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| I'm creating a winnit.sif file in a customized install of windows xp.
| I'm currently trying to setup the screen resolution to 1280x1024 and I
| want to know which is the XResolution and which is the YResolution?
| Stick 1280 for the Yres and 1024 for the Xres. If it's distorted, swap.
|
| This can be a confusing issue. Classically, the 1280 is the number of
| Y-lines (of resolution) along the X-axis. 1024 is the number of X-lines (of
| resolution) along the Y-axis. Get it? I don't know who came up with this
| definition, but they did many, many, many years ago when the TV format of 4:3
| was developed.
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| (x,y) Co-ordinate Geometry has been in mathematics since long before the
| electric light bulb was invented.
|
| The XResolution is the resolution along the (horizontal) x-axis. [1280]
| This is an issue of terminolgy used in displays, not mathematics. See MSFT
| link:
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|
http://developer.msntv.com/Designing/tvsrnres.asp
|
| Then this line from that URL:
|
| "So a monitor with a resolution of 800 × 600 would have 800 horizontal
| lines, 600 vertical lines, and 480,000 pixels."
|
| Well, a 4:3 display doesn't have "800 horizontal lines" -- it has 800
| vertical lines running in the horizontal (x) axis. This is the way resolution
| is "classically" described.
That web page contains several technical errors. It is also a childish
description of the subject matter - suitable, perhaps, for home users,
but certainly not for technical professionals.
Quoting from
http://www.pctechguide.com/06crtmon_Resolution_and_refresh_rate.htm
"Resolution and refresh rate
Resolution is the number of pixels the graphics card is describing the desktop with, expressed as a horizontal by vertical
figure... 800x600 and 1024x768..."
Screen resolution is measured in pixels (dots).
So 800 x 600 means 800 dots horizontally, 600 dots vertically.
In other words, the XResolution is the resolution along the (horizontal)
x-axis. [800 dots]
Horizontal lines are rows, vertical lines are columns.
