On Wed, 2026-07-01 at 00:25 -0500, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > On Tue Jun30'26 11:44:00PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:44:00 +0100 > > To: [email protected] > > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: OT: recommendations for a 2880x1800 external monitor? > > > > On Tue, 2026-06-30 at 16:12 -0500, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > > There are a few 3840x2400 resolution monitors too, but they seem > > > to > > > all be in the 16-17" range. > > > > There are plenty of 4K monitors of larger sizes (I have a 27in one) > > and > > I'm pretty sure any of them would work for you, perhaps with > > letterboxing. The Display Configuration menu on KDE has both > > 2880x1620 > > and 3200x1800 among others. > > Thank you, but won't either of these configurations distort the view?
That's why I suggest trying it. There may be a setting that reduces or eliminates the problem, but really the best way to find out is by trying it. However I tried asking ChatGPT: * Native 2880×1800 monitor: No distortion. Every output pixel maps to one physical pixel. * External monitor at a different native resolution: If you output 2880×1800 to, say, a 2560×1440 or 3840×2160 display, the monitor or GPU will scale the image. This can introduce slight blurring, but it won't stretch the image if the aspect ratio is preserved. * Wrong aspect ratio: 2880×1800 is 16:10. If you send it to a 16:9 display (e.g. 1920×1080 or 3840×2160) and scaling is set to "stretch," the image will look distorted. If scaling is set to "maintain aspect ratio," you'll get thin black bars at the top and bottom instead. That last one is probably your best bet. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
