I probably know what the culprit is. Make sure you start VGAOnly first and then DblPAL screenmode.
That should do the trick!
BenQ BL702A - perfect monitor for amigas?
- Thread starter torm3nt8r
- Start date
- Replies 119
- Views 82347
I probably know what the culprit is. Make sure you start VGAOnly first and then DblPAL screenmode.
That should do the trick!
cowdog360
New member
Many of the Dell LCDs that happily do 15kHz, 24kHz, and 27kHz mention a minimum 31kHz in their specs but still work just fine
I use a Dell 2001FP. It's a 4:3 LCD that displays everything I throw at it... Ntsc, pal, dblntsc/dblpal, super72, highgfx.. Beautifully deinterlaced to boot.
I have a Dell2001FP and it does NOT do 15Khz, tested on both an A3000 and A500. My friend has a 2001FP, and his does. The difference between our two FP2001's is the build date. His is older. So I would be careful and don't assume they all work.
I probably know what the culprit is. Make sure you start VGAOnly first and then DblPAL screenmode.
That should do the trick!
You might be right, last time it worked I did try other modes first.
But how exactly do I make sure VGAOnly starts before DblPAL whrn its in devs/monitors folder?
Wow, that's news to me. Thanks for the feedback, important to know!
Try this in your startup-sequence to force VGAOnly first:
Code:
IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors
IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors/VGAOnly
DEVS:Monitors/VGAOnly
EndIF
C:List >NIL: DEVS:Monitors/~(#?.info|VGAOnly) TO T:M LFORMAT "DEVS:Monitors/%s"
Execute T:M
C:Delete >NIL: T:M
EndIF
According to these specs, it doesn't support 15kHz, only 31.5-81.1 kHz
http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/ea193mi-bk
Specs never specify 15 kHz on LCD monitors since it is not a part of VGA spec. Doesn't mean it won't work.
That's right. It is the same also with BenQ BL702A and BenQ BL912 monitors. No info about it in specs and these work.
Hi frodegh, would the tweak recommended by a.mi.goun make a difference for you. We can only get the BL902 in Aus so if a tweak worked, that would be great.
Can you let us non UK residents know if that is at all possible.
Cheers,
Steve
Hi there.
No, it would not. The DblPal monitor driver is not related to the normal 15kHz PAL resolution that we are interested in.
Sounds like a.mi.goun could be using VGAOnly on the ECS machine and not on the other one. (changes the hz slightly)
No, it would not. The DblPal monitor driver is not related to the normal 15kHz PAL resolution that we are interested in.
Sounds like a.mi.goun could be using VGAOnly on the ECS machine and not on the other one. (changes the hz slightly)
Well I guess the 902 is out of the question for me too given I have an A1200 I'm wanting to pair it with.
I bought BenQ BL912 LCD yesterday, tested it, and it works great with my Amiga 1200 PAL. All PAL and NTSC modes work, there is a flickering on the laced ones though. It has correct aspect ratio and no distortion. Played games like Turrican 3, Galaga Deluxe AGA, Project X and some others. Everything perfect. Nice to see some LCD supporting native Amiga 15 kHz correctly.
I couldn't resist and bought also NEC MultiSync LED EA193Mi for testing as I had intuition that it will support 15 kHz. And it DOES! Workbench in PAL and NTSC non laced modes works great. Laced modes flickers too. But I didn't find a way how to set the correct aspect ratio in games and demos. Every game and demo I tried is not fully visible and there is no option in menu to correct it somehow. There is an option to correct horizontal size, but not the vertical one. No option for correcting aspect ratio. At least I didn't find one. So even it is really great LCD with IPS panel, VGA, DVI, Display port and speakers, it is not suitable for playing Amiga games or demos.
I couldn't resist and bought also NEC MultiSync LED EA193Mi for testing as I had intuition that it will support 15 kHz. And it DOES! Workbench in PAL and NTSC non laced modes works great. Laced modes flickers too. But I didn't find a way how to set the correct aspect ratio in games and demos. Every game and demo I tried is not fully visible and there is no option in menu to correct it somehow. There is an option to correct horizontal size, but not the vertical one. No option for correcting aspect ratio. At least I didn't find one. So even it is really great LCD with IPS panel, VGA, DVI, Display port and speakers, it is not suitable for playing Amiga games or demos.
Can you post some pictures of the NEC how it looks (WB and Games)?
I am sorry, but I returned it to the shop just a few hours ago. I am keeping BenQ BL912. BenQ BL912 would be the perfect one if having also speakers, but this is not such problem, it works great even without them.
No worry and yes, BL912 is great.
Similar threads
