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What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

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What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

800 x 600
14
3%
1024 x 768
96
20%
1152 x 864
7
1%
1280 x 800
20
4%
1280 x 1024
87
18%
1440 x 900
40
8%
1600 x 1200
8
2%
1680 x 1050
56
12%
1920 x 1200
64
14%
Other
81
17%
 
Total votes: 473

Mace
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by Mace »

Hi another new user here, as I run Cumulus on my windows home server I have an old 15" flat screen monitor attached which runs at 1024 X 768 and the interface sits nicely on that almost filling the screen.
m0clx
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by m0clx »

I use an Asus Eee PC netbook atom N270 1GB ram -with windows XP (cos of the ultra low power consumption and lowish second hand price) screen res is 1024 x 600
Cumulus seems to cope ok , (occasionally sub-windows go off the bottom of the screen and you can't see the OK buttons to get rid of them- fiddling with the mouse or pressing return works ok tho and lots of programs do this..)
I run cumulus 24/7 and wxtoimg (sat software) and webcamXP .

George
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by alaparos »

I used 2560 x 1600, the "other" in your poll.
Galloper
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by Galloper »

Being a newbie this is my first usefull post ;)

I use 1600 x 900. Cumulus runs on my laptop.
atb
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by atb »

I have indicated the use of 1024 x 768 (XVGA) in the vote as the PC now linking 24/7 the Weather Station to the Internet is an old Compaq Armada E500 laptop - this uses much less power than when I used one of my desktops (normally running at 1280 x 1024).

The ability to use a low performance PC is also an important aspect and relates to the discussion of Cumulus version 1 or 2. So, even an old desktop running with a 15" monitor may well use 1024 x 768.
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by Sunfish »

m0cix

The Asus Eee Box would do the job for me. I am running Cumulus on a nine years old Dell, which wastes a lot of heat and energy.

Any idea of the best deal? Do I need the 2 GB model, which is another £80? If the low power version does the job, then that's fine.

Is it the Eee Box which causes your boxes to 'drop of the screen'? Or, the screen res?

Thanks
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by Sunfish »

m0cix

My screen resolution, on an old Dell LCD is, 1152 X 864, and the Cumulus display is fine.

I wonder if the EeeBox will cause problems with that? The display is OK--a waste of money to change it, as it used only for Cumulus and a music program.

My #2 PC does all the work.
m0clx
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by m0clx »

Hi Sunfish
Mine is 1 GB and works fine running cumulus, wxtoimg and webcamXP. More memory is never a bad thing though I guess
Sunfish wrote:m0cix

My screen resolution, on an old Dell LCD is, 1152 X 864, and the Cumulus display is fine.

I wonder if the EeeBox will cause problems with that? The display is OK--a waste of money to change it, as it used only for Cumulus and a music program.

My #2 PC does all the work.
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The cumulus window is fine - the setup windows are sometimes a bit bigger - thats due to the screen res I use to make the best use of the wide but short screen.
Rgds
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ScottVan
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by ScottVan »

I'll run mine on an Asus eeePC 900A netbook at 1024 x 600. 2 gb ram, 16 gb ssd. 500 gb usb drive attached.

Scott
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Raydon
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by Raydon »

Hi I use 2560 x 1440 at 125%

Cheers Ray
duke

Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by duke »

1920 x 1200 @ 125%

Duke
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by GeoffM »

1600X900
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by hdmax »

I have a 58" Plasma TV that runs 1920x1080, this is what I run everything at. TV, Movies, PC, Gaming, and whatnot.
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by Sunfish »

1024x768 in 'Landscape Orientation'.

Running Windows 7 on new Acer Aspire Revo PC, which fills 95% of screen.
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Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

Post by The QCC »

I am using Cumulus on a dual monitor setup.
When I am using a primary application like Lightroom, Cumulus runs on the secondary display. An Acer HD 22", 1920 x 1280 LCD panel
When Cumulus is the primary application, it runs on a Dell 27", 2560 x 1440 LCD panel.

Cululus looks OK on both monitors with the exception of the Help screens. There the text is so small as to be unreadable.

Carl
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