Reply 20 of 37, by jade_angel
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My retroboxen are hooked up to a 4:3 LCD for that exact reason, in fact. Only problem is scaling. 320x200 doesn't scale well anywhere - 1680x1050 or 1920x1200 will work acceptably if you can find 16:10 panels anymore, but the giant-lego-blocks effect will be greatly magnified. 800x600 scales to 1600x1200 just fine, but 320x240 and 640x480 doesn't really play nice anywhere. 1280x960 would be fantastic, except that AFAICT, nobody ever made LCDs in that resolution. 1920x1440 doesn't actually seem to exist either (I can find a few vague Alibaba hits, but nothing that actually seems reliable).
I second the suggestions for 14-17" shadow-mask CRTs that aren't too high-density. Nothing else looks quite right. Not even the various scanline generators - to me those make the scanlines look huge and distracting, instead of reducing the blockiness. Trouble with CRTs, though, is getting one - shipping is expensive, since they're not only heavy but also bulky. So, if you can't find a good one locally, forget it, or near to.
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