Solution to LCd's without 1280x1024?

[flipflopper]

With regard to LCD's.... the price of 17-inch / 19inchers is very nice, BUT, as i understand it, the 1280x1024 messes things up if you're picky about graphics. And i'm going to be workng with photos and stuff. I don't want my circles to turn out ovals.

Is there any solution? Are there any 17/19 inch monitors with a correct aspect ratio?

At the moment it seems I am limited to 15-inchers (which are okay but not a very good value) and 20-inchers ($600+ being out of my price range.

 

[dashiki]

most graphics people prefer crt's because of contrast and brightness of the screen and you get get alot of crt for your money. As for the aspect ratio I don't do much of anything with graphics so it looks fine.

 

[PurdueRy]

the aspect ratio is fine as long as you don't stretch 1024 x 768 material to fit the 1280 x 1024 space. A circle will be a circle

 

[batmanuel]

A 19 in LCD will display 1280x1024 in the correct aspect ratio just fine. Circles will be perfectly circular because the display itself is in the same 5:4 aspect ratio as the resolution. Try to run 1280x1024 on a 4:3 aspect CRT monitor, and THEN you will have some issues with the image being distorted.

 

[corkyg]

Agree with rleemhui and batmanuel. I have two 19 in LCDs and a 15.6 in laptop (my mobile darkroom.) I am heavy into graphics and digital imagery, and has been stated - have yet to see any aspect distortion. My native resolution on all three systems is 1280 x 1024. I also use a projector with XGA, and there is no problem with the projected images. For graphics work and editing I use a Wacom digitizing pad.

Maybe the problem comes from wide UXGA displays where the user has stretched the image to full screen rather than scroll vertically or use black sidebands?