Force different aspect ratio in secondary screen (or in Firefox?)

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GNUser
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Iscritto: 07/17/2013

Hello everyone!

So, my T400 is connected to my TV using VGA. I can only use 1024x768 (other resolutions don't look properly on the TV) which is a 4:3 AR but the TV is actually shaped as 16:9 screen. So, when I get some video to play there I get the image "horizontally stretched", everything seems a dwarf version of what is should. Playing movies in VLC is not a problem because VLC adjusts the image for the proper AR on demand. However if I try to watch a video online using html5 I have no way to change the AR and so even if the video is 16:9 it still gets the black bars on top and the bottom. Any idea how to change it?

Thanks.

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Iscritto: 07/24/2010

Have you tried all the different aspect ratios the TV proposes in its own configuration?

GNUser
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Iscritto: 07/17/2013

Yes, the TV only has 16:9 and 4:3 options. My older TV used to have a "zoom" option that would solve this (it was used to stretch widescreen up to 16:9, which would be a solution for this issue as well).
The TV is a dead end as it seems, no options that I can tweak. I am trying to solve this in software because of that.

GNUser
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Iscritto: 07/17/2013

As a possible information for future users with same issue, I was able to actually select 720x400 and it looks properly on the TV (a slight part on each side is cut, but barely noticeable). I lose image quality but for what I need it, its good enough. This resolution is 1,8 instead of proper 1,777 but it's good enough. I still use higher resolution when playing video on VLC because VLC can expand the image when necessary. This is ideal for streaming because most online live streams don't have HD anyway.

Thanks for all replies anyway!