Are there ANY 24" LCD monitors that don't auto-expand a native 16:9 AR input to 16:10?

[mojambo]

Hi everyone,

Subject pretty much sums it all up. I'm looking to buy a new monitor and feel like it's probably about time to give up my CRT in favor of an LCD. In all the reading I've done of the various 24" LCDs on the market, it seems that they all automatically expand a 16:9 input, whether a 1080i/p via component/DVI/HDMI, or 1920x1080/1280x720 via VGA, to a fullscreen 16:10 image. I'm hoping that someone out there knows of a 24" monitor that gives the user the option to maintain the original AR, while still having the other desirable traits we look for in an LCD display (good response time, reasonable price, good color gamut repro). This is also pretty important for legacy gaming, where only 4:3 AR resolutions are supported and stretching those to 16:10 would look absolutely atrocious (versus merely just bad for 16:9 -> 16:10).

Does anyone know of such a beast?

Thanks for any insight!

 

[BroadbandGamer]

The Dell 2407WFP.

 

[mojambo]

Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer
The Dell 2407WFP.

Well, I spent quite a bit of time researching this monitor as well. From what I could gather, it sounds like Rev A00 of the 2407WFP will correctly letterbox a 16:9 input, but later firmware revs (A01 through A03) will stretch 16:9 to 16:10. This is for VGA input - everything I've read about component on the 2407WFP sounds like stretching has always been done for every rev, not to mention quality issues via component.

 

[shuttleboi]

Originally posted by: mojambo

Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer
The Dell 2407WFP.

Well, I spent quite a bit of time researching this monitor as well. From what I could gather, it sounds like Rev A00 of the 2407WFP will correctly letterbox a 16:9 input, but later firmware revs (A01 through A03) will stretch 16:9 to 16:10. This is for VGA input - everything I've read about component on the 2407WFP sounds like stretching has always been done for every rev, not to mention quality issues via component.

yeah, I've been reading the same thing. The Xbox's 1920x1080 is stretched to 1920x1200 over VGA.



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[etriky]

I own a 2407WFP, but never have used the component input. I can't comment on the component inputs, but I do know the digital and VGA input does pixel to pixel, keep AR, and stretch correctly.

 

[JBT]

Dell 2405FPW

 

[liquid51]

It's hearsay at this point, but rumor has it that Benq will be adding 1:1 pixel mapping via firmware update sometime in december. Read that here at anandtech: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...&STARTPAGE=2&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

If thats true, this may be the monitor that finally pushes me to ditch the crt.