Wide screen monitor

[dadiOH]

A 21" wide screen will have a "resolution" of 1680x1050 and a 17"
normal will have a resolution of 1280x1024. Now if you properly
configure your video card to the correct resolution, you will have
about 30% more desktop space,

At the expense of the size of the items displayed. Forget pixels and
resolution and go back to Pythagoras...a² + b²=c²


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[Joy]

Tim,

I don't seem to have those 16x9 resolution choices. Anything else I can do?

 

[Joy]

Sorry to seem dumb, but how can I tell if I have a 16x9 monitor?

 

[Bill in Co.]

You can tell if you have a widescreen monitor if it has that approximate
ratio of width to height (i.e., almost twice as wide as it is high - but
only roughly).

 

[Bob I]

What is the "native resolution" of the monitor in question? Check the
specs, you should have some documentation somewhere.

 

[Joy]

I've got the book (new monitor) and there are two pages, one listing the
"Supported Timing" which has a long list of resolutions, and the other has
Specifications. Not sure which specs (if any) would give the "native
resolution".

 

[Bob I]

The "resolutions" would be a clue, you can work backward from them.
divisible by 16 in the long direction and 9 in the short direction,
would be a 16:9 monitor.

 

[Joy]

Under Supported Timing there are 3 columns: (1) Resolution; (2) Vertical
Frequency; (3) Horizontal Frequency. In the 1st column are three 640x480;
one 720x400; 4 800x600; 3 1024x768; two 1280x1024, one 1440x900 and
1680x1050. With the corresponding vertical and horizontal frequencies in
the columns alongside each.

 

[Onsokumaru]

800*600 = 4:3

1600*900 = 16:9

Your monitor sounds like 16:10, which quite a few are 1680x1050 is the max,
and usually native resolution.

Having said that, widescreen monitors will display 800*600, and either
display it at the correct aspect ratio, (black bands on either side of the
screen), so it will look right, or just fill the screen, so eveything will
look fat.

If your monitor looks more rectangular than square, then it will be
widescreen.

Maybe you could link to a site for your model of monitor.

 

[Onsokumaru]

Look for video options that allow fixed aspect ratios.

Maybe updating your vga driver will give you these options, or widescreen
resolutions

Was there a driver with the monitor?

There is also a chance your monitor is 16:10 rather than 16:9. They are
close enough though.