-=PCTechTalk=- Re: LCD Guru's - what about this monitor?

Jo Ann,
    When running a widescreen, it's important to adjust the resolution to 
compensate for the extra space on the sides.  non-widescreen monitors 
utilize an aspect ratio of 4:3, where for every 4 pixels wide, there are 3 
pixels tall.  So, we end up with resolutions of 640X480, 800X600, 1024X768, 
1280×1024 & 1600×1200 for 4:3 monitors (non-widescreen) and 1280×960, 
1366×768, 1600×900, 1600×900, 1680×1050 (actually a 16:10 ratio).  Super 
large monitors can utilize even larger resolutions.  Note that 16:10 and 
25:16 (not shown) ratios are very close to the widescreen native aspect 
ratio of 16:9 and should not produce overly noticable stretching of images.

See the link below for a chart of all of the standard resolutions used for 
various tasks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

    If you're used to a resolution of 1280X1024, it should be changed to 
1680x1050 on a widescreen with a similar height.  You won't have that 
experience of a stretched image.      :O)

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:51 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: LCD Guru's - what about this monitor?


>I tried out a widescreen, but didn't like it. I do a lot of work with my
> photos, and I didn't like the way it stretched them horizontally.
>
> Jo Ann 

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