WIDESCREEN

Post by **miftah** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:13 pm

I just got myself a new Samsung 20" Widescreen monitor on Black Friday. I'm all plugged and played and driver installed anywayed and I'm stretched. I've tried plugging in the resolution into the Nvidia settings and I'm still stretched. Anyone crossed this bridge before and have any tips?

jc · Post by jc » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:04 pm

Does your graphics card support widescreen resolutions?

What graphics card do you have?

Do you have the latest Drivers? I recommend gettig them as well as nHancer.

Post by **miftah** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:27 pm

It turns out the problem is the card. Apparently NVIDIA's 5200 FX has a problem with widescreen rezes out of the DVI port. The analog port is fine and displays nicely at its appropriate resolution, but the DVI doesn't go above 1280x1024 or something. Which is decidedly 4:3 ratio. Since I don't have any HDCP devices installed yet, this isn't a big problem. Still, I'll have to upgrade that video card sooner or later.

jc · Post by jc » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:31 pm

I had suspected that, but didn't want to assume it was an older card.

Post by **bio** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:54 pm

I have a 20" widescreen LCD at work.

It runs native at 1680x1050 and is the sweetest thing ever! Of couse, out of the box it wouldn't do the 16:9 ratio. A quick jaunt to ATI to update the video on my laptop fixed it.

The laptop itself doesn't have DVI, but the docking cradle does, so that worked pretty well for me (and gives me the option to dual-head the box... if I can convince my new boss to buy me a second 20").

And speaking of big ass screens.... we may be buying this for the house. Totally sexy, 6000:1 contrast ratio, and 1080p.

Post by **miftah** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:03 pm

Just helped the gf's family buy a Sony 40" for $1299. Its not 1080, but they wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway.