1080p on 2560x1600 monitor

blackninja · 6 Jan 2011 at 00:04

Looks fine on mine ... just don't sit with your nose on the screen!

Zowghi · 6 Jan 2011 at 00:14

blackninja said:
Looks fine on mine ... just don't sit with your nose on the screen!

Ive been running mine out of native res for months now like an idiot and just found out. Problem is that the ratio is not 16:9, how can I create a custom resolution?

cbarker118 · 6 Jan 2011 at 01:02

With TV sizes ballooning it can't be long before 1080p ceases to be the top end of standard HD.

Aleksandrs · 6 Jan 2011 at 01:15

cbarker118 said:
With TV sizes ballooning it can't be long before 1080p ceases to be the top end of standard HD.

Exactly. 2K looks great on mine at 2560x1440, even though they aren't the right sizes. Also 3k looks better even though it has to be shrunk! even 4k looks better still.

I do wonder if 1440p would be a new standard for HD though, what with 2K etc.

blackninja · 6 Jan 2011 at 08:55

Zowghi said:
Ive been running mine out of native res for months now like an idiot and just found out. Problem is that the ratio is not 16:9, how can I create a custom resolution?

My dell has 1:1 mapping as well as fill option - set 1080p as the screen res in windows, set the monitor to 1:1 and voila ... 1080p with massive borders!

I have also tried 2560x1440 like this and it works fine and games honour that res too which is good if you prefer a wider aspect screen on certain games ( Custom res for ATI )

titaniumx3 · 6 Jan 2011 at 23:03

blackninja said:
My dell has 1:1 mapping as well as fill option - set 1080p as the screen res in windows, set the monitor to 1:1 and voila ... 1080p with massive borders!

There's no reason to change the resolution in windows. Pretty much any media player out there will upscale/resize automatically (if needed) and keep the aspect ratio the same (add black borders if needed).

By changing the resolution in windows, you are effectively doing the same thing, except the upscaling/resizing is taking place in your monitor instead of the graphics card. The end result is the same.

SirCanealot · 7 Jan 2011 at 13:54

Oh no, 1080p to 2k?

We've been upscalling SD and even lower (old 320x240 web videos, youtube, etc...?) to 720P+ for YEARS (I was previously running 1280x960 on my CRT monitors for YEARS) and everything looked fine.

You'll lose a tiny bit of sharpness if you're doing it on your PC, but not much.

If you really wanted to, you could use something like FFDShow to do a SHARP resize which would probably recover a bit of sharpness, but the defauly windows resizer is Bicubic (I think), which is a fine balance of sharpness and blur and barely costs anything in CPU power...

raralis · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:06

1080p looks clear on 2560x1600 unless you're less a foot away from the screen and actually trying to spot some blurriness rather than enjoy the movie/game.

95thrifles · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:18

Somnambulist said:
I have the HPZR24W which is 1920x1200 and that will stretch 1080p video (i.e. if you do 720p or 1080p YouTube fullscreen) but in my case it doesn't matter since I watch films on the TV, or if it's an HD YouTube video I think warrants watching big I'll just use my Apple TV's YouTube thing and use the iPhone to write the name down with via Remote rather than the remote the ATV comes with.

If you only have a monitor as an 'all in one' then it's probably best to compromise and get a 16:9 1920x1080 one since you won't have any problems then.

Really? Doesnt sound right, I have the LP2475W, also 1920x1200, and I just get bigger borders across top n bottom of screen when watching 1080p movies but still get to benefit the increased screen size when using desktop/gaming

blackninja · 7 Jan 2011 at 19:54

titaniumx3 said:
There's no reason to change the resolution in windows. Pretty much any media player out there will upscale/resize automatically (if needed) and keep the aspect ratio the same (add black borders if needed).

By changing the resolution in windows, you are effectively doing the same thing, except the upscaling/resizing is taking place in your monitor instead of the graphics card. The end result is the same.

fine for a movie but try doing that for a game if you like a wider aspect ...

Ch3m1c4L · 7 Jan 2011 at 21:33

blackninja said:
fine for a movie but try doing that for a game if you like a wider aspect ...

but its not any wider, just thinner?

blackninja · 8 Jan 2011 at 01:49

Ch3m1c4L said:
but its not any wider, just thinner?

Pixel mapped 1:1 it is spot on ... I noticed I was missing some 'aspect' on BC2 (I used EF for that sometimes) so I played with the resolution and all I got was a 'wider' screen than 1080p which was a similar height to my previous 22" 1080p but more stuff on screen to the sides. 2560x1080 is nice at times

However, I am used to this now so anything smaller is now no good lol!