Does anyone know if there are any 16:9 aspect monitors that are backwards compatible to 4:3 aspect ratio?
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Does anyone know if there are any 16:9 aspect monitors that are backwards compatible to 4:3 aspect ratio?
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking; do you mean a monitor that you can set to not scale the input, so 4:3 inputs are actually shown as 4:3?
Well here is the situation:
Customer is using regular 4:3 monitors and they are becoming scarce. We can get all the 16:9 monitors we want, but some of them have issues operating at 4:3 ratio.
We need a backwards compatible 16:9 monitor.
I am trying to work with Samsung since that is the vendor of the old monitors we have been using.
My HP 2007 (20" 16:9) allows me to select an option to not stretch a 4:3 input to fill the screen, and instead display it at 4:3.
Otherwise, most 16:9's will stretch the 4:3 to fill the screen, causing some distortion, but will operate fine at 4:3 resolutions.
Is that what you are talking about?
I take it this wouldn't work?
Otherwise, I don't know of any 16:9 monitors off hand that'll do native ratios. You'll probably have more luck if the monitor has s-video or composite inputs, which would normally have 4:3 content as input anyways. I know nVidia drivers will let you do that in software with fullscreen apps, but idk if that is at all applicable in your situation.
Thanks Luke, this is exactly what I am trying to get across. (passing a kidney stone right now so my brain is wonky)
Due to the nature of the software, the image can not be stretched or it will look really odd...
I forgot to add some important info.
The resolution required is 1600x1200 and the size should be 20".
x88x nailed it as well.. you are looking for ones that will allow you to not stretch/fill the panel with whatever input is fed into it, so aspect ratio is maintained. :)
I'm pretty sure that Asus LCD's have that option as well, but dont quote me on that.
Thanks for the help guys. I will know more on Wednesday. Such as why they can't just change the resolution of the monitor to match it. (maybe a backwards compatible issue)
I will do some more research this weekend and hopefully be able to offer them some options. Right now we are selling them refurbished monitors, but 50% that we buy in have too much damage to the cosmetics to be usable.
I would guess that the reason why they need 4:3 is because they have some full-screen app that they have to use that has a GUI hardcoded for a specific resolution. Bad coding practice, but all too common.
Or it's some kind of medical or aerospace visual/imaging program, and visual distortion = big problems.