? (bad news really, cos I can't afford one :(  )
>

Darren,

Your TV is fine. It's actually displaying more than may TVs I've seen.
FAQ question #6 addresses this problem...

Why can't I see all the pixels on my TV screen? Part of the image is
cut off on all sides. 

Most TV’s do not display the entire image broadcast to them. The size
of the border varies from set to set, but for 320x240 mode it can be
as much as 27 pixels on all sides. For this reason, it is recommended
that you not display information critical to the game in these areas.
A good rule of thumb is to limit your game play to the center 266x200
pixels.


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