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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:10:11
Message-Id: 201008251809.16741.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New HD monitor stretches everything. How to teach Xorg? by Maciej Grela
1 On Wednesday 25 August 2010 17:39:15 Maciej Grela wrote:
2 > 2010/8/25 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>:
3 > > On Wednesday 25 August 2010 15:44:58 Mick wrote:
4 > >> Fair enough, but anything other than the native resolution on an
5 > >> LCD monitor will end looking distorted or blurred.
6 > >
7 > > Why? Granted, LCD panels are made up of discreet pixels, but so are
8 > > CRTs: the dots are deposited in trios, each illuminated through a
9 > > hole in the shadow mask.
10 >
11 > Right, but nature does a better job at upsampling an image than DSPs.
12
13 Can't say I've noticed it, but then maybe my eyes aren't good enough to
14 see the difference. They certainly aren't very good.
15
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17 Rgds
18 Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.