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October 17th, 2006, 01:48 PM | #1 |
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Rectangular pixels ? Urgent help needed for Plasma presentation
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Sorry for the urgent post but I need to create a presentation to be shown on a SONY PFM321C1E (PLS8) 32" plasma and I am getting really confused about what resolution/pixel aspect I need to use. The monitor has the following spec: Panel Resolution 1024 x 852 pixels Pixel pitch 0.84 x 0.39 mm Active area (W/H) 715.68 x 399.36 mm Color system NTSC, PAL, SECAM, NTSC4.43, PAL-M, PAL 60 Sampling rate 13.5 to 140 MHz I am aiming to make a presentation to be run from a Windows PC using After Effects (Quicktime final output). I sent a test of 1024x852 (square pixels) to the hire company and they said it had black bars to the left and right sides. Can anybody suggest what resolution and pixel aspect I should use? I assume that 1024x852 rectangular pixels is the way to go? Do I want to use the D1/DV PAL widescreen (1.42) or am I getting confused. Also am I better sticking to a standard PC resolution (i.e. 1024x768) seeing as this will be providing the RGB feed????? I think I am also getting worried about the fact that the laptop providing the movie will probably be a 4:3 screen. Panic panic panic Alex |
October 17th, 2006, 03:24 PM | #2 |
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Moved to our Digital Compositing and Effects (since it involves After Effects).
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October 17th, 2006, 07:36 PM | #3 |
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Use any 16:9 format. I suggest just going with the preset ones - DV widescreen should be fine for most purposes.
Can you tell me what you're playing it with - quicktime player, or after effects, or something else? Also, what's the connection to the monitor: rgb, s-video, dvi...? |
October 17th, 2006, 10:59 PM | #4 |
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1. the display device is not interpetting the signal correctly from the computer, there should be a menu setting to adjust on the display
2. the PC driving the display is not talking to it correctly - happens all the time. force the PC into the correct res, try again 3. rental co is techno-illiterate on the fine points, until you get them on the phone and persue the issue, then they usually come around and say" all I had to do was change this one setting....." its either #1, #2, or both. don't panic... ever! ideally go to the rental co and set the thing up yourself going through all setting properly. or set up for 1280X720P 16:9 square pixels, thats what the display really wants, but is less PB overhead than a full 1920X1080 whose pixels aren't displayed anyways. Steve Oakley |
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Many thanks for all your ideas I appreciate the help. |
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October 18th, 2006, 01:08 AM | #7 |
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One more thought.
If the spec says 0.84 x 0.39 pixel pitch is it true I need square pixels? This seems very unsquare to me or is it not related? |
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