Widescreen external monitor

Dear all, I was thinking to buy a Samsung 19" 16:9 (max 1440x900) external monitor for my iBook but after a visit in this forum I realized that the max res of my iBook G3 is stuck on 1024x768. Is it true? There is no way to up it, even with a 16:9? Thanks for your help, Marco

Some have used a hack to enable higher resolution, I believe, but it is not a recommended thing to do.

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