DocBird 12 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Dear all, I currently run a 26'' display at highest resolution but still the view is somehow limited by the software. In my opinion gauges could be smaller and scenery could be larger. I zoom down to 0.30 in most aircraft to have a better (bigger) but that is also not the best solution. I sometimes see in the specs of other users that they use 40’’ TVs as a display and wonder if there is a benefit. Alternatively I assume it is best to use multiple monitor systems or Track IR. Please share your experience with all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted February 22, 2012 Aerosoft Share Posted February 22, 2012 what's the resolution on your screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird 12 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Will check back and let you know once I am back at home. But for the moment I think: The monitor (Fujitsu Amilo SL 3260W ) provides a resolution of 1.920 x 1.200 and FSX is at its highest resolution (like 1920 * 1200?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Personally I use 3 screens to give me some representation of peripheral vision. I use a 37" screen on my test and development machine but I couldnt fly with the restricted view you get from having just one screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebksb123 99 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have a 24" display running at 1920*1080 and it's awesome since I changed this in my fsx.cfg : WideViewAspect=True (false before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya 139 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm using a Dell 3011U 30'' monitor running FSX at 2560x1600, the highest single monitor resolution at the moment. I did use to run FSX on my Sony HDTV 40'' TV which was pretty impressive but still only 1920x1080, whereas the more pixels = the more details. I also use TrackIR occasionally but TBH, at my resolution, you can see pretty much most things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S 75 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Using a 28" monitor, running natively @t 1900x1200 (same setting in FSX, 32bit). I want to go to a multiple monitor setup soon though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird 12 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have a 24" display running at 1920*1080 and it's awesome since I changed this in my fsx.cfg : WideViewAspect=True (false before) I am grateful for any hint how to improve the visual output (not that I suffer to much though). Can you give me a little explanation of what the result will be? Thanks, Till Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Changing WideViewAspect from false to true basically changes the aspect ratio of FSX from 4:3 to what ever your monitor might be, so for 1920*1080 with would be 16:9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebksb123 99 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I am grateful for any hint how to improve the visual output (not that I suffer to much though). Can you give me a little explanation of what the result will be? Thanks, Till More things fit on your screen. The default screen is not for widescreen in FSX, so you have to change it in your .cfg . Try it out! You can change it any time if you don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etien 16 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 30" 2560x1600. Etienne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird 12 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Changing WideViewAspect from false to true basically changes the aspect ratio of FSX from 4:3 to what ever your monitor might be, so for 1920*1080 with would be 16:9. Thanks Matt, the change indeed improved the view in the cockpit substantially. Using a zoom of 0.5 is much better than using 0.3 with the old setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird 12 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 what's the resolution on your screen? My resolution in FSX settings is 1920*1200*32 (whatever the last means). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 32 (bit) is the colour depth. So 32000 colours if I remember correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiflyer 129 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Using a 24' Monitor 1920 x 1200. Its kind of an odd duck, being one of the few S-pva displays. I love the extra color fidelity and wider viewing angles over regular monitors. You pay for it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightySmith 4 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi! I am running fsx on my 55" Samsung LED TV (FullHD resolution), with a Teufel 5.1 sourround system. edit: Sorry for the bad image quality... iPhone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPetroSS 542 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have a 23'' display on 1920 x 1080 resolution..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cptawsom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I run FSX on a 50'' FullHD Panasonic plasma TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird 12 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I run FSX on a 50'' FullHD Panasonic plasma TV. I wonder if it would be better to invest in one bigger screen or in one or two other smaller screens or just use TrackIR... Has anyone an opinion with regard to multi-monitor cockpits versus TrackIR? Or has anyone tried this jDome-system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpilotv2 5 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I feel pretty ashamed to say that I "only" have 2 17" displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickZ 300 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I got three 17" displays that are connected to a Matrox Triplehead2Go Digital. Each of them is runnig at 1280x1024 so that makes my full display run at 3840x1024. It gives a nice view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelD 17 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I use 3x 24 inch monitors from HP with a IPS technology for wide viewing angle with a Asus 6950 GPU and i7 2600k overclocked to 4,6 Ghz and it runs smooth like silk when I limit the frames to 30 per second. The efficiency of such overclocked CPUs is making multimonitor configs efficient these days, even when you crank up eyecandy options and fly over cities and to large airports with complex airplanes. And did I mention that I use track IR too in that combination because sometimes I feel a lack of vertical resolution. I hesitated between this and a 30 inch monitor also with track IR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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