Why is image stretched vertically on widescreen monitor?

[Val]

Hey, Owen. 

You were right - the LCD image looked stretched only by comparison :).
The ruler measurements and switching to 1280x960 on the CRT both
confirmed that. 

Thank you for your help.

On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 17:51 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
> The pixels on your CRT are not if you are running at 1280x1024.
> (1280x1024 LCD panels are 5:4 not 4:3. 1280x960 is a 4:3 resolution.)
> Maybe the LCD only looks stretched by comparison?
> 

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Val <vace117 at yahoo.ca>

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