Author Topic: Does Aces High Support 1680x1050 resolution? buying lcd with this native res (Read 1089 times)

airhog99 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2007, 08:45:47 AM »

Just another though..
It would be possible to see more of the instruments if the viewpoint (pilot's head) could be moved further back, even without changing the FOV. Of course, this may be against any ideas about the realism of the simulation. (And the instruments aren't exactly the only thing you want to see, anyway.)

hubsonfire · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2007, 09:23:22 AM »

I believe you can setup the AH resolution to what you prefer (presuming it's supported by your hardware) so that you don't necessarily have to use a widescreen resolution.

I know an LCD won't touch a high quality CRT's performance, but with this monitor dying, and no 21"+ CRTs, my options are small LCD in standard format, a large widescreen, or nothing. Skuzzy may well be right about LCDs, but since there's nothing else that's within my price range (or even available around here), I don't see any real choice. I played AH1 for a while on a 15" crt with a 466 celeron. Surely it can't suck as much as that did.

Fulmar · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2007, 09:55:54 AM »

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There is one thing an LCD cannot do that a CRT can. Produce precise color. It cannot be done on an LCD today. And it gets worse if you try it at different resolutions.

Other than a LCD Contrast ratio being lower than a CRT, neither LCD or CRT can produce precise color. We're working in a Red Green and Blue environment. You cannot produce 'black' with RGB, sorry.

airhog99 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2007, 11:00:55 AM »

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Originally posted by hubsonfire
I believe you can setup the AH resolution to what you prefer (presuming it's supported by your hardware) so that you don't necessarily have to use a widescreen resolution.

I know an LCD won't touch a high quality CRT's performance, but with this monitor dying, and no 21"+ CRTs, my options are small LCD in standard format, a large widescreen, or nothing. Skuzzy may well be right about LCDs, but since there's nothing else that's within my price range (or even available around here), I don't see any real choice. I played AH1 for a while on a 15" crt with a 466 celeron. Surely it can't suck as much as that did.

Yup, you can run AH in 4:3 aspect with black borders on the sides. But that is not what you buy a widescreen monitor for. Doing so would give me the same resolution and screen size as the one I have right now (being replaced in a few days form now).

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2007, 07:42:18 PM »

Here is 1280x1024 stretched to 1910x1080p and at 4:3 with bars.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #20 on:** May 14, 2007, 07:58:02 PM »

Yep, that's still ginormous.

Krusty · « **Reply #21 on:** May 16, 2007, 02:40:44 PM »

Is it supposed to stretch???

From all the other threads on the matter it should scale up uniformly (i.e. not stretch) and then crop the top/bottom. Any idea why it's doing it this way? Looks kinda squashed/flat/funky.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #22 on:** May 16, 2007, 03:11:42 PM »

I believe he's adjusted the TV to stretch the display to 16:10, while using the 4:3 aspect in-game, and the pic underneath uses the bars to maintain the 4:3 both in-game and on-screen, for comparison. The very first pic he'd posted is both the TV and the game set to 16:10.

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Krusty · « **Reply #23 on:** May 16, 2007, 03:18:52 PM »

I don't know if I could get used to that stretched look.

tailblues · « **Reply #24 on:** May 17, 2007, 08:25:42 AM »

Ok, for summary, by using wide screen (such as 1920 x 1200), we lose some of "upper" and "below"(vertical region). But aren't we gaining more lateral (left and right) area? It seems we don't, by reading this thread... or is it so?

Fulmar · « **Reply #25 on:** May 17, 2007, 08:39:19 AM »

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But aren't we gaining more lateral (left and right) area? It seems we don't, by reading this thread... or is it so?

It depends on the monitor set up, aspect ratio etc. That large 1920 screenshot one, the image is stretched so you are not gaining at horizontal viewing area. Other monitors will give you more viewing area.

Condor · « **Reply #26 on:** May 17, 2007, 11:46:55 AM »

As I undestand it there is more lateral viewing area iwith a wide screen in that every thing may be larger, but you won't see anything further out to the left or right than with the 4:3 ratio monitor. On the other hand, 16.6 % of the vertical viewing area will be lost. It would be like blocking off a band 8.3% of the height of the screen at the top and bottom of a 4:3 monitor. The result is that you will see no more of what's happening around you to the right and left and will see less a the top and bottom. I think that's right.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #27 on:** May 17, 2007, 12:49:38 PM »

Same field of view horizontally, from what skuzzy has said.

I'm more interested in the gain in screen size than anything, though, Even at 4:3 with bars on the sides, that 22" would be noticeably larger than my current (and dieing) CRT.

Eagler · « **Reply #28 on:** May 17, 2007, 01:11:50 PM »

with my 24" widescreen I find I set the views way back so I can see more of an area of a particular view.

HomeBoy · « **Reply #29 on:** May 17, 2007, 04:06:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Condor
As I undestand it there is more lateral viewing area iwith a wide screen in that every thing may be larger, but you won't see anything further out to the left or right than with the 4:3 ratio monitor. On the other hand, 16.6 % of the vertical viewing area will be lost. It would be like blocking off a band 8.3% of the height of the screen at the top and bottom of a 4:3 monitor. The result is that you will see no more of what's happening around you to the right and left and will see less a the top and bottom. I think that's right.

That is how I understand it too. That means I want NO part of a widescreen monitor unless you can reasonably run it 4:3 and it still look good and be at least as large as my 19" CRT. I can certainly live with the bars on the sides. From everything I'm reading, that's a tall order. I'm not about to give up 16% of my vertical view! If I'm wrong about that, please post an LCD model that can do that reasonably.