[weblacky]

guys can you please take a look at post #4 on this thread:
https://forums.irixnet.org/thread-382.html

bBacksmith set up an indy and indigo2 to be using a dell U2412m 1920x1200 display.
how is he able to do that and i can't on a octane2 with vpro v6?
he doesn't mention using any extra devices to do it with.

i've been looking for the past 2 or 3 days for 1280x1024 IPS screens, can't find any known for SOG for sale right now.
the other ones i find don't list SOG in the specs sheets.
i'd rather have a 1920x1200 display if i can do that, and for those i can find some SOG models.

the official octane2 videomodes list on sgi.com said the 4:3 mode 1600x1200 is a additional supported mode for v8/v10/v12.
can my v6 really not run that either? i can get a SOG display for that one too right now, and it's a traditional square 4:3 size.

Please link to the exact post # where it says he's running at 1920 x 1200. Because as far as I can tell the Indy screen is running stretched at a 4 x 3 aspect at 1280 x 1024. You can see the black bar on the top of the indy screen because the aspect doesn't match properly.  

Neither of those resolutions is anywhere close to 1080p. You can see the size of the windows on the desktop picture.  The windows are way too large to be running at that resolution.

I don't see obvious stretching on his indigo2 so he may be running at 1280 x 720 (720p) via a custom vfo... Which as I mentioned is technically within those SGI's specifications.  As it's less screen than their default of 1280 x 1024.

I urge you a message blacksmith and ask him yourself if you're unsure of what his claim is.

You do understand that large monitors can run at lower resolutions?  He's not running at 1920 x 1200. If he was he would win a metal.  However he may have only accomplished widescreen on the indigo2, it might be stretched that I just can't notice it. You'll have to ask him.  The Indy is definitely stretched and is running a 4 x 3 at 1280 x 1024 on that monitor. No question.

At some point you'll just have to believe us when we tell you that you're getting stations that are nearly 20+ years old where 1080 P was either just being introduced or was not a major thing yet. It's like asking why your DVD doesn't look good on your brand new 60 inch high definition TV.  They just didn't have the technology back then to push those kind of pixels.  It's the same problem if you were to take a PC system from seven years ago and plugged into a 4K monitor.  They would run it a lower resolution because it can't do anymore.

No one said the monitor would display nothing at all, if that's what you were thinking...but these old system will not do 1080p.  You need late model graphics car technology to do that and only the last octane graphics cards and then Fuel and Tezro level stations can do that.

So if you have an SOG tolerant or compatible monitor you can definitely get something to display. It will be at a lower resolution and it may not be aligned correctly because if you're running a 4 x 3 aspect signal on a wide screen monitor it's going to be stretched because it's not the proper ratio.  You could still read it it just would not as high resolution as the monitor can go.