CML174 non-native resolution

[Raczyk]

Hello all...

I'm in market for new CRT or LCD monitor, how does the Hitachi CML174 perform in non native resolutions? Does the screen downsize the area of display?

Thx..

 

[fireflayer]

I'm running one... the text doesn't look as nice, but it does pretty good while playing games and stuff... I've currently able to play all my stuff at native and I just turn down the eye candy a bit and it pretty much evens out.

It uses the same area for displaying the other resolutions. I'm not sure on this, but I think nidia might have an option on there drivers to make it not fill up the whole screen, but I'm using ATI so I don't know.

 

[bobmitch]

In radio, we have a music scheduling program called "Selector" Selector is still a DOS program updated to run in the DOS window of XP. Even then...it's native resolution is 640 x 480. I run Selector every day...and so far..the text is still sharp (now mind you...the monitor itself does some stretching). Very readable, colorful, etc. I remember the same thing happening with a Samsung monitor...in certain games and DOS...the monitor will try to compensate. With the Samsung...used to get really fuzzy. With Hitachi...no fuzz...

Bob

 

[flamethrower205]

aye, but that's basically 2:1; 1280/2x1024/2=640/512 (480 is close enough) so in that case scaling wouldn't be too bad.

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