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The wiki entry: http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Overscan Claims the NES PAR on a 4:3 TV to be 1.143, which would make the 256x240 area equal to 274x240. This seems quite a bit less than the 280~282 we've been finding in most games. Am I misunderstanding that article? I wish whoever wrote it would...

I spent most of the evening testing various games in the NES library. 280 and 282 seem to be the most common expected ratios. For example, the silver ball in "Pinbot" becomes perfectly round via 280x240, whereas the bumpers in "Pinball" lean more towards 282x240 for perfect round...

After some more tests with various narrow graphics, I have to concede that there is an 'analog' variance level in expected aspect ratio. It seems each game's programmers used whatever analog 4:3 setting their equipment was at during the graphic design process. I went back and examined Dr. Mario more...

How I know 282 is the most accurate was the cross-verification with emulated Metroid. Seriously, what are the odds that my LCD TV just happens to make the morph ball PERFECTLY circular when applied to emulated Metroid? No other figure makes that happen. Not 280, not 288, not 290, but EXACTLY 282. Fu...

Ended up finding these forums from doing google searches on the subject. I found there was a lot of different opinions and different technical data depending on who you ask, so I decided to set about determining it myself. Here's what I did: 1. I hooked up my front-loading NES to my Sony 55-inch LED...