Aspect Ratio Management

Aspect Ratio Management

The Aspect Ratio is the ratio of the pixel width of your display to the hieght of the display. Commonly you'll see it listed as a number (1.25 or 0.8) or as a ratio (5:4). Knowing your display's aspect ratio can help you optimize your visual display for a more balanced and less skewed graphical presentation.

OFP is rather unique in that it has excellent support for arbitrary display resolutions and aspect ratios. The process is not automatic though, and requires some manipulation of the userinfo.cfg file.

THIS DOCUMENT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

04:03   .75
05:04   .8
16:09   .5625
16:10   .625

y       x       scale   num
0640    0480    4:3     .75    
0800    0600    4:3     .75
0960    0600    16:10   .625
1024    0768    4:3     .75    (Common default CRT setting)
1088    0612    16:09   .5625
1152    0864    4:3     .75
1280    0720    16:09   .5625  (HDTV 720)
1280    0800    16:10   .625
1280    0960    4:3     .75
1280    1024    5:4     .8     (Common 17" and 19" LCD native resolution)
1600    0900    16:09   .5625  (Common mid-size laptop native LCD resolution)
1600    1200    4:3     .75    (Common upper limit of non-widescreen CRT's and LCD's)
1680    1050    16:10   .625
1920    1080    16:09   .5625  (HDTV 1080)
1920    1200    16:10   .625   (Various workstation-class laptops)
2560    1600    16:10   .625   (Apple/Dell 30")
3840    2400    16:10   .625   (IBM T220/1 and derivatives)

*0848    0480    .566037735
*1280    0768    .6
*1360    0768    .564705882
*1600    1024    .64

BI Forums post about setting the Aspect Ratio

Wikipedia : Display Resolution

Wikipedia : Aspect Ratio

See also Startup parameters for "-x=" and "-y=", although I'll cover them here too as I expand this page.