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Running dosbox on LCD tv(ratio problems)

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First post, by archer27

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Hi
First of all i'd like to extend my gratitude to everyone involved in the creation and support of dosbox.
I tried to solve this problem by viewing the guides but i was unable to do so, some games such as redneck rampage and leisure suit larry 1 VGA display in a letter box format when i run them. I've tried adjusting my refresh rate without going over my tv's specifications (panasonic tx-32LX500A) but the games wont display at all when i hit alt enter.
I've noticed in my manual that lower resolutions aren't stated at all, below 640x400 (yet blood and duke 3d run full screen) redneck rampage supports hi-res yet will only run in 16:9 type letter box. I tried to install sdl but once i unzipped the folder i saw no setup or install program.
Is it just the limitations of my tv or am i ridiculously green?

Thank you for reading.

Reply 1 of 2, by MiniMax

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Eh... What is your problem exactly?

Something in here might help??

640x480 image scaling in DOSBox 0.70
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Reply 2 of 2, by archer27

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Arghhhh! now i can even get a full screen letterbox display, when trying to go from window to full display i get no picture at all after using "refresh force". I'm happy with 16:9 type displays on certain games how do i go back to the way it was before? Help me please this is driving me nuts. I just want things to be the way they were before i started messing about with refresh rates (have gone back to my winxp default of 60hz). I've tried deleting and reinstalling dosbox but now games that ran in a full screen 16:9 type display wont show at all when i use alt enter to "full screen" the game. How can i get back to where i was before?

EDIT i've also lost sound while playing blood fullscreen, how can i start over from scratch?

(win xp sp2)

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