Caitlin wrote:
"John McWilliams" wrote in message
Hecate wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:55:33 -0500, maria <> wrote:
My monitor is set at 1024x768.
Thanks!
Yes, but is it a 4:3 ratio monitor or is it a widescreen?
1024 x 768 = 4/3 ratio.
Not an answer to the question....
No, it wasn't a full answer. I guess I was just annoyed at hecate's replying off a post by John E., repetitously and needlessly.
Also what size is the monitor? For instance for most non-widescreen 17" and 19" LCD monitors have a native resolution of 1280x1024, but many people set them at different resolutions - which can cause problems. 1024x768 is NOT the same resolution (1.333 vs. 1.25), so if your native resolution is 1280x1024 you will be looking at distorted images.
Yes, your statements are all correct. But I can't imagine a wide screen even offering a setting of 4:3 or 5:4 when the true ratio would be more like 2:1. But, I don't have access to one right now, so I don't know. It took me a week of
nagging, and demonstrating with scanned images to convince someone at work that they were looking at elongated people in their scans - remarkably a lot of people are insensitive to such distortions - hence the number of people who willingly watch a 4x3 TV image stretched on a widescreen TV
Yes, I hate when that happens! I also hate it when a broadcaster says its showing in HD, and then put out a crumby quality 720p picture- probably "studio enhanced NTSC" or something....
Back to the OP:
Maria- What choices do you have for setting monitor resolution? --
John McWilliams