On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 15:36, Bill Gradwohl wrote: > Is anyone using a 19" or larger 16x9 aspect ratio LCD on FC2 (or FC3tX) > running Gnome as the GUI? If so, I'd like to know what brand/model of > LCD and video board you're using and if you like it. Any glitches during > installation or usage? I very much doubt the brand or model of monitor will make any difference at all. Afterall, it just recieves a picture and neither knows nor cares if it comes from Windows/Linux or anything else. I just put GNOME into a 16:9 resolution wihtout any problems. Since the computer doesn't need to know the physical side of the monitor It's a good bet that so long as the panel doesn't do anything REALLY stupid (like violate the DVI spec) you won't have any problems. > Initially, I want to use the wider screen format for writing C code via > emacs. More info per eye full. Really? Most 16:9 monitors I see are lower resolution versions of the more square equivalent. For example, I have a 5:4 19inch TFT which runs at 1280x1024. The 16:9 version is more expensive but uses 1280x720 - about 30% less pixels. At a given diagonal size the area of a 16:9 screen will also be less, although wider. A 19inch 5:4er is 14.8x11.9, or 176 sq inches, whereas a 16:9er is 16.6x9.2, or 107 sq inches. So about 40% less area.
