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discdude wrote on 10/26/2002, 9:29 AM
Well, I'm not an expert at these things, but I would think the resolution you run your monitor at isn't all that important.

As long as no menus or dialog boxes get cut off, you should be fine. I believe Sonic Foundry designed everything to work at 800x600 or above. Running at higher resolutions does make more of the timeline visible. Personally, I find 1024x768 perfect for my 19" monitor.

What I think is more important is that your monitor is properly calibrated. After all, you probably are going to tweak the color and brightness. How can you do that if your setting are all wonky. Set your bit depth to 32 bits. Calibrate your contrast and brightness using something Display Mate (http://www.displaymate.com).

If TV is your final goal, you might want to set the color temperature on your monitor to 6500D Kelvin if possible (this matches the NTSC standard, I'm not sure what PAL uses). Also, if your monitor comes with some sort of color correction/gamma calibration, you might want to use set gamma to 2.2 (2.8 for PAL).
Sarasdad wrote on 10/26/2002, 9:35 AM
Thank you
CraigF wrote on 10/26/2002, 8:46 PM
To me, display settings are important, but only because I value screen real-estate.

I don't like anything less than 1024x768. On my 17" monitor I'm running something like 1164x873 or something. It was a little small at first, but I quickly got used to it. I'd rather have more room on the screen to work with. If I had a 19" I'd bump up to 1200x900 or something.

I think the most important thing is that your settings are comfortable for you. If you've been living at 800x600 for a while, try 1024x768 for a day or two. If you are comfortable, leave it there. If you have trouble seeing things, or it gives you headaches, then change it back.

Craig
miketree wrote on 10/28/2002, 3:24 AM
You can always 'up' the resolution and select 'large fonts' if you find the text difficult to read.