16x9 aspect ratio display
James Wilkinson
james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Tue Nov 2 13:47:00 UTC 2004
Jeff Vian suggested:
> If you look at the image ratio of the 1280X1024 it is actually 4:3.2
> (commonly referred to as 4:3).
Lew Bloch queried:
> 1280:1024 is exactly 4:3. How do you get 3.2?
1280 ÷ 1024 = 1.25 = 5:4 = 4:3.2
Now 1280:960 is 4:3.
(One day, I'm going to take a chainsaw to my xorg.conf file and get rid
of 5:4 image ratios...)
James.
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