DISPLAY RESOLUTION

So, What does that really mean?
The reason we say this site is best viewed in 1280x1024 is because this site is designed to be viewed in High-Definition. Most older monitors and TVs have settings that will distort how this and other web pages are viewed. Images will look good, but not nearly as good as at this resolution or higher. If things don’t look quite proportional (meaning funhouse mirrored), you might want to adjust your monitors’ settings.

Keep in mind, some video cards in laptops and older desktops may not have a standard 1280x1024 setting. 1440x900 is a decent substitute.

Windows and Macs will let you view, and in most cases calibrate, your monitor settings through your control panel.

MACS (OS X OR LATER):
1.) Go to APPLE MENU (found in the upper left corner of the screen)
2.) Click SYSTEM PREFERENCES
3.) Click DISPLAYS
4.) Click the ‘DETECT DISPLAYS’ button
5.) Find the appropriate Display Resolution in the list on the left.

WINDOWS (XP OR LATER):
1.) Go to START MENU (lower left corner of screen)
2.) Click CONTROL PANEL
3.) Click DISPLAYS
4.) On the tabs at the top of the window click SETTINGS
5.) In the COLORS menu set colors to highest setting
6.) Slide the SCREEN RESOLUTION bar right to left until you find the appropriate Display Resolution.

Display Resolution
The display resolution of a Digital Television or display typically refers to the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) and flat panel or projection displays using fixed picture-element (Pixel) arrays.

One use of the term “display resolution” applies to fixed-pixel-array displays such as Plasma Display Panels (PDP’s), Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD’s), Digital Light Process (DLP) projectors, or similar technologies, and is simply the physical number of columns and rows of pixels creating the display (e.g., 1280×1024). A consequence of having a fixed grid display is that for multi-format video inputs all displays need a “scaling-engine” (a digital video processor that includes a memory array) to match the incoming picture format to the display.