Date   : Tue, 30 May 2000 13:59:37 +0100 (BST)
From   : jim <jim@...>
Subject: Re: Screen proportions?

> does anyone happen to know the correct proportions of the pixel area of the
> screen? Are pixels square at 320x256?

Computer monitors have the same aspect ratio as televisions i.e. 4:3 so
pixels are square at 320x240 and so on up. Beeb screens are 5:4 and have a
virtual area of 1280x1024 pixels, which is coincidentally the only
non-square video mode in common use on modern PCs.

jim
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