diff --git a/Machines/Atari2600.cpp b/Machines/Atari2600.cpp
index db2aaa692..5bc8aed51 100644
--- a/Machines/Atari2600.cpp
+++ b/Machines/Atari2600.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void Machine::switch_region()
 	_crt->set_new_timing(228, 312);
 }
 
-
 void Machine::get_output_pixel(uint8_t *pixel, int offset)
 {
 	const uint8_t palette[16][3] =
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ void Machine::output_pixels(int count)
 		// logic: if in vsync, output that; otherwise if in vblank then output that;
 		// otherwise output a pixel
 		if(_vSyncEnabled) {
-			state = OutputState::Sync;
+			state = (_horizontalTimer < 212) ? OutputState::Sync : OutputState::Blank;
 		} else {
 
 			// blank is decoded as 68 counts; sync and colour burst as 16 counts
diff --git a/Outputs/CRT.cpp b/Outputs/CRT.cpp
index efc355b2c..2f0e05748 100644
--- a/Outputs/CRT.cpp
+++ b/Outputs/CRT.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static const uint32_t kCRTFixedPointOffset	= 0x08000000;
 
 void CRT::set_new_timing(int cycles_per_line, int height_of_display)
 {
-	const int syncCapacityLineChargeThreshold = 5;
+	const int syncCapacityLineChargeThreshold = 3;
 	const int millisecondsHorizontalRetraceTime = 7;	// source: Dictionary of Video and Television Technology, p. 234
 	const int scanlinesVerticalRetraceTime = 10;		// source: ibid
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void CRT::set_new_timing(int cycles_per_line, int height_of_display)
 
 	// width should be 1.0 / _height_of_display, rotated to match the direction
 	float angle = atan2f(scanSpeedYfl, scanSpeedXfl);
-	float halfLineWidth = (float)_height_of_display * 1.6f;
+	float halfLineWidth = (float)_height_of_display * 1.2f;
 	_widths[0][0] = (sinf(angle) / halfLineWidth) * kCRTFixedPointRange;
 	_widths[0][1] = (cosf(angle) / halfLineWidth) * kCRTFixedPointRange;
 }