Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?
Poor screen quality
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Re: Poor screen quality
It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?tlxxxsracer wrote:Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
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Re: Poor screen quality
There are a lot of threads about this, lots of advice to change font size etc.
To be honest I have set up three of these screens and did the settings and never been happy with any, I see loads of screens in the show off corner that look amazing and are same resolution as mine , I think once they are set up correct they photo well but don't actually look amazing in the real! (My opinion!)
To be honest I have set up three of these screens and did the settings and never been happy with any, I see loads of screens in the show off corner that look amazing and are same resolution as mine , I think once they are set up correct they photo well but don't actually look amazing in the real! (My opinion!)
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Re: Poor screen quality
Config.txt? No, Im just starting out. Do i configure it within retropi? I'm thinking too about mounting the screen but it'll be upside down.HoolyHoo wrote:It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?tlxxxsracer wrote:Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?
Re: Poor screen quality
Take your sd card and put in your computer. In the boot directory edit config.txt and change:tlxxxsracer wrote:Config.txt? No, Im just starting out. Do i configure it within retropi? I'm thinking too about mounting the screen but it'll be upside down.HoolyHoo wrote:It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?tlxxxsracer wrote:Just did the 5v mod on my gearbest screen. It works! But I can barely read the text.. Is this normal until changing/setting up emulation station?
Poor soldering? Bad screen?
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720
To:
framebuffer_width=320
framebuffer_height=240
If you flip your screen upside down then add:
display_rotate=2
To the end of the file then reboot.
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Re: Poor screen quality
Perfect. Thank you so much. Finished cutting out the screenHoolyHoo wrote:Take your sd card and put in your computer. In the boot directory edit config.txt and change:tlxxxsracer wrote:Config.txt? No, Im just starting out. Do i configure it within retropi? I'm thinking too about mounting the screen but it'll be upside down.HoolyHoo wrote:
It's a composite screen so is not going to be great. Did you configure the config.txt file for your 320 x 240 resolutions?
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720
To:
framebuffer_width=320
framebuffer_height=240
If you flip your screen upside down then add:
display_rotate=2
To the end of the file then reboot.
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Re: Poor screen quality
I made the appropriate changes but no difference upon booting. Screen didn't rotate either when I added
#display_rotate=2
just under the screen res section.
#display_rotate=2
just under the screen res section.
Re: Poor screen quality
Because your adding the hash tag #tlxxxsracer wrote:I made the appropriate changes but no difference upon booting. Screen didn't rotate either when I added
#display_rotate=2
just under the screen res section.
You need to omit it.
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