Basic information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widescreen
Widescreen resolutions
Common Wide XGA resolutions
| Resolution |
Usage |
Aspect ratio |
| 1280�720 |
Monitors |
16:9 |
| 1280�768 |
Monitors |
16:9.6 (5:3) |
| 1280�800 |
Monitors |
16:10 (8:5) |
| 1360�768 |
LCD TVs |
16:9 (approx.) |
| 1366�768 |
LCD TVs |
16:9 (approx.) |
Higher widescreen resolutions
| Resolution |
Aspect ratio |
Name |
| 1440�900 |
16:10 |
WSXGA or WXGA+ |
| 1920�1200 |
16:10 |
WUXGA |
| 2560�1600 |
16:10 |
WQXGA |
| 3200�2048 |
25:16 |
WQSXGA |
| 3840�2400 |
16:10 |
WQUXGA |
HDTV resolutions
| Resolution |
Aspect ratio |
Name |
| 1280�720 |
16:9 |
720p |
| 1920�1080 |
16:9 |
1080p |
List of HDTV-ready TV sets that support 1:1 pixelmapping without overscan
| Model
| Size
| Resolution
| internal refresh rate
| Input
| Loudspeaker
| TV-Tuner
| Comment
|
| Acer AT3201W
| 32"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| Amoi LC37AF1E
| 37"
| 1920x1080
| 60Hz
| HDMI, YUV
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Amoi LC42T1E
| 42"
| 1920x1080
| 60Hz
| HDMI, YUV
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Andersson Y70 HD
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| BenQ DV3250
| 32"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| detachable
| yes
|
|
| Dell W3202MC
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| detachable
| yes
|
|
| Dell W3706MC
| 37"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| detachable
| yes
|
|
| FSC Myrica VQ40-1
| 40"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz, 50Hz
| DVI
|
| yes
|
|
| Funai NLC-3216
| 32"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| HDMI
|
| yes
|
|
| Hitachi 32LD7200
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| LG xxLX1
| 26"/32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA, DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| LG xxLX2
| 26"/32"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| LG xxLP1
| 32"/37"/42"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| LG Lxx00
| 32"/37"/42"
| 1366x768
| 50Hz, 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| no
| no
|
|
| LG Mxx00C
| 32"/37"/42"/47"
| 1366x768
| 50Hz, 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| no
| no
| Successor of the Lxx00
|
| NEC LCD3210
| 32"
| 1366x768
| 50Hz, 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz
| VGA, DVI
| no
| no
| no HDCP
|
| NEC LCD4x10
| 40"/46"
| 1366x768
| 50Hz, 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz
| VGA, DVI
| no
| no
|
|
| Orion 32008
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Panasonic TX-32LX500F
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| at the side hidden
| yes
|
|
| Samsung xx0P
| 32"/40"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| no
| no
|
|
| Samsung LE-xxRyy
| 26"/32"/40"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA
| at the bottom
| yes
| All generations (yy)
have the same PC-properties
|
| Samsung LE-xxMyy
| 26"/32"/40"/46"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA
| at the bottom, hidden
| yes
| All generations (yy)
have the same PC-properties
|
| Samsung LE-xxNyy
| 26"/32"/40"/46"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA
| at the bottom, hidden
| yes
| All Generations (yy)
have the same PC-properties
|
| Sharp LC-26 BV6E
| 26"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Sharp LC-32 GD1E
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Sony KDL-46X2000
| 46"
| 1920x1080
| 50Hz, 60Hz
| HDMI
|
| yes
| overscan can be disabled
|
| Tatung V32ELCB
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA, DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| TechniSat HD-Vision 32
| 32"
| 1366x768
|
| DVI
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| Toshiba 32 WL 58P
| 32"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Viewpia LC-37IE11
| 37"
| 1366x768
| 60Hz
| VGA
| at the side
| yes
|
|
| Viewsonic Nxx60w
| 32"/37"/40"
| 1366x768
|
| VGA
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| Westinghouse LVM-37w1
| 37"
| 1920x1080
| 60Hz
| VGA, DVI
| at the bottom
| yes
|
|
| X3D Technologies X3D-45 A
| 45"
| 1920x1080
|
| DVI
| no
| no
|
|
Note:
All HDTV-ready TV sets from Samsung have a D-sub connector that supports 1:1 pixelmapping (no overscan).
