What is the difference between a projectors native resolution and maximum resolution?
The only thing of importance is the native resolution of the projector, this will typically be one of the following: 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1920×1080. It is this resolution that the computer should be configured to output for optimal results. In particular, there is no point configuring the computer to output a resolution higher than the native resolution of the projector, indeed in most cases the image quality will be poorer.This is often a point of confusion, to repeat, just because an XGA (1024×768) native projector can accept a higher resolution signal doesn’t mean one gets a better result. Indeed because scalars in projectors are generally quite poor you will often get an inferior result than if you used the native resolution.
The only thing of importance is the native resolution of the projector, this will typically be one of the following: 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1400×1050, 1920×1080. It is this resolution that the computer should be configured to output for optimal results. In particular, there is no point configuring the computer to output a resolution higher than the native resolution of the projector, indeed in most cases the image quality will be poorer. This is often a point of confusion, to repeat, just because an XGA (1024×768) native projector can accept a higher resolution signal doesn’t mean one gets a better result. Indeed because scalars in projectors are generally quite poor you will often get an inferior result than if you used the native resolution.
