[dba-Tech] Widescreen Monitor

19 inch widescrren is shorter from top to bottom than 19 inch
conventional format. So the screen will be a little SMALLER for you.
You wouldn't be at 800 x 600 anymore lest you not be using the wide
sceen. At 800x600 you would have blac bars on the screen, maybe on one
side or maybe on both. You would want to pic a resolution that was a
wide screen resolution. If you have a 19 inch screen now though you
would need at least a 22 inch wide sceen I think to have the samv
verticle size as what you have now.

GK

On 9/7/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> BTW all my flat screens do real well in 800x600.  Didn't know there was
> anything different going on under the hood.
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> Rocky
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:19 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Widescreen Monitor
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> The usual way that an LCD display displays lower screen resolutions is to do
> processing to interpolate values and build up a resulting picture in the new
> lower resolution. Actually the processing is done in the video card I think.
> The results are usually fuzzy but usable.  OTOH the native resolution may be
> so high that the characters are tiny etc.  One way to get around this is to
> look for an lcd screen that natively supports the maximum resolution that
> you can stand to look at.  When I bought my laptop, it had two different
> screens I could have purchased.  I chose the lower (1440 x 900) rather than
> the 1800 x something or other simply because the higher resolution was imply
> unusable for me and I didn't want the resulting fuzzies that I would get by
> interpolating.
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> Go look at the monitor, set various resolutions and look at the results.
> You will see what I mean and can decide whether it will work for you.
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> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
> Beach Access Software
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:01 PM
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] Widescreen Monitor
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> Went to Fry's the other day and picked up an external Maxtor 300GB for $100.
> Needed it.  Also looked at a widescreen monitor but couldn't decide how it
> would do. It was only $150.  But I passed on it.
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> Today they're selling a 19" widescreen w/ analog and digital interfaces for
> $120 (they throw in a Canon ip1800 printer as well, but that's beside the
> point).
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> What I'm wondering is how this thing works.  I develop in 800x600 (also old
> man's eyes - big is good). And I sue the adh Screen Resizing code.
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> Now on this wide screen will it stretch the maximized form distorting it?
> Or do I end up with two black bars on either side and my current aspect
> ratio Will it stretch my desktop?  OR will I just get more real estate?
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> Should I grab this puppy?  I'm using a conventional 19 now - it's lovely. So
> 'need' is not part of the equation.
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> MTIA
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> Rocky
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