-=PCTechTalk=- Re: LCD Guru's - what about this monitor?
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:03:02 -0400
What about LCD HD tvs? that are widescreen? Is there anyway to adjust for
that or should it already be adjusted?
thanks,
Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 11:52 PM
Subject: -=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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