Posted by Joshua Zyber on 10/31/24 11:54

"BD" <robert.drea@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> The 'native' resolution may well prevail, but I'm not convinced that
> HD-ready displays _have_ one native resolution. They display 480, 540,
> 720 or 1080 - depending on what the input is.
>
> Granted, I'm speaking based on what I own, which is a rear-projection
> TV - an analog device, really.
>
> LCDs or Plasmas may be different in this regard.

Analog CRT displays can sync to different resolutions, but all digital
panels (LCD, DLP, plasma, LCOS, etc.) are fixed-pixel devices. They have
one and only one native resolution. Any other resolution input into the
display will be scaled to that native resolution.

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