[Coco] CoCoFEST! Hotel

[Ron]

In order to keep the performance up with the CocoPi3 project, I force 
the resolution to 640x480.  More than enough for our Coco emulation.  
Not sure what that may mean for regular TV's.



On 04/16/2017 07:21 PM, David Ladd wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Don't count on that. My Pi Zero and several other HDMI devices
>> (Chromecast, Intel PC Stick) don't work with several of my Televisions.
>>
> ​That is sadly true.  Not all TV's correctly report their supported
> resolutions to the Raspberry Pi and of course the Raspberry Pi by default
> if no resolutions are detected will default to 1080P.  At least mine have
> lol.  So might be worth going into the configuration file and forcing it to
> startup at 1280x720P just in case.
>
> Reason I know this is I have a older Samsung TV that is 720P, but reports
> to all devices I try connecting to it as 1080P and can't see anything
> clearly on it lol.​
>
>
>
>> Having an HDMI connector has not in my experience guaranteed compatibility.
>>
>> -[ Al ]-
>> On 4/16/2017 1:30:34 PM, Brett Gordon <beretta42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Good idea, plus it would be easier to portage. Its also good no note its
>> pretty easy to hook up to the room tvs too.
>> On Apr 16, 2017 12:43 PM, "Frank Pittel" wrote:
>>
>>> A coco running on a PI should work. Most TVs these days have hdmi inputs.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Brett Gordon
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Someone should hook up a coco to the breakfast bar TV at the hotel. :)
>>> At
>>>> least one running coco should be available at all times esp afterhours.
>>>> Something like the Olympic Flame... ;)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, brett
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