The DVI or HDMI connector of Samsung's TV sets supports HDTV resolutions only and overscan is always applied.
Links
A list of games that support widescreen, list of widescreen PC-monitors: widescreengamingforum.com
Wallpapers for widescreen monitors: Widescreen Girls
Information about Home Theater PCs: HTCP-Board Wiki - Fernseher (German)
Review: Samsung LE27T51B
Technical Data:
| Panel type: |
TFT-LCD, PVA-Technology |
| Aspect ratio: |
16:9 |
| Display size: |
27" diagonal |
| Native resolution: |
1366x768 |
| Brightness: |
500 cd/m2 |
| Contrast ratio: |
800:1 |
| Viewing angle: |
170�/170� |
| Sound power: |
RMS 2*7.5 Watts |
| Sound standards: |
NICAM, A2 Stereo |
| Inputs: |
DVI with DHCP (supports HDTV resolutions only, with overscan), 2*SCART (only one of them supports RGB, the other supports
just composite video), component video (Pr Pb Y), composite video, s-video (shares audio input with composite video), antenna in,
Computer RGB/VGA (D-Sub) |
| Outputs: |
Headphone out |
| Power consumption: |
140 Watts, Stand-By: less than 1.2 Watts |
| Supported resolutions via VGA input: |
1360x768 (1:1 pixelmapping), 1024x768 (1:1 pixelmapping), 800x600 (scaled), 640x480 (scaled), 720x400 (scaled) |
| DNIe: |
no |
| Dynamic contrast: |
yes, can be disabled in user menu |
| PIP |
yes, but only with VGA as main input |
| colour temperature adjustable: |
yes, 5 presets |
| Backlight dimmable: |
yes, via energy saving mode, 3 levels |
This TV set is the best TV and computer monitor I ever had. I highly recommend it as a computer monitor, except for people
who need high resolutions. The PVA technology produces greater colours and a wider viewing angle than their TN counterparts,
which are usually used in computer monitors because of their higher reaction time. This TV set is also suited for PC gamers.
The black level is good but not excellent. It can be improved by dimming the backlight using the energy saving mode. The sound
is ok for a flat panel TV. It is very clear but it lacks the bass. Unfortunately, the casing tends to vibrate on certain frequencies
which causes the sound to be distorted in this case. This effect appears very seldom and on higher volumes only.
Bugs and problems
- The manual says that the energy saving mode is not available in PC mode. This is not true. Although the option is disabled in
the menu, the energy saving mode remains activated in PC mode if it had been activated before.
- The resolution 1024x768 is not displayed as sharp as you should expect for 1:1 pixelmapping.
- If you enable PIP and switch to TV input as the PIP source, then the main display becomes crippled. If any other input than TV is
selected for PIP, then this bug usually does not occur.
- The casing tends to vibrate on certain frequencies of sound output.
Note
To enter the service menu, switch the TV off and press the following keys in the following order:
Info, Menu, Mute, Power
Implementing custom resolutions in Windows 9x/Me
Registry Entry 1:
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\
<display #>\DEFAULT\RefreshRate
This entry should only contain one of two possible values. A value of 0
selects the default refresh rate. A value of -1 selects the optimal refresh
rate. This value is superseded if a custom refresh rate has been specified in
Entry 2 for the current mode.
Registry Entry 2:
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\<display#>\MODES\<bit
depth>\<horizontal resolution>,<vertical
resolution>\RefreshRate
For each specific mode, this entry contains the custom rate to be used in
that mode. If the entry does not exist, the display's DEFAULT\RefreshRate
value in Entry 1 will be used. The entry should not exist if the user has
never selected a custom refresh rate for that particular mode. Note that a
separate custom refresh rate is maintained for every mode and specific rates
should not be stored in the DEFAULT\RefreshRate key.
