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Gaming on widesceen LCDs

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Posted by: aye29

What are your opinions about gaming on widescreen LCDs? A WSXGA+ screen has a native resolution of 1680x1050. If I wanted to play a game at 1280x1024 on a WSXGA+ screen, would the game stretch the image in order to use the entire screen or would it only use part of the screen?

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Posted by: devlish96

my opinion?...excellent! no stretching will happen,..altho pixels will somehow be visible...but minimal

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Posted by: Lostman

I played games on my old VPR Matrix laptop that had the widescreen display. It looked pretty **** good IMO.

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Posted by: dethangel

you had a vpr matrix?! dude, u rock, i thought i was the only person in the world that knew what the **** they are, i have a vpr matrix 2020, that im modifying, lol, it kicks *** for gaming (but i want it faster)

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Posted by: Lostman

Key word was "had" a VPR Matrix. Here's a lovely story that will keep you away from them.

I got my VPR Matrix 200A5 as a gift. At first site I was happy as ****. Nice laptop, thin, great screen, designed by Porshe. I found out it was about $2500 upon release only available at Best Buy (VPR Matrix is subsidary).

After about 2 months of mild use the battery died. I didn't use it much. It was usually plugged in. Then I discover the screws where falling out of the bottom. I lost about 4 of them. Then the CD's would get stuck on eject from the CD/DVD drive. Then keys started falling off. Then the headphone jack went from Stero to Mono.

I can handle one of these things going wrong, but all of them in a 3 month old laptop that got no road wear? So I call VPR Matrix and they tell me to bring it to my local Best Buy. They tell me that I have to buy a new battery ($160) and that batterys die. Sure, show me a laptop battery that dies in 3 months. Then they say that I have to call the support center to have them send me the screws for the bottom. They don't carry them. (even though they're a repair center). So I call and they tell me it's a non-sendable part. So I go to my local hardware store and they don't sell any that will fit.

So I send the laptop back at they're charge. They send it back to me refirbed. I didn't even take it out of the box. I put it on e-bay and got rid of it.

Needless to say, I'll stay away from that brand. I should have gotten the Toshiba satalite.

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