[mythtv-users] which resolution on a 16:10 lcd?

Marco Nelissen marcone at xs4all.nl
Sat Nov 4 18:54:58 UTC 2006


>Hi.
>I've bought an acer LCD 19'' 16:10 aspect ratio; the monitor supports 1440x900.
>My primary use for mythtv is watching tv (analogic signal or dvb-t,
>PAL) and divx/dvd.
>With the 4:3 CRT I had, I used 720x576, but now with the new monitor I
>don't know wich resolution use.
>
>Can anyone suggest me?
>the lcd is an acer AL1916W.

LCD displays should preferably be run in their native resolution, unless their
built-in scaling is really, really good. So, since the native resolution of
your display is 1440x900, you should define a modeline for that resolution,
then let MythTV scale everything to that resolution.


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