On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:34:56 -0800 Russell Senior <[email protected]> dijo:
>John> What if the "known to work" laptop is running at, say, >John> 1280x1024, and therefore it syncs with the projector just >John> fine. But my screen is 1680x1050, and my video driver does not >John> support 1280x1024? > >The idea is that you run your X11 application over an ssh tunnel. >Your laptop's video driver never enters into that picture. > >John> The projector is capable of 1600x1200. Due to the nature of the >John> presentation I need to squeeze pixels out of it until it >John> screams. > >The projector is only going to project at its native resolution. All >pushing more pixels at it is going to do is cause it to resample them >into its native resolution, probably badly. My guess is that the >1600x1200 it cites is just the maximum resolution that it will accept >for resampling. I have personally seen professors using Windows laptops change the resolution of the projector to match their laptops. Most classroom projectors at PSU have a native resolution of 1024x768, yet I am positive they were getting more than that. >Projectors aren't the same as monitors. Don't expect them to be and >your life will start seeming better. Count yourself lucky if it does >1024x768! The people in the back of the room won't be able to tell >the difference anyway. I have seen Scribus at 1024x768 while experimenting with the Hitachi projectors at PSU. It is horrible. If the audience sees desktop publishing on open source software at 1024x768 they will walk out of the room and immediately buy Windows and InDesign. More years ago than I care to recollect, I paid $2,500 for a 21" CRT monitor that would do an unheard of 1280x1024. It weighed 55Kg, and I needed a friend to help me lift it up to my desk. At the time everyone in the computer world was using 14" or 15" monitors at 640x480. People were astonished when they saw it. Yet, to me it was worth every penny and then some. In DTP you need screen real estate. If your monitor won't do more than 1024x768 then you need to 1) buy a better monitor/video card, 2) spend the next several months of your life learning TeX or, 3) expect to have a frustrating experience. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
