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 1DwqbZ-0000ll-Uw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:14:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6P0Bphu023040; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:11:51 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 j6P07ffh027496 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:07:42 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i216-58-25-196.igs.net [216.58.25.196]) by smtp.istop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id AB8E92B3BC for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:22:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:08:38 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:08:38 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor Message-ID: <20050725000838.GB25128@waltdnes.org> References: <20050721082452.GA7199@sympatico.ca> <42DF6345.3040306@skynet.be> <5491fade050721052826e361ef@mail.gmail.com> <20050723122327.GA7184@sympatico.ca> <20050724053644.GA7222@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: <20050724053644.GA7222@sympatico.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 02d88f61-c7e9-4349-b7b5-9b80efb610b0 X-Archives-Hash: c1a5b9e374009bf185255c5f8662dd45 On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 01:36:44AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote > 050723 michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote: > > LCD monitors are fixed-rate, > > so you have to buy one that has the resolution you like > > with CRT monitors where you buy the highest resolution > > and then display at a lower rate if you wish. > > Why would you want to display at lower resolution than the best > available ? "Internet TV", or videos are one reason. Do you want an animated postage stamp in one corner of your 1280x1024 display? Software scaling imposes a heavy load on the cpu, so hardware scaling is preferable. As I mentioned in a previous message, attempting to interpolate partial pixels hurts image quality. E.g. going from 1280x1024 to 1024x768 or 800x600 or 640x480 is bad. However, you can retain picture quality if you divide the resolution cleanly by whole integers. E.g. a 1280x1024 display should be just as good at 640x512 or 320x256. Similarly a 1600x1200 LCD would do OK at 800x600 or 400x300. "xrandr -q" is your friend. > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto Hello from Vaughan, "The city above Toronto". -- Walter Dnes My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list