On 2 Feb 2012, at 10:43, Thomas Harte wrote: > emulator authors tend to be quite parochial and superstitious about this > stuff for some reason, hence e.g. the mostly invented black scan lines a lot > of them like to insert.
I find a partial scanline effect helps soften a harsh pixelated image, and reduce the softness of the filtering done during stretching with some video drivers. So even if they're not technically accurate I find it somehow looks a bit more balanced than the pure image. There's probably also an aspect that it makes it look more generated, which fits with the feel of being emulated — so you're probably right! Si
