From the course: RetroPie: Building a Video Game Console with Raspberry Pi
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Display considerations - Raspberry Pi Tutorial
From the course: RetroPie: Building a Video Game Console with Raspberry Pi
Display considerations
- For most purposes, the best display for your raspberry pie arcade is the TV or monitor it's already set up where you want to play games. Just plug it into your pie from games on default settings and you probably won't see any issues. However, there are a couple things to consider if you want more authentic home arcade experience or if you're having display issues with your TV. If you're having issues with games not displaying properly, your best bet is to hit any key after launching a game to enter the run command menu. There you'll see options to select the default video mode for your emulator. There are a variety of resolution choices plus ntsc and pal sdtv standards. I'm going to choose a low, 640x480 resolution and a 4 to 3 aspect ratio, you can see the video mode is changed at the top of the window. In my case both that resolution and 1080p work fine. It's just an aesthetic choice, however depending on your TV in rom, certain options might not display properly or might not…
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