Minimum Width?

CCoug83 · 14th January 2004, 07:50

The lowest I will usually go is 480x368 for full screen and 512x288 for widescreen. Are these too low? Does it sacrifice to much quality? What is the minimum widths for full and wide screen you would go with?

hakko504 · 14th January 2004, 08:38

Well, those numbers sound quite reasonable to me. I even go as low as 352x288 (PAL VCD res) for 4:3 stuff. But that is for watching things on a TV where the scaling factors are slightly different from when watching on a computer monitor. If possible, try to match your video resolution to a multiple of the screen resolution, i.e. if you use 1024x768 as screen resolution then use 512xyyy as video resolution. But that also depends on your computer, a GPU that scales good won't need any restrictions whereas a slow GPU/CPU might want exact scaling or produce crap.

Soulhunter · 14th January 2004, 20:04

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Originally posted by CCoug83
What is the minimum widths for full and wide screen you would go with?

The minimum for me is 720* (for 3x CD encodes) and the maximum is 1024* (for 1x DVD-R encodes) !!!

But that doesn't mean anything...

Try it out your self, and see what you like most !!!

Bye

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CCoug83 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 82	Minimum Width? The lowest I will usually go is 480x368 for full screen and 512x288 for widescreen. Are these too low? Does it sacrifice to much quality? What is the minimum widths for full and wide screen you would go with?

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hakko504 Remember Rule One Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SWEDEN Posts: 1,611	Well, those numbers sound quite reasonable to me. I even go as low as 352x288 (PAL VCD res) for 4:3 stuff. But that is for watching things on a TV where the scaling factors are slightly different from when watching on a computer monitor. If possible, try to match your video resolution to a multiple of the screen resolution, i.e. if you use 1024x768 as screen resolution then use 512xyyy as video resolution. But that also depends on your computer, a GPU that scales good won't need any restrictions whereas a slow GPU/CPU might want exact scaling or produce crap. __________________ /hakko http://www.boardgamegeek.com