16:9 aspect ratio on monitors

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Pekuja

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I've been looking at getting a monitor for both PC usage and playing games on consoles (Xbox 360, Wii), but I'm a bit put off by the fact that most monitors don't seem to support a 16:9 aspect ratio with black bars, but instead insist on stretching the picture up to the monitor's native 16:10 aspect ratio. I find that undesirable, although luckily the stretching is not massive.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1104488 -- I found this thread that lists monitors that include aspect ratio controls, but after digging a bit deeper, it seems like some of those monitors, such as the Samsung 215TW, only support 16:10 and 4:3 aspect ratios, which doesn't help in this case.
I understand that the BenQ FP241W does in fact support the 16:9 aspect ratio. In fact, the monitor would just about be perfect for me, but it's way over my budget. Are there any other monitors that do support the 16:9 aspect ratio? The 20-22 inch size range is probably what I'd want to go for.
 
If you want 16 9 for your games I think you just have to get an lcd tv. Maybe you could try using an lcd tv for your computer too.
 
If you go into your video card control panel, there may be options for non-native resolutions. For instance, the Catalyst control panel has an option where it'll center the screen. It works on my 19" Princeton lcd (4:3 monitor), so HD looks the way it's supposed to. On my new KDS 22", that option doesn't seem to work. However, I think it's the Hauppage HVR1600's software. In full screen it'll go to 16:10 instead of 16:9, but if I use the mode w/ the tiny border and stretch to full screen, it stays in 16:9 mode.

Basically, if you want to get a widescreen monitor and hook it up to your console, you can try specifying that you don't want scaling turned on via the drivers. Or like the other guy said, you can get a real TV ...but the resolution is gonna be limited for computer use.
 
prasvt said:
If you go into your video card control panel, there may be options for non-native resolutions. For instance, the Catalyst control panel has an option where it'll center the screen. It works on my 19" Princeton lcd (4:3 monitor), so HD looks the way it's supposed to. On my new KDS 22", that option doesn't seem to work. However, I think it's the Hauppage HVR1600's software. In full screen it'll go to 16:10 instead of 16:9, but if I use the mode w/ the tiny border and stretch to full screen, it stays in 16:9 mode.

Basically, if you want to get a widescreen monitor and hook it up to your console, you can try specifying that you don't want scaling turned on via the drivers. Or like the other guy said, you can get a real TV ...but the resolution is gonna be limited for computer use.
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uhuh... unless you plug your xbox in your computer and output it trough your video card you'd be right.. but i guess he wants to plug is xbox directly to the monitor, if that's the case than the video card driver wont be of any use since the xbox wont be plugged in it ;)
So he'll need a monitor with aspect ratio :p

Viewsonic will launch a new screen in February the VX2435wm, with good specs, same connection as the BenQ FP241W (HDMI, DVI, VGA, RGB, etc) for $699, and later a 28'' version of that same screen in april. But the only thing there's no info yet about 1:1 aspect ratio... But some people think the quality wont be up to benq's FP241W since it's cheaper....
Personnaly i'm waiting for that new model to see which one is the best between benq or viewsonic than i'll buy!
 
I believe when you use the VGA output on the xbox360 it lets you select 1280x768, which is CLOSE to 16:10.. its actually 5:3, but the difference between 1.6666666666666666 and 1.6 will probably not be very noticeable . I believe this is what most people use on their 19" 1440x900 and 22" 1680x1050 16:10 monitors. If you wait long enough, microsoft will probably add support for these popular resolutions with a new firmware update..
 
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