running an LCD monitor at res other than native

[Regulator07]

very simply, if i run an LCD monitor at a lower resolution that its native resolution, will i damage the monitor at all, or is it just image quality that i lose?

 

[Cheezeit]

I think its just that lcds look horrible if not at their native. It shouldn't dmagae the monitor

 

[cantbprince]

I believe it's just image quality that your loosing... as far as i know the native is just the standard resolution... (for optimal viewing)

 

[n7]

Won't hurt anything...just your eyes.

 

[Auric]

You're not losing anything except size if it remains centered. Only running at a lower horizontal resolution and enabling scaling to fill the maximum size results in quality loss.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

your eyes, yes.

Auric: It's more than just a simple quality loss. It's not 1024x768 on a CRT 20". It's not only scaled, but LCDs have blurriness problems when scaling down from native resolution.

 

[Sy]

The only time it won't look like total crap is if you divide the native resolution by a whole number say 2. So If you have a Dell 2100FP which has a native 1600x1200 resolution you divide that resolution by 2 1600/2 = 800 & 1200/2 =600 . So if you run at a resolution of 800x600 it won't look too bad.

~Sy