I forgot to add that if the target TV is a truly modern one you may not
even need the PC for driving it. Both my son and my son-in-law's HD TV
sets can do a slide show on their own. Take a DVD with a bunch of JPEG
images on it and they can read and display on their own. The computer's
built in. Just use the TV remote control.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Just fill the screen. I assume these expensive plasma TVs are capable
> of the highest of high def TV which is "1080p" or 1080i". The "p" there
> stands for "progressive" and not pixels, the "i" for interlaced. But
> the 1080 is the number of pixels vertically. Horizontally its 1920
> pixels. All in all still a fairly low resolution image of about 2MP.
>
> I would just size the image to fit the vertical dimension. HD TV has a
> wider aspect ratio than 35mm and quite a bit wider than 4/3. If you
> size to fit the vertical dimension you won't need to worry about flowing
> over the horizontal dimension.
>
> Be sure you can get a test session with the equipment beforehand.
> There's always some sort of surprise... even if it's only the wrong cable.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> John Hudson wrote:
>> I have been requested to supply a few digital images for showing on a big
>> screen tv [let's say one of those 50" or 60" plasma tv's] using a laptop as
>> the projection / control / image sequencing device. There may be upwards of
>> 30 feet between the audience and the tv screen.
>>
>> An 800 x 600 pixel image at a 100 ppi resolution makes for a good web based
>> image.
>>
>> An 1800 x 1200 pixel image at 300ppi resolution makes a nice 6" x 4" print.
>>
>> Can someone please advise me what pixel size and what ppi resolution is
>> required for a sharp big screen tv image viewed at upwards of a 30 foot
>> distance,
>>
>> jh
>
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