Hi Guys,

On 2/7/2006, "Ed Durrant"  wrote:

>Steve McCrystal wrote:
>> Jon Harrison wrote:
>>> Does anyone have a suggestion to fix this or is it something I have
>>> to live with on a wide screen monitor?  Using the monitor controls
>>> I can force the screen to a 4:3 size which results in large black
>>> bands on the sides but I would prefer to use the added screen space
>>> rather than seeing the black bands on the side.
>>>
>> Jon,
>>
>> I haven't tried it, and sincerely hope I NEVER have to, but SciTech Snap
>> has check boxes for "4:3"  and "Wide
Resolutions".  On my system, 4:3 is
>> checked. Assuming you can get, and import, a Windows *.inf file for your
>> monitor, I suspect you will have what you need.  Again, I haven't done
>> this, but it should work.
>>
>
>I would expect all you are looking for is a resolution that your video
>card supports that has the ratio between horiziontal and vertical pixels
>in the same ratio as the physical monitors size.
>
>In this way the application will be "told" that they simply
have a wider
>"playing field" and should display correctly.
>
>You may find that your current video card does not support such a
>resolution however. In this case you'll either have to put up with the
>distortion or the black border bars or you will have to buy a supported
>video card that does have a suitable resolution to replace your current
>video card.

It may also be possible to add a custom resolution that matches the
resolution of the monitor using gactrl.

Fortunately, with latest Snap, my ATI X300 & Viewsonic 20" widescreen
monitor play nicely at 1680x1050

Cheers,

Paul.


 
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