What resolution do you use for your HTPC?

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What resolution do you use?

320x240 (pure PPC baby!)
0
No votes
640x480
1
3%
720x480 (the resolution for sdtv)
5
16%
800x600
8
25%
1024x768
4
13%
1280x720 (720p...daddy like)
9
28%
1280x1024
0
No votes
1360x768
2
6%
1920x1080 (1080i for most...or 1080 p if you're special!)
3
9%
 
Total votes : 32

What resolution do you use for your HTPC?

Postby Naylia on Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:18 pm

Hey guys,

I'm working on my skin a little and though in general it would be good to know what the most common resolutions are for people to be using. So go ahead and vote!

If I missed something let me know... oh and please don't post overscan/underscan rezzes. If you're at 1276x719 please choose 1280x720. Thanks!

Oh and Steven, lift the limit on number of poll options if you can. I had to delete like 10 resolutions from my list.. :(
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Postby mattdisaster on Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:36 am

I actually use a really weird res, 680x480. its the closest to widescreen i can display. That or 720x480.

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not to confuse things...

Postby briands on Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:48 am

I voted 1280x720 because that is what I will probably settle on for my PJ... Though I am currently using 1440x960 (2xDVD). In my LR I use 800x600 for my 25" SDTV, but I have recently aquired a 800x480 7" touch screen that I want to get working as well.
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Postby GFORCE on Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:38 am

I will soon run 1080p as my father is bringing home a new Plasma Display |:)
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Postby Naylia on Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:12 pm

Come On guys! There's 1260 registered users and only 18 of you voted on what resolution you use. Booooo! Excercise your constitutional rights and VOTE!
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Postby Naylia on Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:15 pm

Who's using 800x600? and why? If you're using a SD TV you should give 720x480 a shot, this avoids down rezzing so you keep detail as well as you can over svideo. Plus any other apps that need a higher resolution should auto adjust ok. (video games and such) Just curious.
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Postby Hiller on Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:50 pm

I voted for 1080i but I also run 720p...depends on what res my HD is coming in on. I usually run 720p when watching movies...
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Postby lar282 on Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:46 am

800*600 cause of 1 to 1 pixel ratio to the projector

720x480 wont really work in a PAL country....


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Postby GFORCE on Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:21 am

In Pal countries, isnt it 720x576?
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Postby lar282 on Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:49 pm

GFORCE wrote:In Pal countries, isnt it 720x576?

yapp, but for me the 1 to 1 is cause of the proj


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Postby Naylia on Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:29 pm

ok, yeah I had forgotten projectors, 800x600 is certaintly the way to go on some of them
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Postby rhinoman on Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:57 pm

I use 1280*720 for the pj and 800*600 for the multiroom install with a touchscreen but mainly use PPC.
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Postby Chazotta on Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:58 pm

I would not think it matters whether you are PAL NTSC or whatever. You should always go for 1:1 pixel mapping of your display and let the HTPC scale - correct ?
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Postby Naylia on Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:23 pm

On a standard definition TV you'll want to use a resolution that matches your tv. 720x480 in the NTSC regions or 720x576 in PAL regions. If you use a higher resolution and down scale you can lose a lot of detail. That's why I inquired about 800x600. It makes sense to use on a projector that has it for native res, but if you are using a SDTV and using 800x600 you lose a lot of detail when your video card dumps it to your svideo out.

So yes, always go for 1 to 1 pixel mapping on the display. It's just different for different displays and it's tough to build a skin that scales flawlessly to any resolution.
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Postby erikt on Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:34 pm

I've got an SDTV with an SVGA input that supports natively 800x600
resolution. The TV was billed as being HDTV-ready, years ago
when we got (won) it. Kinda funny, really...
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