How big is yours? .. and do you stretch it, or leave it alone?

It depends what kind of scaling you're using. If you're using the video card scaling, then video card is doing the work. If you're using monitor scaling, then the monitor is doing the work. That's not really the point, though. What's important is that it's not a 1:1 relationship unless you're using the native resolution.



Not that it matters, but it's actually hardware scaling. The driver software simply selects which method to use. The video card or the monitor takes it from there.

In any case, there should be a huge difference between "4:3 in wide" and actual widescreen mode. If there's not, then there's something wrong with your monitor.



The digital cable should give you far better picture than the analog cable. Color match, contrast, etc., should improve considerably. Ghosting should lessen, not increase. If that's not the case, then something is very wrong either with the monitor or with the cable.

If you're noticing flicker due to the refresh rate in digital mode, then either change the lighting in the room, or else experiment with different refresh rates. On most LCD's you'll have options for 59 Hz, 60 Hz, and a usually a few other lower numbers, when in digital mode. In analog mode, they tend to go up to 75 Hz. Higher isn't necessarily better, though. What's important is simply that there's no noticeable flicker. If you've got fluorescent lighting in the room, that can be more of a challenge than if you don't. The key is to get the monitor's flicker to be at a different rate from the flicker of the room lighting.

HUGE!!! And I can't leave it alone!!

Oh my monitors? They are dual 19" widescreens. Heck if I know any of the technical details.

It's just a toggle between 4:3 letterbox, or what they call "4:3 in Wide", which does let you use the whole screen, but it doesn't mean it's a 4:3 aspect resolution stretched wide.


Oh those things did improve. So much so that now I'm seeing some very faint background crosshatch flicker. Can probably adjust it out so it won't give me a headache. I'm guessing the ghosting and motion trails are because this ISN'T one of those super fast 2ms displays, and maybe the better connection is enhancing those flaws.

I am disapointed the subject of this thread did not match the twisted images in my head..

what Chosen said is correct at the pixel level (and very important to digital artists)

however if you are just concerned with images being stretched (squareness of the overall image) then ANY aspect ratio that matches your screen aspect will do (assuming your monitor/tv supports it).

now if the problem is font size in your chosen resolution there are a few options for windows users... the first one is right click the desktop, properties (or start-settings-display), display tab, advanced, DPI (I do NOT recommend this one, some programs don't play well with it). another is on the appearance tab of the same dialog, but this will only let you set text size for title bars. start-programs-accessories-accessibility also has some help in this (it uses settings from both of the previous, plus the magnifier tool), the last one is per program, most of which have some way of choosing a different font size.. in SL the option(s) are 'ui size' and 'chat font size' in the 'genera'l and 'text chat' tabs respectively.

of course the simplest solution that plays well with all programs and applies to all programs is to just reduce your screen resolution (keeping the same aspect ratio) which will enlarge ALL ui elements and fonts

I can not STAND looking at an LCD with the screen set to anything but the real resolution. It drives me nuts. I can't understand how anyone can stand it for more than a few minutes without going crazy.

ditto.

depends on the dot pitch for me... if it's low enough, it doesn't bother me... but set a crt to anything below 75hz and I'll murder someone in short order (I can see the fliccker up to about 66hz, and detect it well into the 70s... 85 is really the only thing that won't give me headaches after awhile, lcds don't seem as bad about it, possibly because they don't strobe as much)

I also hate fake stereo separation.

I knew there was a hidden perv in you, Argent.
But honestly.. Putting small animals in your hole in public is the last thing I would've expected

No, that's showing me driven completely knots!

*groans*
That hurt...
The dreaded text-based blunt instrument

LCD's don't strobe at all -- at least, not in that way.

Keep in mind the way a CRT works: Basically, it sweeps a single electron dot across and down a screen, making the pixels on the screen glow - one dot at a time. However, these pixels stay glowing for a fraction of a second after the electron beam has passed it. Thus, the speed of the beam sweeping around the screen, combined with the "persistence" of the glowing pixels, tricks your brain into seeing an entire picture on the screen. However, the slower the beam sweeps, the more flickery the picture becomes, because the pixels are allowed to dim considerably before the beam comes around and "refreshes" them.

LCD's, on the other hand, do not have "persistence". A pixel stays lit at a constant luminance until told to change state. Therefore, there is no "flicker" with LCD displays.

Always happy to be of service!

not a fan of parametric audio? I'm surprised.... I don't know how I ever managed to host a stream without it... seriously 24kbit parametric vs 64kbit standard... the difference is yummy in all the good ways (lower bandwidth, better quality retention)


now THAT I didn't know (tbh I never really looked into it) but it makes sense and explains why I have no issues with 60hz on the lcd.

Not a fan of works crated purely on a synthesizer that never actually go through air and where "stereo" means "this track is 30% left and 70% right". If you don't actually have two microphones, just record in mono thanks.