External Display 1440x900 supported?

Question

Hi folks... Perhaps someone here has direct experience with this, or can do a test with your setup.
There's a nice widescreen Samsung LCD monitor with 1440x900 resolution (model number 941BW). Does the external VGA output of a 400/500 MHz TiBook (the first generation model) support this particular resolution? I know it can actually go higher, probably up to 1600x1200, but I don't know if this widescreen ratio (1440x900) is supported.
Thanks of any info...

Answer 1

Hi Kenichi,
The following is from the 400/500 owners manual (the formatting got lost in the copy/paste, but as 1440x900 is not listed, it does not appear to be supported; of course you can always use a different resolution, but as you probably already know, the monitor will look best at its native resolution):
External Monitor in Extended Desktop or Video Mirroring Mode
With the PowerBook G4 display set at 1152 x 768 in millions of colors, an external VGA display supports:
Up to millions of colors in the following resolutions: 512 x 384, 640 x 480, 640 x 870, 800 x 600, 832 x 624, 1024 x 768, and 1152 x 870
Up to thousands of colors in the following resolutions: 1280 x 960, 1280 x 1024, and 1600 x 1200
Note: Selecting a resolution greater than 1152 x 768 in video mirroring mode causes the image on the external monitor to scale down (not take up the entire screen) to match the 1152 x 768 resolution of the internal display.
External Monitor in Display Closed Mode
Up to millions of colors in the following resolutions: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 870, 1280 x 960, 1280 x 1024, and 1600 x 1200
Up to thousands of colors in the following resolutions: 1792 x 1344 and 1856 x 1392