From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DwXH8-0007GV-GS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:35:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6O3Y3jJ013153; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:34:03 GMT Received: from smtp.istop.com (smtp.istop.com [66.11.167.126]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6O3UFS6005656 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:30:15 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i216-58-16-189.igs.net [216.58.16.189]) by smtp.istop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CD2A2B3DF for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:44:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:31:00 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:31:00 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor Message-ID: <20050724033100.GA23138@waltdnes.org> References: <20050721082452.GA7199@sympatico.ca> <42DF6345.3040306@skynet.be> <5491fade050721052826e361ef@mail.gmail.com> <20050723122327.GA7184@sympatico.ca> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 0d1ed388-bc09-4338-9fcb-ccc157b4cc0a X-Archives-Hash: 121edf3bd21d50b5ddf1364035eb5e66 On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 09:08:09AM -0700, michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote > Also if I understand correctly, LCD monitors are fixed - rate, so > you have to buy one that has the resolution you like (not like CRT > monitors where you buy the highest resolution and then display at > a lower rate if you wish. Some elaboration here. You *CAN* use lower-than-native resolution. However, that usually requires interpolation. Going from 1280x1024 to 1152x864 or 1024x768 usually results in crummy display. There is one exception to this general rule. If you divide a dimension by a whole number, there isn't any interpolation. Going from 1280x1024 to 640x512 or 320x256 is supposed to be nice and clean. -- Walter Dnes My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list