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What exactly does 1:1 scaling mean?
- Thread starter geepondy
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Another way to put it is:
If you have your monitor set to 1:1, and it's max resolution is 1920 x 1600, and you change the resoultion to 800 x 600, basically you'll have a small 800 x 600 area displaying your graphics, surrounded by all black. think of a big black box with a little square in the middle.
If you didn't have 1:1 set, it would stretch the 800 x 600 image to fit the screen, making huge pixelated images.
If you have your monitor set to 1:1, and it's max resolution is 1920 x 1600, and you change the resoultion to 800 x 600, basically you'll have a small 800 x 600 area displaying your graphics, surrounded by all black. think of a big black box with a little square in the middle.
If you didn't have 1:1 set, it would stretch the 800 x 600 image to fit the screen, making huge pixelated images.
It's a way to avoid ugly interpolation and stretching when the source's resolution (i.e. a console or a DVD player) is lower than the screen's native resolution.
With 1:1 scaling, 1 image pixel = 1 screen pixel.
This feature is useful when the screen is plugged to something else than a computer. On computers, graphics drivers may emulate 1:1 scaling by adding black pixels around the picture.
With 1:1 scaling, 1 image pixel = 1 screen pixel.
This feature is useful when the screen is plugged to something else than a computer. On computers, graphics drivers may emulate 1:1 scaling by adding black pixels around the picture.
Since an LCD is essentially a grid of pixels it's resolution never changes. If you want to display an image with a lower resolution than the screen you typically have two options, 1:1 or a scaling algorithm. The benefit of 1:1 scaling is that each pixel of the input is paired with a pixel on the screen, giving you a 'perfect' representation of whatever it is you want to display. Scaling allows you to display the image using the entire screen but the result is only an approximation of the original.
Here is 1:1
And here is the image scaled up using a bi-cubic algorithm. (best case scenario)
And lastly the small version for kicks.
Here is 1:1
And here is the image scaled up using a bi-cubic algorithm. (best case scenario)
And lastly the small version for kicks.
So is this really a big deal for computer use only? For example when I play a DVD thru the software DVD player such as Power DVD, when I enable "full screen" mode, it scales the movie up to fill the screen while maintaining the aspect ratio. Likewise when going full screen on an image using a graphics program such as Picasa or Adobe Elements (the two I usually use). This has all to do with the software and video card and has nothing to do any scaling features of the monitor, correct?
What you're talking about has nothing to do with the monitor's features indeed, because it's done at the software level, before the video signal goes out of your video card.