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Originally Posted by JapanMik

1. So is a ratio of 16:9 is the same as 640px to 360px
2. My version of flash MX2004 pro and MX2004 will publish nothing other than flash version 5 quicktime moves - Is this right.
3. Colour performancea nd reproduction? Any tips
4. How do plasma screens handle fonts etc

Does anyone know of any pitfalls, things to look out for etc.

Whenever I've done stuff for plasma you need to ensure that you have a video card capable of displaying a 16-9 ratio (there's loads out there these days and there pretty cheap).

So, to answer your questions:

1. yup the ratio is right
2. Why not just output in flash? If not then you'll have control over the pc environment so it doesn't matter which version of quicktime is used.
3. Far as I know the colour performance should be akin to an lcd monitor but with far better contrast/brighness/viewing angle properties. In the past I've hired in plasma screens to test designs/presentations.
4. Plasmas tend to handle fonts fine as it's all dependent on resolution - if your outputting via a pc/mac then the fonts should display correctly/cleanly/crisply provided your ratio is correct and there's not stretching/squashing going on. If you're outputting as composite video then you have far lower resolution and need to stick with larger sans-serif fontage (video interpolation tends not to like the tails on serif fonts because it scans for two 'fields' and thus becomes unsure of what to display and you end up with very noticable flicker on finer details).

Hope this helps ya.