Unstretching CF-28 on external monitor

I have a new [to me] 28 and I'm outputting to a widescreen LCD (1680x1050) when I'm using it at home. The stretched appearance is pretty annoying. Is there a way to convince the LynxEM to output differently? From what I've Googled, it appears with other video cards/chips, there's something in the drivers for the video, not the monitor, that fixes things.

Fwiw, I have given the forums a good search, and didn't find a good answer. The CF-30 apparently does external widescreen:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2980439&postcount=12

... and there are a few threads about the CF-52 having a widescreen monitor, eg:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=278301&highlight=widescreen

... but nothing on stretch, LynxEM, etc that pays off.

Thanks!

 

Unless you are using a DVI connection (which CF28's don't have), there is nothing about the video signals from the HD15 connector that can be done to alter the way a normal display appears on a widescreen monitor short of manually adjusting things on the monitor unless it adjusts automagically. Perhaps you need to adjust the aspect ratio settings on the monitor itself as widescreen monitors usually have various selections such as 16:9, 4:3, etc.

HD15 video is analog RGB - originally designed for CRT monitors which actually depend on the timing of the signals to control the electron beam scanning.

Modern LCD monitors just 'interpret' that analog video to create the image.

Craig.

 

Thanks for the reply. It doesn't appear my monitor (an AOC 2218Sw) has selectable ratios.

When I Google up the issue on the web in general, I find threads like this one:
http://www.trap17.com/index.php/Disable-Widescreen-Mode_t59453.html

EDIT: This one says it explicitly in the last post (and also mentions a Dell monitor that'll do it for you; buyer beware, I guess):
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261289-33-widescreen-monitors-stretched-desktops-apps

That makes it sound like the video card driver would be the place to find a solution, but then perhaps what's going on there is that the card is "cheating" and pumping out 1024x768 from the OS and buffering it with *more* pixels, so to speak, on the sides. I'm betting the old school LynxEM isn't up to doing that, as it has a hard enough time going 1024x768 by itself.

It does have that interesting 1600x600 mode, which still requires scrolling, strangely enough, even on my 1680x1050 monitor. Guess I should only ask so much from my "classic" computer?

Thanks again.

 

There is an updated intel graphics driver either on Modley's site or Rob's sight, I don't know if that will help or not,but it could be worth a try.