HiI've always been upset by circular objects e.g. panel gauges often not appearing circular and, because I had not thought it thro' clearly I put it down to using a non 4:3 (1.333:1) ratio resolution eg 1280x1024 which is 1.25:1.In actual fact this of course is only the PIXEL ratio which causes the image on a 1.333:1 tube to have better vertical resolution than horizontal thus giving horizontal objects better definition than vertical ones but having no effect on the image ratio.On further consideration I realised that the image ratio full screen was very different from the window image as usually encountered, this being vertically reduced by the title bar plus the menu bar plus the task bar. I know not everyone has all these visible but this only affects the degree of error.My solution to the anomally is to set my window for Flight sim use to be vertically maximum screen but horizontally reduced to give the actual image area a 1.333:1 ratio which automatically makes it equal ratio to my full screen flying mode.This setting should allow for removal of menu bar or task bar or both if you view this way.All this of course is just common sense but I for one was woolly minded.ken ellis

Being another of those woolly minded types, I thank you for the post. And add a small fluffy tip of my own:To ensure the instruments appear correctly (and assuming they are intended to appear round - some designers have integrated a degree of parallax over the years on some panels) then simply place a corectly sized coin on the screen and then tweak the horizontal adjustment to suit. I actually use a golf green marker, as the little bobble in the middle makes it easier to hold against the screen without blocking the view.Sad, but true. I (sniff) am a golfaholic.Allcott

It could also be sometimes the designer's preference to make the gauges non circular(it was in my fs aircraft's case). Rather than having the perfect circular gauge that was shot directly from above I prefer it to look as it does from the pilot's eyepoint-which is less circular the further down you look.It is all a matter of preference of course (and difficulty when dealing with the vor's which I had to give up on)-some like the perfectly colored hand drawn gauges that are perfectly circular-I prefer ones that look like my perspective in the aircraft-glare,warts, and all. :-)http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/59891.jpg

Geof, yours was one I had in mind when I posted. The Real Air Decathlon is (I think, not in front of my simming computer right now)another. Bill Lyns creations another. But it's a good tip nonetheless, a darn sight easier than using sophisticated monitor adjusting packages. You could even borrow the coin!Allcott