Monitor Advice

Cube623 · Dec 13, 2006, 09:52 PM

I am planning tomorrow to buy a new LCD monitor but i need advice.

I am looking at 19" widescreen monitors. Most say the max resolution is 1440x900 which is fine but will the monitor be able to display 1280x1024 (as i have many games which don't (as far as i know) support widescreen resoultions? Also if i play games at 1440x900 will the quality be any better\worse (as the quality of textures at 1024x768 is obviously worse than 1280x1024?

Also i am still struggling to make my mind up on which one? My mind keeps changing desisions. Can you all reccommend a 19" widescreen (or not) monitor for £160(max)?

BTW Planning to buy the monitor tomorrow so be quick please

?

Cheers
Cube623

BlueMak · Dec 13, 2006, 10:51 PM

First of all, even 1280x1024 is not 4:3. If you play at 1280x1024 everything is a bit squeezed from the sides. Kind of the opposite of playing in widescreen. A 1440x900 monitor does not support any resolution that has more than 900 pixels width. Meaning, you are screwed. I would say get a larger monitor that supports the so called 1080p.
Most of the games on the PC do not support widescreen natively or in a proper way. Meaning that they will play in a letterbox or stretched, which does not look good.

www.widescreengamingforum.com is propably the best place to find out more.

I would advice you to wait till you have more money to get a larger monitor that supports higher resolutions.

Cube623 · Dec 14, 2006, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

First of all, even 1280x1024 is not 4:3. If you play at 1280x1024 everything is a bit squeezed from the sides. Kind of the opposite of playing in widescreen. A 1440x900 monitor does not support any resolution that has more than 900 pixels width. Meaning, you are screwed. I would say get a larger monitor that supports the so called 1080p.
Most of the games on the PC do not support widescreen natively or in a proper way. Meaning that they will play in a letterbox or stretched, which does not look good.

www.widescreengamingforum.com is propably the best place to find out more.

I would advice you to wait till you have more money to get a larger monitor that supports higher resolutions.

right okay dokey, that answers my questions, i'm looking atm at this monitor
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en...-12731852.html
i know is out of my price range (seen it at £189) but i could possibly squeeze that extra cash and it does look nice!

BlueMak · Dec 14, 2006, 07:42 PM

If you are not interested in using it to watch HD-DVD or Blu-Ray on it, it looks fine. I don't know 100% since I haven't read any reviews or anything.

Dec 13, 2006, 09:52 PM	#1
Cube623 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: England Posts: 322 Rep Power: 0	Monitor Advice I am planning tomorrow to buy a new LCD monitor but i need advice. I am looking at 19" widescreen monitors. Most say the max resolution is 1440x900 which is fine but will the monitor be able to display 1280x1024 (as i have many games which don't (as far as i know) support widescreen resoultions? Also if i play games at 1440x900 will the quality be any better\worse (as the quality of textures at 1024x768 is obviously worse than 1280x1024? Also i am still struggling to make my mind up on which one? My mind keeps changing desisions. Can you all reccommend a 19" widescreen (or not) monitor for £160(max)? BTW Planning to buy the monitor tomorrow so be quick please ? Cheers Cube623 __________________

Dec 13, 2006, 10:51 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	First of all, even 1280x1024 is not 4:3. If you play at 1280x1024 everything is a bit squeezed from the sides. Kind of the opposite of playing in widescreen. A 1440x900 monitor does not support any resolution that has more than 900 pixels width. Meaning, you are screwed. I would say get a larger monitor that supports the so called 1080p. Most of the games on the PC do not support widescreen natively or in a proper way. Meaning that they will play in a letterbox or stretched, which does not look good. www.widescreengamingforum.com is propably the best place to find out more. I would advice you to wait till you have more money to get a larger monitor that supports higher resolutions. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 14, 2006, 07:42 PM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	If you are not interested in using it to watch HD-DVD or Blu-Ray on it, it looks fine. I don't know 100% since I haven't read any reviews or anything. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*