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[FDNY]

I'm thinking of buying a wide screen monitor. Will this stretch video and images out? I don't want this. For example if I watch an episode of Seinfeld (pre wide screen), will it be stretched out? Or will there be two unused portions of my monitor at either side. BTW, I use VLC.

[seoul101]

The default setting in VLC shouldn't stretch anything out - you'll have black bars on the sides.

[Italy37612]

Seoul101 is correct. VLC will use the correct aspect ratio for the video. The video will only get stretched if you set it to fill the entire screen.

[Swampfox10mm]

one nice thing about VLC is you can manually choose from lots of different ratios, too.

[Ibsen]

It will only be stretched IF your monitor's resolution is not set to it's native res (i.e. using a 4:3 res with a 16:9 monitor). If you don't do that, then it will show up with black bars in VLC, but even if you did do that, like Swampfox said, you can manually set the resolution.

[akcrono]

Yea, you have a LOT of control over what the picture looks like, both for the desktop and videos. I hated widescreen when it first started catching on, and I still prefer 4:3 (fullscreen), but I have both a widescreen TV and monitor and have no problems.