Widescreen Optimum Use

[Salman Ahmed]

Does using the VGA connection/input on a widescreen LCD cause the display to be stretched or scaled? Or is it possibly due to a limitation in the video card not being able to support the widescreen display resolutions?

I am sortof hijacking OP's thread, but this is something I've been wondering about: can I use a new widescreen LCD on an older system that has an old (ATI) video card that apparently doesn't seem to support widescreen resolutions?


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From: James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 11:10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Widescreen Optimum Use

john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Hi all;
> 
> I recently bought an LCD monitor for my mother-in-law. She was looking for a square monitor, but all there is nowadays is the widescreen. It's a Samsung 21.5" screen.
> 
> She is using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (I know, I should upgrade it for her one of these days). With the widescreen, the background picture gets spread out and looks very unnatural. From the settings on the monitor itself, I restricted the screen to a square size. The background looks good, but there's a lot of real estate unnecessarily lost.
> 
> What's the best way to handle a widescreen monitor? I'd be happy with having the background picture cut back to a square, but would like the icons and any open applications to use the full screen.
> 
> I've never heard anyone complain about this before, so it must be something silly I've done or overlooked.
> 
>    

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.

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