16:10 x 16:9 x 1:1

[mito]

This is what I have in plan.

BenQ 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor (FP241VW)

Toshiba HD-A2


How do I avoid the stretching or black bars when playing a 1080p (16:9) movie on the BenQ (16:10)? This is what 1:1 is all about?

 

[Zaphod]

How do I avoid the stretching or black bars when playing a 1080p (16:9) movie on the BenQ (16:10)?

You don't. You get either one or the other.

This is what 1:1 is all about?

No, '1:1 pixel mapping' refers to the fact that you want a single pixel from the source to map to a single pixel on your display device, which (of course) will give you a slightly letterboxed picture when playing back 1.78:1 content on your new monitor. If the monitor doesn't support 1:1 timings for 1080p the image will be stretched and distorted.

 

[kyleb]

16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios, which are comparisons of the length and hight of an image. 16:9 means that if you devide the length of the display into 16 equal parts, the lenght of 9 of those parts are equal to the hight of the display. So with 16:9 content on a 16:10 display, 1/10 of the hight of the display needs to be letterboxed off to avoid stretching.

 

[Bludd]

Without the letterboxing, you'll get 11% stretch which you may or may not find annoying.

 

[Tahir2]

And in some movies in Widescreen are released in a format that is not 16:9 so you will get letterboxing or stretching anyway.

 

[Randell]

And in some movies in Widescreen are released in a format that is not 16:9 so you will get letterboxing or stretching anyway.

make that most movies are not 16:9. Its mainly TV shows and family films which are released as 16:9 DVD's or HD format. Most films use the wider formats such as 2.35:1

 

[Mize]

And in some movies in Widescreen are released in a format that is not 16:9 so you will get letterboxing or stretching anyway.

Of which letterboxing is far better (than distortion).