Help in choosing the correct size desktop wallpaper for your monitor
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on this pop-up window to determine the current screen resolution of your monitor. You can download pictures in three sizes from the Beautiful Britain website - 1024x768, 1680x1050 and 1280x1024. If your monitor's resolution does not match one of my three picture sizes you can almost certainly use one of them without any distortion or loss in quality.
Choose 1024x768 if your screen resolution matches any of the resolutions below. There will be no distortion or loss of quality.
1024x768
800x600
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1152x864 There will be no distortion but there will be some minor deterioration in quality as the picture size will be larger than the original
1280x960 There will be no distortion but there will be a greater deterioration in quality as the picture size will be larger than the original. Alternatively, consider downloading the 1280x1024 wallpaper for no loss in quality, but with minor distortion.
Choose 1680x1050 pictures if your screen resolution matches any of the resolutions below. There will be no distortion or loss of quality.
1680x1050
1440x900
1280x800
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1920x1200 There will be no distortion but there will be some deterioration in quality as the picture size will be larger than the original
Choose 1280x1024 if your screen resolution matches this resolution. There will be no distortion or loss of quality.
1280x1024
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1280x960 There will be no loss in quality, but there will be some minor distortion.
1600x1200 There will be some vertical stretching and also a deterioration in quality as the picture size will be larger than the original
Note:- If the background picture does not automatically fit the screen then you may have to set the stretch option in 'Display Properties'. It may well be set automatically, but if not, this is how to go about it in Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows.
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