Surely I can't be the only one peeved by this. I've seen it on friends monitors, as well. I just bought one of those widescreen 16:9 monitors for the computer. My biggest issue with it is that to use the entire screen, it stretches out most websites, including this one. I find it incredibly annoying. Any ideas how you can still fully use the screen without stretching the damn site like silly putty? TIA
I don't know, but I just get used to it. You can try reducing the resolution of the screen, but I don't think that's what you are looking for. Some websites, as you may know, are not stretched out. This is because the webmasters designed it that way... if I want my website to not be stretched out, I hardcode how wide I want my body is in my HTML code. This is website-dependent and nothing you can do about it.
right click on a blank spot on the desktop. on the menu that comes up click properties. a new box will open. click on the last tab in that box, "settings" down in the bottom left corner is a slider titled "screen resolution" If you have a PnP monitor, or the correct monitor driver, sliding that lever back and forth will get you to a number where the ratio is 4 to 3. Select that resolution. Click apply down in the bottom right. If you don't have the correct monitor driver - if it only gives you 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, etc.- then the process is slightly more complicated.
Thanks. Good to know. I guess we will see a lot more sites switch to that format soon, now that these type screens are becoming more and more the "norm."
Fatty, your video card must support these resolutions that are 16:9. Monitors nowadays with a 16:9 resolution are more suitable for Widescreen movies and HD feeds. You can have your email in a much wider format, and you don't have to scroll so much on threads on the hangout (especially those D&D debates where those dudes offer long articles from politicians). You can have the main ClutchFans screen for FireFox or IE open as if it were a 4:3, and have an IM winder on the side and another IM winder below that one. Are you sure you're picking the proper WIDESCREEN resolution so that the text or graphics don't look stretched? Check your display settings and post the resolution (number below the size slider on the display settings tab)... it might not be 16:9. Also, what is the model of the monitor? Right now, my widescreen display "Screen Resolution" settings are set for 1680 x 1050, but I can also go up to 1920 by 1080. Yes, there is. Firefox allows you to load your own CSS to widen elements that are width-restricted.
Stretching on a widescreen monitor is caused exclusively by using the wrong resolution, one with the incorrect aspect ratio. If your monitor is widescreen (approximately 16:9), don't use a 4:3 resolution. If your graphics card is really, REALLY old, it may not support and widescreen resolutions (and that would be sad).
Ok guys, this is a similar question...I'll throw it in this thread just to avoid starting a new thread. I bought this monitor a few months ago: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9218731&type=product&id=1218061080695 I set the resolution on my computer (a macbook) to 1920x1080, which works fine, but on each side of the monitor, there is about an inch or so of the monitor that is not used at all, it's just black. If i set it to a lower resolution and tell it to stretch, the entire monitor will be used. What's up with this and how can I fix it?
I'll make it easy for you: If your screen resolution isn't one of these, it will most likely stretch on your wide screen monitor: 1280x800 (or 1280x768) 1366x768 (uncommon) 1440x900 1600x900 1680x1050 1920x1080 1920x1200 (if your monitor's really big) 2048x1152 2560x1600
Does the monitor have an auto-adjust function? Try using that. Otherwise you may need to manually tweak the monitor settings until it fills the screen right.
Most monitors/laptop screens that aren't specifically made to handle 1920x1080, are typically going to be that way unless you tell it to stretch. 1920x1080 = 16x9 Most PC monitors/Laptop screens are 16x10 (1680x1050, 1440x900) Basically, your monitor is looking to fit 1200 lines into a space where only 1080 fit, so, to make up for that, it shrinks the 1920 to 1728 pixels. You're basically not using 86 pixels on either side, or, a little under an inch on most screens. This has been your nerd lesson of the day.
