Bought LCD: Digital Pictures are Distored? Natural Resolution.

lbbss wrote:
I bought an LCD screen, but all my pictures are distorted. Sure I
can switch to a different resolution, but I don't want to do that for
a few reasons. Every LCD has a natural resolution at which the
picture works best.

You may want to double check. If you are running your LCD at its native
resolution, then the display should _NOT_ be distorted.
Distorted displays (no matter if text, pictures, ...) happens normally
only, if the graphics card produces one aspect ratio and the monitor has
a different native aspect ratio and therefore is forced to emulate a
non-native resolution.

Any way that I can keep it at the
present resolution, but my digital pictures not been distorted (aspect
ratio).

Some monitors can be switched into a letter box mode, where lower than
native resolutions will be displayed in smaller area of the screen
rather than stretched to fit the whole display area.

jue

Jürgen Exner wrote:
lbbss wrote:
I bought an LCD screen, but all my pictures are distorted. Sure I
can switch to a different resolution, but I don't want to do that for
a few reasons. Every LCD has a natural resolution at which the
picture works best.

You may want to double check. If you are running your LCD at its native
resolution, then the display should _NOT_ be distorted.
Distorted displays (no matter if text, pictures, ...) happens normally
only, if the graphics card produces one aspect ratio and the monitor has
a different native aspect ratio and therefore is forced to emulate a
non-native resolution.

Any way that I can keep it at the
present resolution, but my digital pictures not been distorted (aspect
ratio).

Some monitors can be switched into a letter box mode, where lower than
native resolutions will be displayed in smaller area of the screen
rather than stretched to fit the whole display area.

Re-check your settings, the native resolution won't be distorted.
Circles should be circles.

I've had an awful time with Vista and an odd sized LCD, I ended up using
UltraMon to manage dual monitors with it. Whenever it crashes, the
aspect ratio gets hosed and only UltraMon will restore it.

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Paul Furman
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Jürgen Exner wrote:
lbbss wrote:
I bought an LCD screen, but all my pictures are distorted. Sure I
can switch to a different resolution, but I don't want to do that for
a few reasons. Every LCD has a natural resolution at which the
picture works best.

You may want to double check. If you are running your LCD at its native
resolution, then the display should _NOT_ be distorted.
Distorted displays (no matter if text, pictures, ...) happens normally
only, if the graphics card produces one aspect ratio and the monitor has
a different native aspect ratio and therefore is forced to emulate a
non-native resolution.

Any way that I can keep it at the
present resolution, but my digital pictures not been distorted (aspect
ratio).

PS: Which monitor (manufacturer + model) are we talking about and which
resolution ( x by y) are you using now?

jue