[QUOTE="TimothyB"] All monitors have scaling, in fact cheap ones usually upscale and stretch any source to fill the screen no matter way. Which kind of a sucks for PC gaming since some games don't support widescreen so if you had to pick 4:3 resolution the monitor would stretch it to widescreen. And in the case of HD, 16:9, it's almost a gaurantee it will stretch to 16:10. It's almost a premium feature to have a mode that doesn't scale, like 1:1 pixel mapping. Or a premium just to get a aspect scaling mode where it fills the screen as much as it can while keeping the 16:9 or 4:3 shape by having bars.
Though, it is more a special feature to have a downscaler, where the monitor can accept a resolution higher than its, like 1080p, and downscale. Often it will just say out of range if it doesn't, while accepts and uspcales everything at or below it's native resolution. Most monitors that except 1080p or atleast 20.1 inch LCDs that have 1680*1050 that can atleast take serious advantage of 1080p.
jdang307
All monitors have scaling but not all of them force you to use it. On some monitors the scaling can be turned off etc. Just have to play with the OSM of the monitor.That's was saying, they ALL have scaling and that usually only the premium, more expensive models, give you an option to adjust what it does in the menu or none at all (1:1). So say most all $200-$250 20.1inch Widescreens will uspcale everything, no matter the shape or resolution to fill the screen with no other option. While say a $350 2007fpw Dell 20.1inch gives you all the modes like 1:1, Apsect, and Fill.
Log in to comment