POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Baffling : Re: Baffling Server Time
5 Sep 2024 03:18:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Baffling  
From: nemesis
Date: 27 Apr 2010 12:26:43
Message: <4bd71043$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible escreveu:
>>> (And hell, half the equipment and content that says "HD" on it isn't 
>>> even full resolution anyway... Why allow half a dozen resolutions 
>>> when it would have been far simpler for the designers and less 
>>> misleading for the public if they allow only one resolution?)
>>
>> Because, say, games at full HD may have to cut geometry or frame rate 
>> here and there to fit comfortably?
> 
> What do TV resolutions have to do with computers? You connect a computer 
> to a monitor, not a TV.

besides game consoles, many people for the past few years have been 
connecting computers to their large screen FullHD TVs.  Because, you 
know, it's usually more pleasing seeing images at a large screen from 
the comfort of your sofa (yeah, with a wireless keyboard) rather than 
sitting a few inches away from a much smaller screen.

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