[GLLUG] Wide-screen Monitors

Mike Szumlinski szumlins at mac.com
Tue Jan 31 23:34:25 EST 2012


Most widescreen monitors (up until the advent of HD TV proliferation) have a native aspect ratio of 16:10.  You can do the math from there to figure out what your options are.

If it is a newer monitor, it may actually be 16:9 as that is becoming more popular for DVI/HDMI monitors (1080p is basically 1920x1080 @ 60hz).

1024x768 is a 4:3 aspect ratio, so running it on any widescreen is going to give you rectangular pixels, hence the stretch.

--
Mike

On Jan 31, 2012, at 11:10 PM, Peter Smith <psmith.gllug at gmail.com> wrote:

> Starlogic....well, if you've got a model number, accuracy is assured,
> but IIRC, the 17" ones have a native of 1440 x 900.
> 
> Welcome to 2003, Chick. :)
> 
> -- Peter.
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