good day to buy 30" monitor

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 01:19:34PM -0700, Tyler Aviss wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Lennart
>> Sorensen<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:50:01PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Tyler Aviss wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> The "HDTV" resolution is 1080p, so I'd assume the VGA would also be
>>>>> non-interlaced. Not sure about the refresh, but I don't think that
>>>>> there are many 120Hz LCD's out there.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> According to the manual, my Sharp Aquos LC-42D65U 42" set will support
>>>> up to 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz.  It can do 1080p, so I'd imagine it would do
>>>> so in progressive scan.
>>>>         
>>> Must look awful.  After all scaling/stretching 1600x1200 to 1920x1080
>>> is not going to be pretty.  I don't know why TV makers can't just make
>>> the computer input identify as a 1920x1080 display with 60hz refresh.
>>>
>>> Well most seem to be able to do that, a few get it terribly wrong.
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>> 1600x1200 = 4:3
>> 1920x1080 = 16:9
>>     
>
> Right, so trying to mash a 4:3 image onto a 16:9 display is just stupid.
>
>   
>> Two common videographic aspect ratios are 4:3 (1.33:1), universal for
>> standard-definition video formats, and 16:9 (1.78:1), universal to
>> high-definition television and European digital television.
>>
>> What's the standard for a DVD, and/or does it vary depending on how
>> it's translated from the film version?
>>     
>
> It varies, and some DVD players let you output widescreen in which case
> the dvd player will simply remove some of the black bars on a wide screen
> movie.  I believe the movie is actually sotred widescreen without the
> black bars at all, and the correct aspect ratio is stored in the data and
> the DVD player adds those bars on playback depending on its configuration.
>
>   
While my Blu-ray player does that, my DVD player doesn't.  When watching
a wide screen movie on a wide screen set, I have to use stretch mode to
get it to display properly.

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