Beautiful landscapes are prettier than portraits

[bzar]

"All roads lead to DS emulation"TM

why is it that even if i mark this thread as read, every time i log in Shenmues post shows up as "new" ??

Someone changes/adds poll answer

 

[spud42]

"All roads lead to DS emulation"TM

why is it that even if i mark this thread as read, every time i log in Shenmues post shows up as "new" ??

Someone changes/adds poll answer

now you go and ruin everything by using LOGIC... lol

 

[DrHAX]

Damn you logic, being so logical n' stuff:unsure:

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[Dale8998]

Well, CPU performance and easy development would be good, but full-HD would be good as well. If you could integrate both, it would be awesome and would stand up to the competition.

 

[TrashyMG]

Well the SoC can handle 1920x1200 via the hdmi out even if the screen can't.

 

[rygD]

Well, CPU performance and easy development would be good, but full-HD would be good as well. If you could integrate both, it would be awesome and would stand up to the competition.

I didn't know Pyra had any competition.  I guess it will win since I haven't heard of any of the alternatives.

 

[FaeMinx]

Pyra is a stand up device, even though there is no competition.


=~. O =

 

[Grench]

Well the SoC can handle 1920x1200 via the hdmi out even if the screen can't.

Might need to add all sorts of asterisks to that though?

My understanding is that the rotation chip applies only to the feed from the SoC to the screen - sits in the middle. Wouldn't the HDMI output still be 'unrotated' - and require more overhead to update?

I could be wrong - the HDMI could be getting fed after the rotation - but I understood the rotation to be limited to 720x1280?

So - would our HDMI run landscape at 720p full speed or 1080p stumbling and stuttering?

I'm not sure - can someone clarify?

 

[TrashyMG]

Well the SoC can handle 1920x1200 via the hdmi out even if the screen can't.

Might need to add all sorts of asterisks to that though?


My understanding is that the rotation chip applies only to the feed from the SoC to the screen - sits in the middle. Wouldn't the HDMI output still be 'unrotated' - and require more overhead to update?


I could be wrong - the HDMI could be getting fed after the rotation - but I understood the rotation to be limited to 720x1280?


So - would our HDMI run landscape at 720p full speed or 1080p stumbling and stuttering?


I'm not sure - can someone clarify?

I believe it's outputted normally,  the chip handles the proper rotation of the screen..  However if this isn't the case, the HDMI output still can be driven separately or one at a time or in clone mode.. just as if it was another monitor.

 

[comradekingu]

1920x1200 is the "proper" rotation of a screen, not 1080x1920, so no rotation needed. I imagine the rotation chip can be bypassed then.

 

[TrashyMG]

The OMAP5432 is actually quite a beast for displays, outside of the HDMI 1.4a output, it can handle 3 other displays (2x MIPI DSI and a MIPI DBI-B/DPI).. 


Edit: also not sure how gaming performance will be if driving two displays.. 

 

[WizardStan]

My understanding is that the rotation chip applies only to the feed from the SoC to the screen - sits in the middle. Wouldn't the HDMI output still be 'unrotated' - and require more overhead to update?

The OMAP isn't outputting things rotated, it's the screen itself that's got the wrong orientation. The SoC outputs the correct 1280x720 landscape picture to both the LCD and the HDMI and the rotation chip takes care of converting that to a portrait image for the LCD.

 

[_wb_]

I guess it should also be possible to set up a dual monitor configuration with the 1280x720 screen plus 1920x1080 HDMI output. Either as two separate monitors, or mirrored (either by downscaling for the built-in screen or by outputting only 1280x720 HDMI).

 

[ekianjo]

by outputting only 1280x720 HDMI).

Are you kidding? This will look disgusting on Full HD monitors  

 

[_wb_]

by outputting only 1280x720 HDMI).

Are you kidding? This will look disgusting on Full HD monitors

Not if you just want to watch a 720p encoded movie

 

[PokeParadox]

I run some things at 1280x720p on my 1080p screen - it doesn't look that bad... but each to their own. I wouldn't go as far as saying it looks disgusting...

 

[Nintendo]

nVIDIA Shield still looks beautiful on my TV.

 

[EvilDragon]

Aren't most PS4 / XBone games still running on 720p because the consoles are not powerful enough?

 

[TrashyMG]

Aren't most PS4 / XBone games still running on 720p because the consoles are not powerful enough?

PS4 has a good chunk of games that actually render at 1080p, it's the XBone that seems to have a bit of issues rendering full HD. some games drop all the way down to 720p, but some get rendered at 900p and scaled up.

 

[Grench]

My understanding is that the rotation chip applies only to the feed from the SoC to the screen - sits in the middle. Wouldn't the HDMI output still be 'unrotated' - and require more overhead to update?

The OMAP isn't outputting things rotated, it's the screen itself that's got the wrong orientation. The SoC outputs the correct 1280x720 landscape picture to both the LCD and the HDMI and the rotation chip takes care of converting that to a portrait image for the LCD.

Ahh - thank you for clarifying. That's the key bit I was missing.