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    Another question, this time about widescreen.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by talin, Feb 17, 2007.

  1. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Hello. Are "regular" resolutions supported in widescreen lcd's, such as 800x600, 1024x768? Do they stretch? How does it work? :)
    Like for example, if I got a laptop with a WSXGA+ screen (1680 x 1050), could I do 1280x1024?
     
    talin, Feb 17, 2007
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  2. Robert in Sadorus

    Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist

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    You could, But things might look alittle funky, I have a wsxga+ and when i change it to certain reso's it doesnt look right. So i just leave it at it's native.
     
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  3. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Your screen will be blurry at any non-native resolution, it's a property of LCDs. Buy the resolution you want when you get the computer.

    I'm moving this to hardware.
     
    vespoli, Feb 17, 2007
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  4. Budding

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    Depending on your graphics driver settings, things will either stretch or black bars will appear at the sides of the screen. Regardless, if you go lower than the native pixels on both edges of the screen, things will start lookign blurred.
     
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    My ex-roommate always used non-native resolutions and the only thing it did was stretch the screen.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 17, 2007
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