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Author:  Vroshnak [ 27 Mar 2007, 18:44 ]
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I'm finding with my TripleHead2Go and three 22" widescreen monitors that many pictures in internet pages are stretched fat... is there a way to stop it?
Author:  ctrlsteef [ 27 Mar 2007, 19:05 ]
Post subject:  Fat internet pictures
Is it possible that you're running your screens in a non widescreen resolution?
If that's the case then you need to put them in widescreen to prevent stretching.
Author:  Vroshnak [ 27 Mar 2007, 23:31 ]
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Possible. What would you suggest?

I have 22" widescreen monitors that support 1680x1050, 1280x1024,1152x864,1440x900,1024x768,800x600, and 640x480.

I have the Triple Head 2 Go which supports 3840x1024, 3072x768, 2400x600, 1920x480, 3840x768, 3840x720, 3072x768 (supposedly but this makes my montiors say "out of range").

Everything looks perfect to me in 3840x1024 except for many internet pictures. Icons, text, games, all look great to me in 3840x1024. I've tried 3840x720 and 3840x768, they make everything narrow except pictures.
Author:  Paddy the Wak [ 27 Mar 2007, 23:39 ]
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The TH2G doesn't do any triple 16:10 widescreen resolutions so no matter what you do you will have a distorted image on the desktop (and in games ... even if you aren't noticing it ... :wink: )

Moved to the Surround Gaming section ...
Author:  Vroshnak [ 28 Mar 2007, 03:22 ]
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Well since each monitor supports 1280x1024, and the Triple Head 2 Go supports 3840x1024, shouldn't that mean that there isn't distortion?

Or would I get distortion with just one monitor set to 1280x1024?
Author:  Valken [ 28 Mar 2007, 04:54 ]
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The distortion is from each of your monitor's scaling from 1280x1024 res to its native screen size/res.

It is stretching the image across 1680 pixels wide, even though you had set it to 1280 width for the TH2G.

If the LCD monitor has 2 inputs, you can attached two cables to each monitor:

1 cable from each monitor to the TH2G for gaming
and 1 cable to the 2nd DVI/VGA port on your video card for desktop work.

This assumes you have 2 video cards with twin outputs though.
See this thread for proposed solution:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9148
Author:  Paddy the Wak [ 28 Mar 2007, 08:19 ]
Post subject:  Fat internet pictures
Well since each monitor supports 1280x1024, and the Triple Head 2 Go supports 3840x1024, shouldn't that mean that there isn't distortion?

Or would I get distortion with just one monitor set to 1280x1024?
Each of your monitors may support the resolution 1280x1024 but that is a 4:3 resolution and your monitors are 16:10. So yes you would get the distortion with just one monitor set to 1280x1024 ... both in games and on your desktop ... :(
Author:  ctrlsteef [ 28 Mar 2007, 08:27 ]
Post subject:  Fat internet pictures
The TH2G doesn't do any triple 16:10 widescreen resolutions so no matter what you do you will have a distorted image on the desktop (and in games ... even if you aren't noticing it ... :wink: )

Huh, I thought that they added 2 triple widescreen resolutions. :? :shock:
Author:  Paddy the Wak [ 28 Mar 2007, 08:34 ]
Post subject:  Fat internet pictures
They did ...

3840 x 720 (triple 1280 x 720) 60Hz 3 x 16:9
and
3840 x 768 (triple 1280 x 768) 60Hz 3 x 15:9


They are not 16:10 resolutions ... hence ...

I've tried 3840x720 and 3840x768, they make everything narrow except pictures.

But the pictures are narrow ... he just isn't noticing it ... just as he isn't noticing the stretching at 3 x 1280x1024 in games ... :wink:

EDIT: Added "in games" to the last line.
Author:  ctrlsteef [ 28 Mar 2007, 08:49 ]
Post subject:  Fat internet pictures
Ah, okay, I get it now. :D
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