Originally posted by VectraMan
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OK, either I am not understanding you, or you are not understanding me...
You don't need to put the laptop into the same resolution as the second screen and you don't need to have them at the same ratio.
And, the letterbox bars are only to get the ratio right - it's not switching off pixels to get the resolution.
(I've just tested that to check - take the laptop resolution down to 1280x768 = 15:9 and the image almost fills the whole screen. If I drop it to 1280x720 (16:9), hey presto the screen is full, no stretching)
Now, I'm wondering if your idea of stretching and mine are different - to me stretching would imply it's done in one axis only, so you lose the original ratio.
Maybe rather than talking about this in terms of my monitors, what is the monitor you'll be connecting the laptop to? What is it's resolution and size (also that for the laptop)?
e.g. laptop with 15.4", 2560x1400, monitor = 24", 1920x1200
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