Widescreen Optimum Use

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Tue Dec 15 16:17:39 UTC 2009


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:10:03AM -0500, James Knott wrote:
>  I recently bought a 23" HD 1080p monitor, which is connected to my  
> computer via DVI cable.  The desktop fills the entire screen, without  
> stretching.  Does the video card support DVI or HDMI?  If so, that's the  
> best way to go.  4:3 monitors & TVs are obsolete, so, if necessary, you  
> might want to upgrade the video card to support DVI or HDMI.
>
> Also, my monitor has a VGA connector, as well as DVI & HDMI.  I use the  
> VGA port for my KVM switch and have to set the display to 4:3 when I use  
> VGA.

On my 24" LCD the vga connector works perfectly at 1920x1200 no matter
what I connect it to.  Well except really old computers that can't do
that high a resolution.

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