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Fixed size /
Moderate zoom /
Screen fit
Choose one of these three display modes to change
how
THEA500 Mini
scales the game image. The
amount of scaling applied will depend on the size of
the game image (which varies between games) and
the scaling mode selected. These options do not
alter the aspect ratio of the image.
Fixed size
This does not scale the game image, and it will be
surrounded by a black border.
Moderate zoom
This will attempt to scale the game image by a
whole number of pixels, but only when it will still fit
on the TV screen without being cut off at the top or
bottom. Therefore some game images will appear
the same size as with
Fixed size
scaling, and others
will be larger. The amount of black border around
the image will vary with the scaling applied.
Note: If the setting
Advanced options → Television
settings → Use screen edges
is turned off, the
available screen height will be reduced, which
may affect the amount of scaling applied.
Screen fit
This will adaptively scale the game image so
that it will fill the TV screen from top to bottom,
maximising the size of the image. The scaling
may not be a whole number of pixels, which can
occasionally produce very slight scaling artefacts.
Enabling
Image smoothing
or
CRT effect
will remove
these. With this scaling mode, only minimal black
borders are seen to the left and right of the game
image.
Note: If the setting
Advanced options → Television
settings → Use screen edges
is turned off, the
available screen height will be reduced, which will
slightly reduce the amount of scaling applied.
Enable CRT effect
Enables an effect that simulates the scan lines of a
classic CRT screen.
Enable image smoothing
Smooths the game image to look less blocky on a
large screen.
Note: These options only affect the appearance of the game image when
being played, not the game carousel, menus, or virtual keyboard.