GTN Screen Aspect Ratio

[Neurus 0]

Hello,

I’m considering buying a GTN 750 License to use with X-Plane 11 (Windows 10), and would love to have an external LCD (touchscreen) to go along with it (and to mount on my home-made-in-progress panel). 

I watched a couple of online videos, and I noticed that the aspect ratio of the screens (especially on this one from @basementflyguy) looks odd. He even mentions it. Which screen do you recommend so it looks ok? I don’t mind if it’s 7, 9, or 10 inches, as long as it doesn’t look distorted. 

Thanks in advance,

[RXP 2,338]

Hi, I can't suggest a particular screen, but the native GTN 750 screen resolution is 600x708 pixels.

[Neurus 0]

9 hours ago, RXP said:

Hi, I can't suggest a particular screen, but the native GTN 750 screen resolution is 600x708 pixels.

Thanks. Interesting, that’s a almost a 6:7 aspect ratio, right?

Would a (say 7 or 9 inch) screen work better vertically then?

 

Appreciate the info tho. Will keep investigating. 

For science, how about the GTN650 then? 

[RXP 2,338]

Screen specs:

GTN 650:
600 x 266 pixels
4.9 inch diagonal, 4.46 x 1.98 inches active area.
Viewing angle: left 45, right 35, up 10, down 30.

GTN 750:
600 x 708 pixels
6.9 inch diagonal, 4.46 x 5.27 inches active area.
Viewing angle: left 45, right 35, up 10, down 30.

 

 

[Neurus 0]

Thanks for the info!

[fppilot 4,358]

2 hours ago, RXP said:

Screen specs:

GTN 650:
600 x 266 pixels
4.9 inch diagonal, 4.46 x 1.98 inches active area.
Viewing angle: left 45, right 35, up 10, down 30.

GTN 750:
600 x 708 pixels
6.9 inch diagonal, 4.46 x 5.27 inches active area.
Viewing angle: left 45, right 35, up 10, down 30.

 

 

Jeau Luc! You need to pin this response.  I have spent time perusing Garmin pages and even measuring on-screen gauges when configuring self-edited VC and popup size and position.  All to mixed results. 

This is valuable information.

[Neurus 0]

16 hours ago, fppilot said:

I have spent time perusing Garmin pages and even measuring on-screen gauges

Ops Frank! For the record I searched for "garmin gtn 750 lcd screen” at DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=garmin+gtn+750+lcd+screen&ia=web) and I found on the first page, this result: 

http://www.chiefaircraft.com/gmn-gtn750.html

If you scroll down there’s a lot more info about the GTN 750 (but not the 650). 

Unfortunately, so far, I have been unable to find an LCD screen that matches that resolution / aspect ratio; Jean-Luc’s info has been very useful so far, but I’ll keep searching for the “perfect -and affordable- LCD” for this. :)

[RXP 2,338]

Just changing the URL to this:

http://www.chiefaircraft.com/gmn-gtn650.html

[ljay37 5]

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Edited January 31, 2020 by ljay37