[mythtv-users] OT: Emulate a lower desktop resolution for web browsing/flash

[Chris Adams]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Chris Adams <rocket at extremelan.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My TV isn't big enough to read text when browsing websites (we sit far
> away) and flash performance is awful at 1920x1080.
> So I'm looking into ways to decrease the desktop resolution.
>
> But my TV (Samsung 46" F series) only supports 1920x1080 via the VGA
> connector - any lower resolution and it jumps to 1280x1024 which is
> 4:3 and makes widescreen flash content play squashed.
>
> I'm planning to emulate a lower resolution but keep the TV at
> 1920x1080. I'm hoping to write a compiz plugin which, without changing
> X's resolution, renders windows to a configurable size screen and uses
> the GPU to scale the result up. GPU scaling should the result looks
> nice without taxing the CPU. End result: smooth fullscreen flash,
> readable text from the couch, and no use of firefox's awful image
> scaling for full-page zoom!
>
> I can't see anything on google but I might be looking for the wrong
> words - has this been tried before?
>

Whoops - just added OT in the subject. This belongs in the xorg or
compiz mailing lists eventually, but this list is heavily-trafficked
with HTPC users so I figured I'd ask here first..