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    widescreen monitors(1900x1200) that rescales to 1080p from xbox,ps3?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by goofball22, Apr 9, 2009.

  1. goofball22

    goofball22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is quite a unique thing I'm asking for, so please hear me out first.

    I just purchased a widescreen monitor(1900x1200, not 16:9 aspect ratio) and discovered when I connected my xbox360 to it, the screen doesn't scale to 720p or 1080p. In other words, a 1900x1080 source displayed on a 1900x1200 display looks skewed. What I wanted was when I connect my xbox360, there would be a black bars above and under the screen to compensate for the lost pixels in going from 1080p to 1900x1200 so that the video source will not look skewed.

    Of course, I can solve this problem by purchasing a 16:9 aspect ratio monitor, but I'm so use to the 16:10 aspect ratio monitors, and I like the extra vertical space when doing work on the computer. I know monitors like this exist, such as my friend's dell ultrasharp monitor, but those are quite expensive.

    Does anyone know of a 16:10 aspect ratio monitor that does this? I know Asus doesn't make them, as I just purchased one and will return it. As always, any information would be greatly appreciated.
     
    goofball22, Apr 9, 2009
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  2. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Did you check the monitor's manual? You may be able to play with in the options
     
    JCMS, Apr 9, 2009
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  3. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Just doing some googling I found a workaround: http://www.haxnetwork.net/showthread.php?p=84987

    The problem is that the 360 will not support any 16:10 resolutions, and the monitor isn't designed to do aspect-preserving scaling. I'm not sure if ANY monitor is designed to do that. It's typically a video driver thing, it'd have to be enabled in the 360 and not the monitor.

    Your other option would be to just buy a 16:9 aspect monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009157
     
    Pitabred, Apr 9, 2009
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  4. godbreath

    godbreath Notebook Consultant

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    16:10 monitors DO scale to 16:9. The cheap monitors usually do not come with this feature, and you probably have to pay more to get a monitor with this feature. My dell 2408wfp comes with this. It also has component input, s-video, composite, and hdmi, so you can connect about any console to this monitor.
     
    godbreath, Apr 9, 2009
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  5. goofball22

    goofball22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think thats the dell ultrasharp monitor I mentioned in my thread, I hope there are other monitors out there that have that feature.

    Thanks for the input everyone.
     
    goofball22, Apr 10, 2009
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  6. Zanterack

    Zanterack Newbie

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    1680x1050 will give you your black bars. This won't be -as- sharp as 1920x1200, but you shouldn't get jaggies either because it is the same aspect ratio.

    If you want to run 1920x1080 you will need to buy a monitor with the "1:1 pixel mapping" feature.
     
    Zanterack, Apr 10, 2009
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