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[nanonyme]

Taskbars are just so 90's.

[deanjo]

Right... All kinds of silliness we've been through, apparently.

Well I have to admit, I absolutely hate sacrificing vertical resolution by going to 16:9. Once your used to a 16:10 display it is annoying as hell having to go to a 16:9 ratio. Those extra pixels easily accommodate the taskbar and top window frame in fullscreen. 16:9 feels compressed to me for monitor use.

[nanonyme]

Right... All kinds of silliness we've been through, apparently.

[deanjo]

It's display resolution is called WUXGA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA#WUXGA_.281200p.29

[deanjo]

Well, 1920x1200 just sounds like a really.. odd display ration unless that's a TV with overscan or some other weirdness. Neither an old-fashioned 4:3 nor a wide-screen 16:9.

1920x1200 has long been a standard resolution. 16:10 was long a standard ratio for widescreen monitors before they started using the annoying 16:9 panels.

http://www.nextag.com/1920-x-1200-monitor/shop-html

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VESA Framebuffer

Ah yeah OK

[nanonyme]

The output is from my Samsung monitor. TV is no issue as well, zero overscan if you setup the TV right. With samsung there is a setting that is called "Just Scan" which is 1:1 with absolutely no overscan.

Well, 1920x1200 just sounds like a really.. odd display ration unless that's a TV with overscan or some other weirdness. Neither an old-fashioned 4:3 nor a wide-screen 16:9.

[deanjo]

TV with overscan?

The output is from my Samsung monitor. TV is no issue as well, zero overscan if you setup the TV right. With samsung there is a setting that is called "Just Scan" which is 1:1 with absolutely no overscan.

[nanonyme]

As much output that can be displayed on a 1920x1200 display at native res.

TV with overscan?

[deanjo]

See here works fine:

hwinfo --framebuffer
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer                           
  [Created at bios.459]
  Unique ID: rdCR.umIhgQLQVYB
  Hardware Class: framebuffer
  Model: "NVIDIA GT200 Board - 08970054"
  Vendor: "NVIDIA Corporation"
  Device: "GT200 Board - 08970054"
  SubVendor: "NVIDIA"
  SubDevice: 
  Revision: "Chip Rev"
  Memory Size: 14 MB
  Memory Range: 0xe7000000-0xe7dfffff (rw)
  Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
  Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
  Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0330: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0331: 320x400 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0332: 320x400 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0333: 320x400 (+1280), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0335: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0336: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits
  Mode 0x033d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x033e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0345: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0346: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits                                                                                                                                          
  Mode 0x034a: 1600x1200 (+6400), 24 bits                                                                                                                                          
  Mode 0x0360: 1280x800 (+1280), 8 bits                                                                                                                                            
  Mode 0x0361: 1280x800 (+5120), 24 bits                                                                                                                                           
  Mode 0x0362: 768x480 (+768), 8 bits                                                                                                                                              
  Mode 0x037b: 1280x720 (+5120), 24 bits                                                                                                                                           
  Mode 0x037c: 1920x1200 (+1920), 8 bits                                                                                                                                           
  Mode 0x037d: 1920x1200 (+7680), 24 bits