Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-17 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Martin wrote: Another use case when I like to have 4:3 aspect ratio is when I switch to MS Windows. For one thing XP as installed on my box does not allow me to use wide screen at all. It only offer 000x600 and 1024x768 resolution (I guess this could be fixed if I reinstall XP). And I do not car

Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-17 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 17 May 2010 14:46:25 +0200, Martin wrote: (...) > So after reading replays my conclusion is that none of LCD wide monitors > do not offer possibility to change aspect ratio by software. Same that > designers of monitor and protocol that its use to communicate with > computer did not thing

Re: Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-17 Thread Martin
> As others have mentioned, LCDs are always used best at their native > resolution. What exactly do you need the 4:3 aspect ratio for? > > For example, if you have video content in lower resolutions and 4:3 > aspect ratio you'd better let the player do software upscaling, it will > look better anyw

Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,16.May.10, 20:20:29, Martin wrote: > I wonder if there is some program that can perform this swich by > issuing command from computer instead of me manually pressing the > buttons on monitor? As others have mentioned, LCDs are always used best at their native resolution. What exactly do

Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 17 May 2010 07:57:13 +0200 Martin wrote: Hello Martin, > Is this generaly not possible for any monitor or some (more expensive, > perhaps other manufacturer) do have this feature? I have no idea, sorry. I've only ever used three LCD monitors, and of those, only one is a widescreen. Th

Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-17 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 17 May 2010 07:57:13 +0200, Martin wrote: >> > In manual for monitor I did not find any note about such posibility. >> > I have LG FLATRON W1943SS. >> >> Not the same monitor (LG FLATRON W2042S) but have had no success in >> finding anything to auto-switch the 4:3 modes correctly. My assu

Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-16 Thread Martin
> > In manual for monitor I did not find any note about such posibility. > > I have LG FLATRON W1943SS. > > Not the same monitor (LG FLATRON W2042S) but have had no success in > finding anything to auto-switch the 4:3 modes correctly. My assumption > being that, because there's a button to do the

Re: apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 16 May 2010 20:20:29 +0200 Martin wrote: Hello Martin, > In manual for monitor I did not find any note about such posibility. > I have LG FLATRON W1943SS. Not the same monitor (LG FLATRON W2042S) but have had no success in finding anything to auto-switch the 4:3 modes correctly. My ass

apect ration change on wide monitor

2010-05-16 Thread Martin
I got a new wide monitor (my first LCD). It is capeable of this resolutions: Modes "1360x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" when I switch to any of the resolution with 4:3 aspect ratio picture is streched so everything is wider than it should be. To remedy this, on monitor are some butt