Dell widescreen monitor & PS2

[BuzzOrHowl]

I bought a Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP 20.1-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor for my pc, and to save space I eliminated by TV and I'm running my PS2 into it.

Unfortunately, the image is pretty poor... kind of jagged or "pixelated". on many GT4 tracks (nurb particularly) I the background kind of flickers... very distracting.

I had to ditch my component video cables in favor of S-Video, as Dell dosen't have component connectablility (DumB!) so I figure that's part of my problem... but probably not all of it...

Any ideas to help or alternative set ups? I don't want to buy another TV...

Thanks...

 

[Jordan]

I feel your pain - I was also the victim of the exact same setup with the exact same results. The problem lies with the display's resolution of 1680 x 1050 and lack of any high definition inputs (other than VGA and DVI, of course - which the PS2 does not support). Because you cannot use the PS2's component output, you are left with S-Video or Composite output with an output of 640x480 lines of resolution. The monitor must then make this awkard upconversion itself, which results in a blurry and just plain bad picture.

A year ago, I upgraded to the Dell 2405FPW, which does feature component input. It suffers from a similar problem, however, in the fact that its native resolution of 1920 x 1200 is much higher than GT4's 1080i output. It looks better than it did on the 2007, but not much. Nevertheless, my desk is pretty much the only place I have to mount my Driving Force Pro in front of a screen, so I still use the 2405 for GT4 but it's really not an optimal experience.

 

[the Interceptor]

How about a YUV -> VGA convertor, like this one: http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products_id=4233&

I'm running my PS2 on a 23" LCD with that thing, and it works fine. You have to make sure the screen will do 480i though, and I'm not sure about that. LCD tv's will do, but computer screens are kind of a game of luck.

Regards
the Interceptor

 

[wfooshee]

The same thing happens when you hook it up to a PC, but use less-than-maximum resolution on the display: it up-converts to its native resolution, usually introducing nasty artifacts and flickers. Customers buy a 19 or 21 inch display, the display wants to run at 1280x1024 or 1600x1200, but the customer want 800x600 because "I can't see that tiny writing!" LCD monitors can't change to as wide a range of scanning frequencies as CRTs, so they have to change resolutions digitally.