LaCie 324 User Guide

LaCie 324 LCD Monitor 

Monitor Operation

User Manual 

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Aspect Ratio refers to the ratio of the vertical length to horizon-
tal length (number of pixels) of the display or image.

The LaCie 324 supports the following aspect ratios:

16:9

16:10

4:3

Virtually all video sources available today use one of these three 
aspect ratios. 16:10 is the native format of the LaCie 324 LCD 
Monitor, corresponding to a 1920 x 1200 resolution computer 
video signal. When using a 4:3 or 16:9 video source, such as 
an HD Video source or a 1600 x 1200 computer video signal, 
the monitor can apply a zoom transformation to adjust the sig-
nal to the monitor.

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The four zoom modes are Real, SmartZoom, Zoom and Dx2D and they have the following behavior:

Mode

Aspect Ratio

4:3 Video

16:9 Video

REAL

Applies no modification and 
displays real input signal 
resolution in the center of the 
display

Smart Zoom

Maintains the aspect ratio of 
the source and upscales it to 
1600 x 1200 or 1920 x 1080

Zoom

Upscales the source to 1920 
x 1080, maximizing its size; 
some distortion may occur 
because aspect ratio is not 
respected

Dx2D

Extends both sides of pan-
orama display to magnify to 
1920 x 1200

 Refer to the user manuals of your devices for the aspect 

ratios of their input sources.

 Refer to the On-Screen Manual for PC-Analog and PC-

Digital input aspect ratios.