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Old 11-14-2011, 10:44 AM   #1
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Default DCE ScanMagic and LCD
I have a DCE ScanMagic (Not flickerfixer) which works great on CRT.

I tried it on LCD but there are vertical lines on the screen and in most games the colors are dull.

I know that it was not designed for LCD display but is there a way to improve it?
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Old 11-14-2011, 12:09 PM   #2
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Default Re: DCE ScanMagic and LCD
Adjusting the clock/phase settings of your LCD can help with the vertical lines (provided it has those adjustments,) it's very hard to get a great picture on an LCD with those, however.

Not sure why the colors would be dull.
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Old 11-14-2011, 01:47 PM   #3
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I can't understand why LCD monitors glitch out when used with some cards. Surely VGA is VGA? Can someone explain?
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Old 11-14-2011, 02:40 PM   #4
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Default Re: DCE ScanMagic and LCD
No ideas. For now i switched to a nice 17 inch CRT. Still a LOT nicer than the 1084S
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Default Re: DCE ScanMagic and LCD
I have the Flicker Magic version and it works with all the LCDs I've tried it on. I'd try other LCD monitors on it.
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Default Re: DCE ScanMagic and LCD
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I can't understand why LCD monitors glitch out when used with some cards. Surely VGA is VGA? Can someone explain?
VGA is VGA, but not everything running through an HD15 cable is VGA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array

The actual VGA specs are pretty, erm, specific, and I'd bet whatever the old scandoublers are putting out isn't exactly to spec. CRTs shooting their magical beams at a phosphor coated piece of glass have always been more forgiving than LCDs with their set pixels.

I only tried my Flicker Magic version of this scandoubler on one LCD monitor, but the vertical banding was quite noticeable.
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