Best skin / config for 19" CRT (1 Viewer)

[marklp77]

Hi,

I have a 19" TV in the bedroom and have trouble seeing the default skin. Is there a better skin and / or a way to increase the font size?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Callifo]

MCE and BlueTwo are the best skins for use with CRT TVs. They have overscan already taken into account whereas other skins, you can loose a lot on the border.

 

[marklp77]

hmmm, is there any way to increase the font size at least?

 

[Callifo]

No, its fixed for the skin (scaling font sizes would produce a lot of problems). You shouldnt be have readability problems unless your viewing the TV too far away or your using a low quality video input. But then again a 19" monitor is tiny, especially for a tv.

 

[jawbroken]

No, its fixed for the skin (scaling font sizes would produce a lot of problems). You shouldnt be have readability problems unless your viewing the TV too far away or your using a low quality video input. But then again a 19" monitor is tiny, especially for a tv.

Is this true? I remember reading many hints like:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=17235&highlight=change+font+size
that tell you that you can change font size but it is a manual/unsupported feature.

 

[marklp77]

Thanks for the responses. Jawbroken, I will give your linked suggestion a shot.

Mark

 

[cheezey]

Look in the VARIOUS section of the online wiki http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/UserGuides

 

[marklp77]

Cheezey - Thanks for the pointer to those explicit instructions!

 

[Callifo]

You can change them manually that way, but things wont be scaled properly. Ie button text will not fit inside the buttons anymore etc.

 

[cheezey]

True, but you'll be OK so long as you don't go mad. I used to increase the font size by 4 points when I used a CRT and it looked fine.