Non Native Resolutions on Flat Panels ??

Hi Folks,

Will the new series of LCD Flat Panels coming out be able to handle non native resolutions with ease ?? (i.e. I play alot of games at 1024 x 768 on an 18.1 inch display. I know most 18 in flat panels are designed for 1200 x 1024 but I like my 1024 x 768 )

With all the discussions going on about response times and refresh rates I forgot to ask!

Please post - thanks - jg1234

I don't see too many people complaining that their resolution is too high

a "Pixel" is made up of 3 sub pixels, one red, one green and one blue. The combination of these create the 16M color spectrum of the monitor. What would a 4th one be? It could not be a color, nor could it be black or white.



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A standard 17-18” LCD is 1280 x 1024 resolution with 3.9 million transistors. Getting a panel without a dead pixel is hard enough, now try imaging that times 12. Also the problem is the transistors get in the way of the light through put.

Any number is easy to scale if it is divisible by 2. A 1600 x 1200 panel for example looks great at 800 x 600. If the number of pixels is not evenly divisible by 2, you must scale.

What you want is a 2560 x 2048 panel, this would scale nicely to 1280 x 1024, now how much will you pay for a 2560 x 2048 panel?

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
Monitorsdirect.com

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