punesemu / puNES

Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)
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Screen Settings Menu Clarity #406

Open possiblyneal opened 1 week ago

possiblyneal commented 1 week ago

I found the screen settings menu challenging to understand. I have some feedback on how you could make it more approachable to new users.

possiblyneal commented 2 days ago

I'll add that the whole pixel aspect ratio box should be renamed to aspect ratio and the specific type of aspect ratio should be tacked on at the end of each option. Here's why, In addition to the problem listed for 5:4 above, it's also inaccurate. As soon as you add any overscan, it is no longer a 5:4 aspect ratio. puNES has overscan added by default. The majority of players using this option would also be using overscan. 5:4 would be 4:3 DAR.

Also the following default overscan settings would offer a better out of the box experience as it would simulate a well calibrated TV. (The issues concerning how overscan is applied would need to be fixed first)