[SDL] SDL_Window suggestion

[Pierre Phaneuf]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Gerry JJ <trick at icculus.org> wrote:

> True, but I haven't seen a CRT monitor that didn't have controls for
> stretching the image to correct the aspect ratio, and many also
> had position controls so you could add black bars yourself. Also, most
> CRTs I've seen would remember settings for the next time that mode was
> entered, so you wouldn't have to set them again the next time, which is
> already better than most LCDs.  Many LCD monitors have no letterboxing
> option at all, and just always stretch.

You could tweak the aspect ratio a little bit by increasing the
margins, but not by huge amount, true. None of this would be
automatic, either (although it would be remembered, usually for a
certain maximum number of resolutions, true).

There's some wild combinations of LCD monitor capabilities, all the
way to the 30" HP I have at work, which can't do anything at all, no
stretching, no contrast adjustment, no on-screen display, zilch
(there's four buttons on it, power, input selector switch, and
brightness +/-).

On the other hand, my 40" LCD TV (which can take a DVI input) knows
how to put all the appropriate black bars by itself, and it's cheaper,
bigger and higher resolution than a number of computer monitors I've
bought!

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