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Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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Inspired by this site

http://www.tvcalculator.com/

I found myself using the original all the time, but lately I've wished it had a few more features. 16:10 aspect ratio displays, pixel density (for text size comparison, etc.), & a few other things.

Test it out, see if you like it, any suggestions/comments/bug reports are welcome.

One thing I already know, the source images will be changed - I'll find a wide image & crop the edges rather than cropping the top/bottom like I did now. So those will be changed to more accurately reflect the various aspect ratios once I find a good source image.

Site designed by notfred.

Viper GTS
 
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olds

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Mar 3, 2000
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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
...One thing I already know, the source images will be changed - I'll find a wide image & crop the edges rather than cropping the top/bottom like I did now. So those will be changed to more accurately reflect the various aspect ratios once I find a good source image...
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Not sure I follow. A 16:9 show more of the picture than a 4:3. Your images are the same pic, just larger or smaller versions. Is that what you are going to fix?

 
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Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
...One thing I already know, the source images will be changed - I'll find a wide image & crop the edges rather than cropping the top/bottom like I did now. So those will be changed to more accurately reflect the various aspect ratios once I find a good source image...
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Not sure I follow. A 16:9 show more of the picture than a 4:3. Your images are the same pic, just larger or smaller versions. Is that what you are going to fix?
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I started with a 4:3 image & cropped vertically rather than starting with 2.35 & cropping horizontally.

It was a temporary solution, I'll have better samples in sometime soon.

Viper GTS
 
blurredvision

blurredvision

Lifer
Oct 19, 2000
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Not sure what it'd be used for. What's the advantages of knowing that info? Apparently everyone so far loves it, but I'm confused. :(
 
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Tiamat

Lifer
Nov 25, 2003
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Nice, the only thing i might do is lock the aspect ratio for when you manually type in the screen resolution.

For instance, you say:

24"
16:10
1920

and the program automatically fills in the "1200"
and vice-versa if you only know the width for example.

Or, if you only know the resolution but don't wanna calculate the aspect ratio.

So basically in the bottom 3 entries, if you type in 2 of them, the 3rd is defined.
 
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Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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Originally posted by: Tiamat
Nice, the only thing i might do is lock the aspect ratio for when you manually type in the screen resolution.

For instance, you say:

24"
16:10
1920

and the program automatically fills in the "1200"
and vice-versa if you only know the width for example.

Or, if you only know the resolution but don't wanna calculate the aspect ratio.

So basically in the bottom 3 entries, if you type in 2 of them, the 3rd is defined.
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The problem with that is there are too many displays that don't use square pixels. Many plasma displays for example have rectangular pixels (like older CRTs) & their pixel dimensions do not match their aspect ratio.

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Rip the Jacker

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Dec 29, 2004
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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Inspired by this site

http://www.tvcalculator.com/

I found myself using the original all the time, but lately I've wished it had a few more features. 16:10 aspect ratio displays, pixel density (for text size comparison, etc.), & a few other things.

Test it out, see if you like it, any suggestions/comments/bug reports are welcome.

One thing I already know, the source images will be changed - I'll find a wide image & crop the edges rather than cropping the top/bottom like I did now. So those will be changed to more accurately reflect the various aspect ratios once I find a good source image.

Site designed by notfred.

Viper GTS
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nice
 
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Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: RossMAN
I like it.

Hopefully 42" 1080p's will be around $1500 in early 2006?
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I'll move to one as my main computer monitor if that comes true ;)
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I would be surprised if it doesn't happen within a year, 37" 1080P is already ~$1800 & prices are dropping like crazy.

Viper GTS
 
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kalster

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Jul 23, 2002
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sort of an OT quesiton, i recently bought the HDTV wonder for my media center pc, i get all the OTA channels, in a lot of programs i see vertical gray bars at the side (besides the horizontal ones at the bottom). this happens for some programs, for other programs i dont see the vertical bars. i have a 19" lcd with a native res of 1280x1024
 
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SynthDude2001

Lifer
Mar 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: kalster
sort of an OT quesiton, i recently bought the HDTV wonder for my media center pc, i get all the OTA channels, in a lot of programs i see vertical gray bars at the side (besides the horizontal ones at the bottom). this happens for some programs, for other programs i dont see the vertical bars. i have a 19" lcd with a native res of 1280x1024
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The vertical sidebars are probably upconverted 4:3 SD programs that are placed in a 16:9 broadcast...kinda like letterboxing, except vertically.
 
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conehead433

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Dec 4, 2002
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I hadn't realized that my 129" theater room screen was at least 4 times as big as my 57" Sony. Both 16x9, of course. Nice.
 
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