Can video resolution exceed monitor display resolution?

External Since: Jul 24, 2004 Posts: 4

I want my computer to think the screen resolution is 2500x2500 or
higher. For example, SONY makes a higher "screen" resolution than the
actual pixel display on some of its notebooks (1280x1024 on an XGA
display). Sony displays 1024x768 but then scrolls the additional
screen when the mouse is moved to the edge of the screen. High screen
resolution will allow me to capture radiology images exceeding
3000x3000 at full resolution, whereas now I suffer image compression
and data loss.

Is there a screen or display utility or is there a video card that
allows such high resolution settings on a lower resolution monitor? I
already have a 21 inch CRT at 2048x1536, but I am still losing 50% of
the image data on large x-rays.

External Since: Aug 27, 2003 Posts: 1

On 26 Aug 2003 13:53:46 -0700, smeyer52.RemoveThis@earthlink.net (S Meyer) wrote:

>I want my computer to think the screen resolution is 2500x2500 or
>higher. For example, SONY makes a higher "screen" resolution than the
>actual pixel display on some of its notebooks (1280x1024 on an XGA
>display). Sony displays 1024x768 but then scrolls the additional
>screen when the mouse is moved to the edge of the screen. High screen
>resolution will allow me to capture radiology images exceeding
>3000x3000 at full resolution, whereas now I suffer image compression
>and data loss.

I'm not sure if XP will let you do this. In Linux you can do this.
It's a feature of X. You set the desktop size to be larger than video
resolution. When you reach the edge of the screen, it scrolls
automatically for you.