Kind of OT question for Lonni

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:
> Though open to suggestions from anyone else.
>
> We have a funky HDTV/display that is 16:9, but the native resolution
> is actually 1024 x 768.  So when used as a PC display, the desktop
> and any images are stretched horizontally.  I was wondering if the
> drivers (Windows or Linux) for some of the nVidia cards would support
> showing correct proportions under this situation.
>
> I really suspect going at this with a driver for the monitor would be
> the correct way to go, but unfortunately Dell doesn't seem to have
> drivers for this beast.

This really depends on the graphics card, the driver & the TV.  A few 
questions:
0) How are you connecting this TV to the computer?  What kind of cable 
(VGA, DVI, HDMI, SVIDEO, etc)?
1) What kind of videocard are you using, and which driver (and version)?
2) What is in the EDID for this TV?


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