The Class Installer is responsible for setting Entry 3 through Entry 5 as
follows, based on information in the INF files for the display adapter and
monitor.
Registry Entry 3:
Set by Windows when calling
ChangeDisplaySettings() with CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY specified.
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\<display
#>\MODES\8\<horizontal resolution>,<vertical
resolution>\DEFAULT
For each resolution, this entry contains a comma-delimited list of valid
refresh rates for that resolution. Note that this list is specified only for
8-bit modes, because refresh rates are independent of color depth. This entry
is read by the control panel when giving the user a list of custom refresh
rates.
The refresh rates offered to the user as custom refresh rates depend on
information stored in the registry under Entry 3. The INF file of the display
adapter should list all refresh rates it is capable of supporting. If a
monitor is installed on the system. The list of available refresh rates should
be limited by the maximum rate supported by the monitor in the given
resolution.
Registry Entry 4:
Used for multiple hardware configurations.
\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config\<config#>\Display\Settings\RefreshRate
Registry Entry 5:
Contains currently active settings.
\\HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\Display\Settings\RefreshRate
Configure the X server for the Samsung LCD TVs
This is my configuration under Linux for the LE-27T51B. The TV does not send the correct values for its width and hight in cm.
X uses these values to calculate the font size. The idea behind this is to display the fonts at the same size at all resolutions
and display sizes. A font displayed at n points has a size of n points on paper and a size of n points on all monitors,
regardless of their physical size and resolution. The incorrect values for the width and hight reported by the TV
result in X displaying the fonts at a very huge size. Therefore, I
disabled DDC and set the values myself. Furthermore, I decided to set the dpi directly, circumventing the need
for specifying width and hight of the screen anyway. The best way to do this is to pass the dpi value to the X server. The X server is
usually started by the session manager. Therefore, configure the session manager to pass the argument "-dpi n" to the X server on startup
with n beeing the dpi value of your choice.
In my case, the session manager is kdm and its configuration file is kdmrc. In case of Open SuSE 10.3, this file is
located in /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/. For kdm, locate the line with the entry ServerCmd=
or ServerArgsLocal= and add the parameter "-dpi n" there.
An alternative solution is to add the following lines to your
xresources file:
!Set font dpi
Xft.dpi: 75dpi
This will set the fonts to 75 dpi. The higher the value, the bigger the fonts. Windows uses 96 dpi. Please note that this solution does not affect all applications. For example, the login screen (session manager) may ignore this setting. The preferred solution is to pass the dpi value to the X server on startup as described above.
Contents of xorg.conf:
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2006-12-26T10:20:12+0100.
#
# Version: 4.8
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer , 2002
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (4.8)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "AutoSoft" "on"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Name" "�"
Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 427 240
HorizSync 30-61
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "75P"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
VertRefresh 46-75
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
#Modeline "800x600" 35 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "800x600" 44 800 824 968 1008 600 609 621 636 +HSync
#Modeline "800x600" 48.002 800 832 928 1024 600 604 608 624 -HSync -VSync
#Modeline "800x600" 49 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +HSync +VSync
# 640x480 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 37.65 kHz; pclk: 30.72 MHz
Modeline "640x480" 30.72 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 502 +HSync +Vsync
# 800x600 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.02 kHz; pclk: 48.91 MHz
Modeline "800x600" 48.91 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 627 +HSync +Vsync
# 1024x768 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 60.15 kHz; pclk: 81.80 MHz
Modeline "1024x768" 81.80 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802 +HSync +Vsync
# 1360x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 84.72 MHz
Modeline "1360x768" 84.72 1360 1424 1568 1776 768 769 772 795 +HSync +Vsync
EndSection
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1360x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1360x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1360x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1360x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce2 MX 100/200"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "hw_cursor"
Option "NoDDC" "True"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
EndSection
Note
Modelines can be calculated with gtf.
Note 2
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