Widescreen problem

[Guest]

Dear Windowers,

I have a question about widescreen laptop computers. I am currently on the
edge to buy a new laptop and have a question about the screens.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop computer with 17" widescreen. He
says it is great for movies, but many internetsites (including MSN
hotmail.com) have problems showing words on a widescreen. At his computer the
letters/words are very small. The only way he can change this is to change
the resolution, but that dramatically decreases the quality of images on his
screen.

I would like to know if this is a common problem on widescreen laptops and
if this can be fixed.

Please let me know.

Best regards,
Wing

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Widescreen would be of benefit if you are going to get the laptop with
Microsoft Media Centre Edition. Media Centre Edition (MCE) is a customized
version of Windows XP which is targeted to the TV/Cable/Satellite/DVD
"junkie". The widescreen is "optimized" for the widescreen DVD format. If
you do not want this, look for the regular screen.

 

[Leythos]

Dear Windowers,

I have a question about widescreen laptop computers. I am currently on the
edge to buy a new laptop and have a question about the screens.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop computer with 17" widescreen. He
says it is great for movies, but many internetsites (including MSN
hotmail.com) have problems showing words on a widescreen. At his computer the
letters/words are very small. The only way he can change this is to change
the resolution, but that dramatically decreases the quality of images on his
screen.

I would like to know if this is a common problem on widescreen laptops and
if this can be fixed.

I have a Toshiba with a 17" wide screen and run it the default resolution
of 1400xsomething - this provides a WIDE area, but is not any different an
aspect ratio than normal non-wide screen monitors have. If you buddy is
stretching the screen then he needs to consider using a different
resolution - 1024x768 is NOT a standard aspect ratio on 17" wide screen
LCD's.

 

[Guest]

Dear Windowers,

thank you for your reply. It was very helpfull. Keep up the good work!

Grt,
Wing