On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 02:24:08PM -0500, Brian McKee wrote: > I think that's the point - e.g. Sears Portrait Studios (and other > photography stores that do portrait shots) often set their monitors up > that way for more vertical real-estate. I was actually doing it here > for a bit, but my CRT distorts colours when you put it on it's side. > Dunno why - hanging wiring I guess. Wide screen really only makes > sense for video I think - I'd rather have the vertical space for web > browsing and text.
did you find all colors distorted? or just text? and when you say "crt", do you mean it? or is it an lcd? i ask b/c it could have been due to subpixel rendering of fonts on lcds. images look great on my dell lcd in "-o left" mode, but text isn't as nice as it is in "-o normal". (also, X gets confused about the X and Y range of my wacom tablet when i switch) --Rob -- /-------------------------------------------------------------\ | "If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane" | | --Jimmy Buffett, | | "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" | \-------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
