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Subject:Re: Multimedia demos From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 1997 14:32:39 -0800
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997 14:54:22 -0400, Molis, Debbie wrote:
>Geoff mentioned some very important information.
>
> When you first select your preferences and properties in developing a
>multimedia demo, you should pay special attention to selecting monitor
>resolution and colors. You want to make sure you can reach a broad audience.
Where have we heard this before? Oh yeah... numerous web page-design
discussions :-)
>If you create a demo at 1280 x 1024, for instance, an audience displaying
>that resolution will be able to view that demo as you intended for it to be
>viewed. But audiences with monitors displaying lower resolutions, say
>800x600, will view a distorted demo.
Also important to consider is whether the demo will ever be displayed
over a projection system or onto a TV via AverKey or similar product.
Most low-end to mid-level projection systems won't do over 640x480, or
800x600 *at best*. They also tend to get fuzzier as the resolution
and/or display size increases. Remember, especially if it's running
through an AverKey-type box, that NTSC video only supports 525
horizontal lines of resolution, so output resolutions of greater than
640 pixels will start to lose a lot of detail. Better projection
systems often have proper RGB inputs, meaning they can run directly
from the computer's SVGA output, but they tend to get more expensive
and are probably the exception rather than the rule.
>Once you select a resolution and colors, you might want to provide
>information with the demo disk that indicates the optimal setup for running
>the demo.
Amen!
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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