Re: Monitor dimensions - light at the end of the Samsung tunnel

David J Taylor added these comments in the current discussion du
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Jerry,

An LCD screen cannot display images at other than its native
resolution. If you have a 1920 x 1200 screen, and want to show
1024 x 768 images, there /has/ to be some interpolation
somewhere, either by the hardware in the monitor, or by the
display software you use to get images onto the screen. The
244T contains such an interpolation capability, however, any
interpolated text may not look as sharp as text at the native
resolution. Interpolated images can be much more acceptable.

Windows will allow you set any resolution the monitor accepts.
In the manual for the 244T 1024 x 768 is, I think, mentioned,
so Windows should allow you to set that. Whether the 244T
interpolates that to 1600 x 1200 (no distortion, side gaps) or
1920 x 1200 (distorted, full screen) you would need to
confirm.

As far as the video card is concerned, 1920 x 1200 could be a
resolution which it does not support - as it's quite a large
number of pixels. But the manual for the card should tell
you.

I do hope your enquiries with Samsung are productive.

I don't want to belabor this more right now, David and waste your
and others time, but suffice to say that I called Samsung last
night, and customer support works only during the day. I called
them now, around 9:00AM their time and the message says they're
in a meeting. But, I found a store, a Best Buy, that had a 245T
which I believe is a lower cost cousin of the 244T on display.
The sales droid pulled up the Best Buy sales help specs on the
245T and sure enough, it DOES support multiple resolutions. e.g.,
it said it does 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 but 1280 x 1024. So, I
still need to talk to Samsung.

I discovered another embarassing fact this morning. I measured my
wife's 26" Sony which turns out to be 13" tall vertically and is
a 16:9 HDTV. I measured the Samsung 245T which is a 24" 16:10. It
is 12 3/4" tall. My current 21" 213T is actually 13.0" tall! So,
unless/until my wife's den TV dies and I have to do the
complicated swap around I described in another post, right this
second it seems like mindless insanity to pay $650+ for a monitor
that takes up more space on my desk but is actually smaller.

Now, having said that, I think your logic is compelling about the
BIG advantage you discovered with a wide-screen monitor: it will
teach this old dog the new trick of using the "native" 3:2 aspect
ratio of my Rebel XT instead of shooting with "white space" on
the sides and forcing it to 4:3 via cropping.

As always, thanks for your help, info, and patience.

--
HP, aka Jerry
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