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  • Canonical Spectrum pixel aspect ratioHi, Do any emulators support scaling the Spectrum image to have the "correct/canonical" pixel aspect ratio? On a 4:3 display, Spectrum pixels aren'…

    ... have the "correct/canonical" pixel aspect ratio?

    On a 4 ... 're slightly wider, with an aspect ratio of (horiz:vert) 59:56 ... .

    [The 59:56 ratio derives from the de-facto ... is 14MHz, giving a pixel aspect ratio of 14.75 : 14, i ...
    mark_k mark_k January 2014 Emulators
  • Bond. James Bond.Just seen the Live And Let Die DVD. Remember the scene with Bond on a mini island in the middle of a swamp full of alligators, and his escape by runn…

    ... 1.85:1 16:9 widescreen.

    All the others ... aspect ratio of the original version was wider than the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio ...
    NickH NickH December 2006 Chit chat
  • Bond. James Bond.Just seen the Live And Let Die DVD. Remember the scene with Bond on a mini island in the middle of a swamp full of alligators, and his escape by runn…

    ... 1.85:1 16:9 widescreen.[/B][/FONT]
    [FONT= ... wider than the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.[/B][/FONT]
    [B][ ... to me the "Letterbox" and "Widescreen" format looks exactly the same ... players out there support "Anamorphic Widescreen" - cause they for sure ...
    CP/M User CP/M User December 2006 Chit chat
  • widescreen resolution on emulatorsbought new widescreen monitor 1440x900 and found the emulators "squashing" the screen, even in Spin when set display to 1440x900, is there any way t…

    bought new widescreen monitor 1440x900 and found the ... pixelled to keep the original aspect ratio as we were used to ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup November 2007 Emulators
  • New TV recommendations?Right, I think retrocomputing on the lounge floor is starting to get a bit impractical. I have to do it here because that's where my circa 1994 Sony …

    ... absolutely don't want widescreen. 4 by 3 aspect ratio. Preferably it should ... decent quality with a 4x3 aspect ratio?
    Winston Winston September 2007 Hardware
  • ZXSpin 0.7 public testingOk, now that the private testing phase is over, I need to get more people testing ZXSpin 0.7 I am not terribly interested in emulation problems, bec…

    ... a huge video-memory penalty. Aspect ratio options means that your image ... longer stretched to fit your widescreen monitor.

    When all ... if you like.
    Cropped aspect mode does weird things with ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2009 Emulators
  • Spectaculator - recommended recording levels when loading from cassette tape?Hi, I have connected a physical cassette recorder to Spectaculator in order to load my saved programs/games from yesteryear-mainly to see if it would…

    ... bottom borders fully (without losing aspect ratio) in full screen mode, as ... rounded borders on, on this widescreen laptop. I would also like ...
    theDarkness theDarkness March 2011 Emulators
  • TZX image of Elite which bypasses LenslokHullo all, Woe is me for my telly is too big to make the Lenslok work properly with Elite. Unfortunately I also can't change the aspect …

    ... 't change the aspect ratio of the television (it's widescreen).

    Hagarack Hagarack May 2012 Games
  • Newbie Hardware QuestionsI just recently aquired my first Spectrum, a +2, and I'm in the process of getting acquainted with it. Being a newbie I had some questions, which …

    ... job but it converted the aspect ratio to widescreen. I tried a PAL ...
    Questarian Questarian July 2015 Hardware
  • Screen RatioAn interesting thing happened with my photos on facebook of my Spectrum setup with my new OSSC (open source scan converter). Some made a fuss (in jes…

    ... fuss (in jest) about the aspect ratio of 16:9. Personally, I ... like this aspect ratio as its better than big ... thought about this. So which ratio do you prefer.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2021 Games
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... ona 1280x800 display; because the aspect ratio is not 4:3, the ... display. When I get a widescreen monitor, I'll fix it ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2006 Emulators
  • Bond. James Bond.Just seen the Live And Let Die DVD. Remember the scene with Bond on a mini island in the middle of a swamp full of alligators, and his escape by runn…

    ... changed it to 16:9 widescreen, and the menus are the ... letterbox format and 16:9 widescreen?[/FONT]
    [FONT=Courier New ... in an 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio where's films like The ...
    CP/M User CP/M User December 2006 Chit chat
  • widescreen resolution on emulatorsbought new widescreen monitor 1440x900 and found the emulators "squashing" the screen, even in Spin when set display to 1440x900, is there any way t…

    ... playing spectrum games on a widescreen monitor or tv?

    aspect ratio.
    Arda Arda December 2007 Emulators
  • Spectaculator 7 Beta 1Spectaculator 7 has amazingly somehow made it into beta! I've just sent the usual suspects (aka beta testers) their e-mail with details. I know a f…

    ... on widescreen displays. It maintains the Spectrum's 4:3 aspect ratio. I ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle May 2008 Emulators
  • Speccy games in widescreensMaybe this thread might not be significant to you. Maybe stupid. But it's something I've noticed and I must tell. It's about modern LCD widescreens…

    ... watch programmes at the wrong aspect ratio, I get too distracted. ... In the early nineties widescreen tellies started appearing in the ... one.

