Widescreen LCD Monitor and 4x3 resolutions

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Hi all, I'm thinking about picking up a widescreen monitor with WXGA+ native
resolution (1440x900). I understand the issues with using non-native
resolutions on regular (4x3 or 5x4) LCD monitors, but I would like to know
how widescreen monitors display 4x3 resolutions. Does it depend on the
specific monitor, or video card, or the softare? What's prompted this
question is that I still have some older games that don't support widescreen
resolutions. I would hate to see the image stretched horizontally, as is
the case with typical 16x9 TV sets. I would be fine with the black bars on
the sides of a centered image. Anyone know the all the poop on this issue?

Thanks,
Glenn
 
Hi all, I'm thinking about picking up a widescreen monitor with WXGA+ native
resolution (1440x900). I understand the issues with using non-native
resolutions on regular (4x3 or 5x4) LCD monitors, but I would like to know
how widescreen monitors display 4x3 resolutions. Does it depend on the
specific monitor, or video card, or the softare? What's prompted this
question is that I still have some older games that don't support widescreen
resolutions. I would hate to see the image stretched horizontally, as is
the case with typical 16x9 TV sets. I would be fine with the black bars on
the sides of a centered image. Anyone know the all the poop on this issue?

Thanks,
Glenn
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I've never owned one so can't really comment. This article might give
you some answers though.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/31/do_you_want_a_16_9_lcd_monitor_now/
 
All of the wide screen monitors wide screen monitors I have seen have at
least 16x9 or 10 and 4x3 display modes, user selectable via the setup menu.

Bob
 
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