Don't forget to take into consideration the screen resolutions. Typical large format LCD and plasmas have resolutions as low at 852x480 and usually top out at 1280x1024. Some are proper "widecsreen" format like 1280x768. My plasma has a native res of 1024x1024 but takes a VGA input up to 1600x1200 and downsizes it. It's never really that pretty.
High resolution PC displays though... They'll support proper resolutions since they're designed for it. My 20.1" does 1680x1050 (16:10 aspect ratio) so I'd rather use it at it's native resolution. Nothing is stretched unless you decide to use a 4:3 wallpaper and stretch it. Photo programs don't stretch the picture out of proportion unless you tell it to. What you do get is plenty of desktop space which is great. That be all for now, Mr O. --- Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I am pondering the ideal arrangements for using an HD > monitor as a > "media center" display, and primarily the video and still > content would be > 4:3 aspect ratio. Most HD displays are 16:9 (and many > widescreen computer > LCD's are 16:10 for some reason)... > > I am wondering if anyone has come across solutions, or cooked > up your own, > for making use of the extra screen real estate instead of > having black bars > (assuming one doesn't want to stretch the content > horizontally). My current > notion is to setup something like gkrellm or other transparent > desktop > widgets over a peaceful background (possibly black), and use > explicit X > geometry for startup of multiple windows. I'm also wondering > whether > something like oddly-shaped (tall) VNC desktops could be > useful for this, so > re-attachment or swapping of L/R regions could be eased. > Personally, I want > something not too "busy" but able to show arbitrary status (I > like gkrellm's > plugins for that extensibility so far plus refresh is > variable) and want to > cover both passive monitoring and active interruptions if need > be. I'm not > delving into pausing/timeshifting playback when an > interruption occurs, I'll > leave that to someone's API I hope :) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
