how does 1:1 scalimg on LCDs work?

[TanisHalfElven]

i'm gonna be getting a nice lcd monitor for my computer

this is the one i have my eye on
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001088

well the thing is the xbox only has a vga cable and i don't know if 1:1 scaling will work with vga. will it. also does this monitor support 1:1 scaling or not ?

 

[BassBomb]

from what i know, as long as you output 1280x something for a 1280x1024 monitor on VGA it should work and scale it 1:1

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
from what i know, as long as you output 1280x something for a 1280x1024 monitor on VGA it should work and scale it 1:1

sooo. the xbox outputs to 1280x720 right ? so i'll be ok. wait this monitor is 1440 x 900. so i guess this one is out of the question ? i also like to know if this monitor support 1:1 without the graphhic card cuz i have an ATI card.

 

[43st]

Check on the widescreengaming forums, that's the only way to tell. It's up to the electronics on board the LCD whether it'll auto-scale an image or not. I have an LG wide screen monitor and it'll auto-scale 5:4 and 4:3 resolutions, which is a pain in the butt. The only saving grace is it doesn't auto-scale non-standard resolutions so it can be tricked with a very subtle change in resolution. It's enough to trick the monitor but not the eye.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: 43st
Check on the widescreengaming forums, that's the only way to tell. It's up to the electronics on board the LCD whether it'll auto-scale an image or not. I have an LG wide screen monitor and it'll auto-scale 5:4 and 4:3 resolutions, which is a pain in the butt. The only saving grace is it doesn't auto-scale non-standard resolutions so it can be tricked with a very subtle change in resolution. It's enough to trick the monitor but not the eye.

they don't the samsung 941bw listed.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

bump.