Q. I was planning on buying a 360 and a VGA HD AV cable to hook up to my monitor. It is an HP w19b, it is widescreen and it runs at 1440x990 max res. I have a couple of questions.
1) When I play games, will my monitor give me black bars at the top or bottom?
2) If it does, how can i fix it so that it would fill the whole screen?
3) What is the max resolution that Halo 3 has?
4) Will my monitor stretch out the games when I play them?
5) Will the picture look different (in how it is stretched/unstretched) from a 40 INCH LCD FLAT PANEL WIDESCREEN 1080P HD TV?
1) When I play games, will my monitor give me black bars at the top or bottom?
2) If it does, how can i fix it so that it would fill the whole screen?
3) What is the max resolution that Halo 3 has?
4) Will my monitor stretch out the games when I play them?
5) Will the picture look different (in how it is stretched/unstretched) from a 40 INCH LCD FLAT PANEL WIDESCREEN 1080P HD TV?
A. 1). Yes, but only because your monitor is 16:10 and not a true native 16:9. Just select 16:9 aspect ratio and the bars won't be visbile or very unnoticable (depends on monitor). I don't know if the game will automatically play at 720p, you might need to enable it in the dashboard.
2). All games support 16:9 480i, use that setting. It should play in 720p which is
3). Halo 3 supports 480i/480p and 720p (not 1080i)
4). Most games support 16:9 480i/480p or greater and the game resolution will be rendered in 16:9, your monitor might stretch it to 16:10 or just have very small black bars.
5). On a 19" monitor, 720p is very high resolution and the Xbox should not strech the aspect ratio of the image too much. It should look great because LCD monitors have much high pixel densities than LCD TVs. The Monitor might look slightly dim deending on the environment
2). All games support 16:9 480i, use that setting. It should play in 720p which is
3). Halo 3 supports 480i/480p and 720p (not 1080i)
4). Most games support 16:9 480i/480p or greater and the game resolution will be rendered in 16:9, your monitor might stretch it to 16:10 or just have very small black bars.
5). On a 19" monitor, 720p is very high resolution and the Xbox should not strech the aspect ratio of the image too much. It should look great because LCD monitors have much high pixel densities than LCD TVs. The Monitor might look slightly dim deending on the environment
19 inch vs 20 inch lcd monitor?
Q. there's a 19 inch monitor for 133.33 and a 20 inch for 148.99...i'm planning on getting the 2o inch, but do you think the 15 dollar difference is worth choosing 20 from 19 inch OR should i save that money and pick 19 inch?
A. Depends on your value system. How much is an inch worth?
Monitors are like speakers on a stereo. You can have the best system and a cheap monitor and it looks like a cheap system.
Go for the 20", but for a little more you can get a 23" or 24" monitor. That would be better. Make sure you get a 1920 x 1080 resolution that is DHCP capable and if you plan on HD content get one with an HDMI port.
Monitors are like speakers on a stereo. You can have the best system and a cheap monitor and it looks like a cheap system.
Go for the 20", but for a little more you can get a 23" or 24" monitor. That would be better. Make sure you get a 1920 x 1080 resolution that is DHCP capable and if you plan on HD content get one with an HDMI port.
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