People who own the BenQ G2400W

[Jax Omen]

I've quickly learned the only way to find out if a monitor offers it's own scaling options for images is to ask people who already own one.

I play lots of older games that simply DO NOT support widescreens. I've had enough bad experiences with drivers not offering either a 4:3 stretch option or a 1:1 pixel mapping option (I'm not that picky with my older games, aspect ratio scaling doesn't bother me, I generally prefer it).

Does this monitor offer any built in scaling, and if so, what options?

 

[xtknight]

I don't own it but I do know the G2400W features all three options (fill, 4:3, 1:1) from reading on HardForum. I'm unsure of the quality and resolutions supported (a monitor's DSP can not necessarily except any resolution you give it).

Do you use a PS3 or Xbox for gaming? PC? Component (console) inputs may have different levels of success in scaling than others.

 

[Jax Omen]

I have a 360, but it's not touching the monitor, it's for my computer.

360 doesn't need HD anyway, all it does is upscale from 720p anyway, and those TVs aren't worth the money.

 

[Jax Omen]

Yeah, basically I want it to support 640x480 (tons of old games), 800x600 (few older-but-not-as-old-as-Starcraft games), and 1600x1200 (everything that doesn't support widescreen but supports higher resolutions). without screwing with the 4:3 aspect ratio. 1024x768 would be nice too, but I only have like one game that needs that, and I haven't played Heroes 4 in a long, long time.

 

[Jax Omen]

Anybody know if it supports those low resolutions?

 

[Jax Omen]

Went through the 40+ reviews on newegg and many of them complain about a lack of scaling

I really need to know: does this monitor support 4:3 scaling (either via 1:1 mapping, or preferably 4:3 aspect ratio scaling) over DVI?