Is this possible? Pixel-aligned 1024x768 on 1440x900 MBPro?

I've got a 2006-era MacBook Pro and I'm going to be producing a series of screencast demos at 1024x768 resolution. I want to set the screen resolution to 1024x768, but have it actually display at that resolution, not stretched to fit a 900px screen. I would be happy with 66px of "letterbox" above and below the image, and 208px of "envelope" on the sides, just so long as the display area was pixel-aligned so that it doesn't look like some leftover 1980s analog monitor.
Is there a resolution/driver/trick to accomplish this?
PS: I am recording the full screen, and I don't have a second monitor to attach that runs at that resolution.

I've got a 2006-era MacBook Pro and I'm going to be producing a series of screencast demos at 1024x768 resolution. I want to set the screen resolution to 1024x768, but have it actually display at that resolution, not stretched to fit a 900px screen. I would be happy with 66px of "letterbox" above and below the image, and 208px of "envelope" on the sides, just so long as the display area was pixel-aligned so that it doesn't look like some leftover 1980s analog monitor.
Is there a resolution/driver/trick to accomplish this?
PS: I am recording the full screen, and I don't have a second monitor to attach that runs at that resolution.

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