[opendtv] Re: Microsoft Exec: 1080p HDTV Is Meaningless

At 12:39 PM -0400 8/23/06, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: 
Take the case of the oddball aspect ratio display, like square-pixel
1280 X 1024 (1.25:1), made to sync up to standard 4:3 resolution options
such as 1024 X 768. Since no one in PC-land would stand for permanent
black bars when using these standard resolution settings, these displays
will normally distort.

One might think one solution would be for the video drivers *not* to
offer any of the standard resolution options, but only offer something
close which has been modified to 1.25:1 aspect ratio. For example, don't
offer 1024 X 768, but rather 1024 X 819.

That would work, unless one wants to display to scale, full frame,
native 4:3 graphics.

So here is a case where square pixels don't help in preventing
distortion, and where non-standard display aspect ratios conspire to
create that distortion.

Get a new computer, or take the time to find the proper drivers. There is no excuse for this. Must be a PC problem...

Regards
Craig


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