From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 02:26:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D061065670 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:26:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21ECE8FC0C for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:26:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6U2Q82J023584; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:26:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:26:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: <20080730014633.GB47738@thought.org> Message-ID: <20080729220949.X8178@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20080730011634.GA47738@thought.org> <20080730014633.GB47738@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: question about new monitor... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:26:10 -0000 On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:16:35PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >> i'm on newegg.com that has a whole slew of options for narrowing the >> field. >> >> q's: is a higher contrast ratio better than a lower ratio? Generally, yes. Contrast ratio in a display is analogous to dynamic range in audio. >> is the widescreen better than the std? --i think widescreen is >> 16x9, standard is 4x3. Correct about the aspect ratios. As for "better", it depends on whether your graphics card can run at those resolutions. > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > with 1680x1050, so my current 1284x1024 would fit. 1280x1024 is actually a 5:4 aspect, but people use it on a 4:3 display. I'm doing that right now :^) But if you send it to a 16:9 display it will probably appear "stretched" unless you adjust the display so it's effectively not a widescreen display anymore. Every LCD or DLP or plasma display has a native resolution, which is the actual number of pixels in its imaging device. Nowadays they all have internal scan converters so that you could, for instance, send your 1280x1024 to a display of some other native resolution and get a picture, subject to some limits (e.g., I doubt any 1024x768 LCD monitor would display a 3200x2400 signal). But it will always look best at the native resolution anyway, so you're on the right track. > IFF xorg know what kind of beast this is:-) Well, yeah, that's the elephant in the room, isn't it? -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]