Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 13:37, Warly wrote:
> > Fredrik Hegardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Would it be possible to add a 1600x1200-alternative to bootsplash? When
> > > used on a laptop the current alternatives doesn't look very good.
> > 1280*1024 is not enough?
> > Dam!
> No. This'll be an increasing problem.
True
> Remember, all LCD screens have a
> native resolution, and scaling from any other resolution to that
> resolution looks *awful*, much worse than on a CRT. It's a limitation of
> the technology.
True
> As more and more people move to LCD screens there'll be
> more and more need for 1600x1200
True
> - most 17" and higher screens will have
> this as their native resolution,
Not yet they don't, and whether most "will" remains to be seen. I'm
looking at a list of 15 LCD displays and 22 CRT displays in a recent
paper catalog. Among the LCD displays, only the largest, 21.3", is
listed at 1600x1200. All four 15's are listed at 1024x768. The rest, 17"
up through 20.1" are listed at 1280x1024.
OTOH, among the CRT's, 13 of the 22 listed have 1600x1200 or higher as a
maximum, starting at 17". That probably means something at a proper 4/3
ratio more than 1280 wide resolution is soon if not now needed.
> and some of the larger laptop screens
> (15.1") do. 1280x1024 scaled to 1600x1200 will look hideous - in fact,
> it'd look much better to scale the 800x600 image, but of course that
> doesn't happen :)
Any image scaled *properly* (unlikely) for 1280x1024 is going to look
wrong on virtually any other resolution. 1280x1024 is a bastard child
resolution. Standard PC displays are designed for resolutions at a 4/3
ratio of width to height. Most combinations are exactly 4/3. 1280x1024
is 5/4, which makes everything displayed using it malproportioned wider
than it should be, unless you are using virtual in Linux/KDE, in which
case everything will be displayed taller than it should be. See URL
below.
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