    Widescreen tellies finally made sense to ... Edition) - in glorious full widescreen - the bit where Jabba' ...
    Danforth Danforth December 2008 Games
  • Speccy games in widescreensMaybe this thread might not be significant to you. Maybe stupid. But it's something I've noticed and I must tell. It's about modern LCD widescreens…

    ... at scaling images. On widescreen formats, a big set ... beautiful bit, preserve the game aspect ratio in fullscreen mode!
    ... fullscreen mode the game aspect ratio is of course preserved. ... screen when switching to non-widescreen resolutions.

    [ ...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz December 2008 Games
  • Speccy games in widescreensMaybe this thread might not be significant to you. Maybe stupid. But it's something I've noticed and I must tell. It's about modern LCD widescreens…

    ... black bars when showing anamorphic widescreen, which is much wider than ... at a 2.35:1 widescreen telly, I can only assume ... was more arresting, and sold widescreen far more effectively, than (say ... bar free images whatever the aspect ratio.
    Danforth Danforth December 2008 Games
  • SpecEmu minor annoyance/bugWhen in 200% windowed mode, attempting to drag the SpecEmu window causes the emulator display to be copied on the top left of the desktop. Minimizin…

    ... screen window is squashed in widescreen display, have to set monitor ... 's problem these days. Probably "aspect ratio" setting will be standart under ...
    Arda Arda October 2009 Emulators
  • Pac-Man EmulatorMy Pac-Man Emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 is now available for download from: [url]http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/[/url] You'll need to su…

    ... would be to sacrifice the aspect ratio to make it easier to ... like using a Speccy in widescreen mode on your TV. I ...
    obo obo November 2011 Brand new software
  • Pac-Man EmulatorMy Pac-Man Emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 is now available for download from: [url]http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/[/url] You'll need to su…

    ... would be to sacrifice the aspect ratio to make it easier to ... like using a Speccy in widescreen mode on your TV. I ... looks right when it's ratio is altered (even if it ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2011 Brand new software
  • Xbox 360 Apps Marketplace. 4oD now availableAm I in a minority about being excited about this? 4oD is now on my 360, along with Youtube and some other apps, have yet to try 5player, BBC i Play…

    ... a way to force the aspect ratio to widescreen for old shows liked ...
    thx1138 thx1138 December 2011 Chit chat
  • Xbox 360 Apps Marketplace. 4oD now availableAm I in a minority about being excited about this? 4oD is now on my 360, along with Youtube and some other apps, have yet to try 5player, BBC i Play…

    ... a way to force the aspect ratio to widescreen for old shows liked ... ....

    As for the aspect ratio, you could try using the ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 December 2011 Chit chat
  • Please help! connecting speccy to a new style digital TVHi- I've been emulating for years but have just bought a real 48k Speccy to get that 'real' feeling of my youth (and to play my home programed games …

    ... want a 4x3 aspect ratio TV rather than modern 16x9 widescreen, so you ...
    Winston Winston January 2012 Hardware
  • Spectaculator BlogHi All, I've decided to start a Spectaculator development blog [URL="http://www.spectaculator.com/category/blog"]here[/URL]. Normally months (somet…

    ... correct aspect ratio) is great so it's anoying on a widescreen monitor ... and right side of a widescreen display.

    Also, can ...
    liveevil liveevil August 2013 Emulators
  • 128K RGB Display problem.I have just got my hand on a toast rack, but when powered and connected to the telly the picture jumps horizontally at random intervals. Could it be…

    ... and 7V for a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio signal, or between 9 ... 12V for normal 4:3 aspect ratio signal. Voltages less than 4 ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK December 2013 Hardware
  • 128K RGB Display problem.I have just got my hand on a toast rack, but when powered and connected to the telly the picture jumps horizontally at random intervals. Could it be…

    ... and 7V for a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio signal, or between 9 ... 12V for normal 4:3 aspect ratio signal. Voltages less than 4 ...
    Lost Lost December 2013 Hardware
  • What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…

    ... with aspct ratios on my widescreen telly the other day, and ... black borders, nor a squished widescreen picture.

    Pop the ... enlarged and in the correct aspect ratio. Only the top and bottom ... 've used a speccy on Widescreen tellys for years - why ...
    Refrenz Refrenz August 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 128 +2 grey, no video but still beepsGot a grey 128 from ebay, im using a 48k spectrum powers supply, all voltages seem ok. I cant get compostie video using the normal mod or from the 8…

    ... and select a 4:3 aspect ratio on widescreen TVs.

    Finally ...
    guesser guesser February 2016 Hardware
  • What clone for the USA?Living in America, so fellow ex-pats might be able to answer this. Yes, I know I can do a search but why not ask first as knowledge beats enquiries. …

    ... a modern widescreen monitor, in the correct 4:3 aspect ratio.

    colonel32 colonel32 November 2017 Chit chat
  • ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …

    ... :3 picture to 16:9 widescreen going on there, at least ... picture is stretched to fit widescreen. Personally I hate it, and ... that give the proper spectrum aspect ratio.
    colonel32 colonel32 May 2018 Hardware
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