Composite Video on the NES: Why's it so wobbly?

(nicole.express)

37 points | by zdw 3 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • Dwedit an hour ago

    The missing dot is not just a thing that helps stabilize the colors in a picture, it's literally a missing dot. The first scanline is literally twitching left and right by one pixel every other frame. You probably can't see it on your TV without messing with the vertical hold.

    • nubinetwork 33 minutes ago

      I thought the first scanline was wacky because it's sending one extra pixel than the other ~239 lines...

      Side rant, isn't that actually scanline 22? Scanline 21 is off-screen, its where closed captions used to come from...

  • brianpan an hour ago

    Growing up I definitely noticed the wobble.

    But I'm also so used to it that I didn't realize a lot of examples were videos.

    Really interesting investigation!