You're going to have to forgive my ignorance on the topic as I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to LCD televisions, but I have some questions regarding an LCD TV I recently purchases. Before I get started I'll just go ahead and state that it's a Panasonic FLM-1911, which has a 1440 x 900 native resolution (16:10). The computer (or rather, laptop) I'm connecting to it is my Alienware m5550, which has a native resolution of 1280 x 800 (16:10). Anyways, is there a reason I can only get the standard 4:3 aspect ratio resolutions supported by the monitor/television? I can get 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, etc. to run, but not 1280 x 800, even though they're both technically 16:10 monitors. As I said I'm a bit ignorant on the matter, but why doesn't a 16:10 television monitor accept a 16:10 resolution from a computer? It doesn't make any sense to me. I've tried researching it, but I guess I'm not typing in the correct phrase to Google or something because I can't find much information on it. What exactly is the 1440 x 900 resolution if it's not even supported? Is it only used for television, but not computers? It's an HDTV-compatible TV too, if that means anything. I just don't get why a television/monitor would have a 1440 x 900 resolution (16:10 aspect ratio) and only support it for television and not computers. Is there anyway I can get it to show a 16:10 aspect ratio resolution, such as my laptop's 1280 x 800? So far I haven't been able to, but I was wondering if there was any way to trick the monitor into it or a way to hack it, if that's even possible. Currently I'm using my laptop's DVI port, but I'm connecting it with a VGA adapter because my TV doesn't have a DVI adapter (running at 1024 x 768). There's not really any ghosting per se, but there is a slight distortion if the image... kind of like there's a shadow on it. Is this because of the VGA, or something else? If I can't get it to run in 1280 x 800 (which I assume is the case), I'd at least like to get the shadow gone. Do most LCD TVs only support standard 4:3 resolutions, or do more expensive LCD TVs support their respective 16:9 or 16:10 resolutions? Thanks.
Thanks, eatsushi... that's actually one of the links I have bookmarked when researching this. But I'm still a little confused as to what it does based on the site's description. So it just allows you to change the settings of the display for each monitor, in essence? Does this normally help clarity in any way, or just color balance and general things like that? Thanks for the response!
eatsushi's suggestion is spot-on. Powerstrip allows your video card to output custom resolutions which is what you need to do. Here's an informative tutorial on how to configure this very useful piece of software: http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/powerstrip.html
