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@ Remi Denis-Courmont, Thanks for the reply. I don't know why the computer output from my laptop doesn't adjust for the elongated pixels if the native resolution and the physical aspect ratio of the monitor is in the EDID, but even the manual for the monitor shows this image distortion when connecte...

Thank you hobbes and Remi Denis-Courmont, it looks like this could be my answer. With regard to the EDID, my laptop recognizes the display and sets the resolution to 1024x768, but does not compensate for the elongated pixels. Does the standard EDID format have a means of including that type of infor...

I found this post in a thread from a different forum. The problem was different than mine, but the needed solution was the same (with the monitor resolution set to a 4:3 ratio, squeezing a 16:9 HD movie into a 4:9 pixel output from the PC): "With MediaPlayerClassic or VLC you could disable the ...

Hello, I'm a newcomer to the forum, have not yet used VLC or any HTPC software - I'm just in the process of putting together my windows HTPC. But I have a specific potential problem and a related general question. Thanks in advance for your help. Specific problem/question: My home theatre TV is a ve...