PowerMac G4 Digital Audio & Wide Screen (19/9) LCD Display - Compatible?

I want to buy a 23" LCD wide screen monitor to use with my G4 466 Digital Audio (1/2/2001). The display Chipset Model is ATY,Rage128Pro with 16 MB of VRAM. Both the G4 and the wide screen monitor have VGA connectors.
When I look at the display resolutions in Sys Prefs I don't see a 16/9 ratio resolution listed?
Can this computer be compatible with the 16/9 monitor?
Thanks!
-Joe

You never do see an exact 16:9 resolution in the list. On my 1 GHz G4 for example the resolution is set to 1680 x 1050, which is 16:10.
I do not know the answer to your question since I have never used a 23" monitor. I do have an Acer 22", and I just verified it gives the correct aspect ratio connected to the video card on a 400 Mhz G4. Thus my guess is you will be able to set the resolution so there is no distortion, but you may not be able to squeeze the monitors pixels to their limit. i.e. you may have to settle for 1360 x 768 - but I am just guessing.

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Subwoofer - Connects to 2 (Stereo or technically 2.1) or 5 (5.1) speakers
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Looking for help with this problem, that seems like a lot of people had in the past and still have, but I see that a couple of discussions on it here have been archived. Too bad, as the problem continues.
I seem to be having the same problem with my late 2008 white 2.1Ghz Macbook.
I had used earphones a few times with movies and iTunes, with no problems. Now I've just rebooted to find that I have no audio from internal speakers (the boot up chime works though). Earphones work perfectly.
There is a constant red light in the earphone jack. The volume icon in the top menu bar is greyed out. In the Sound preference panel, Built-in Speakers are not available as an option for audio out. The only option is Digital Audio. If I connect earphones, then they are available as the only option.
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Is there any particular problem with this that can't be solved by the aforementioned methods, that many people have used to solve it in a simple manner? Could my problem be more serious? Is there anything I could do if I opened up the Macbook, e.g., somehow to manually turn off the digital audio switch?
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Got it fixed with a small flathead screwdriver with a fairly wide blade. Opened iTunes, started playing songs, had red light in headphone jack, as per usual with this problem.
Put screwdriver in jack, with blade more or less vertical, started moving it around inside of jack in clockwise motion, pressing pretty firmly. Took just a couple of "swirls" around the inside of the jack and then audio finally turned on! Was a bit of a hassle, but finally worked.
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