Hi VulcanPMFJI ...
>> My understanding was that most (all?) FS stuff is designed to run at a
1.3333:1 ratio so 1280 should be 1280*960 to keep things square and
round. <<
You're right. I have an 18" TFT that I run at its native 1280x1024 and if I run FS full screen all the round dials become visibly oval.
I don't know if this applies to all TFT screens but the ratio of height to width on mine is different from my 19" CRT. The CRT dimension (inside the bezel) is 365mm wide x 273mm high - exact 3:4 ratio, while the TFT is 360mm x 290mm. For the TFT to be 3:4 the height would need to be 270mm. In other words the TFT screen gives me an extra 20mm horizontal strip of 'real estate'.
However, I prefer to run FS in windowed mode and, because the task bar uses 10mm at the bottom of the screen, the out of roundness isn't that obvious.
Paul Croft
10 miles SE of Heathrow (EGLL)
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