Newbie with a widescreen monitor

[Baller]

I just bought a widescreen monitor (Mitsubishi MLM300) and I do a lot of work in Photoshop on photographs. When I view anything on this monitor, all the data is stretched out to meet the 16:9 aspect ration of the monitor. Which causes my photographs to be skewed when viewing them. On the Apple widescreen monitors, this doesn't happen, and it seems to simply use the wider monitor as just additional desktop workspace, while still preserving the original aspect ration of the image.

I assume there is a way to cause my monitor to behave in the same fashion. I don't need to see all my text (Ex: A word doc) and photoraphs stretched across the screen. I just wanted the additional desktop space that would magically get utilized by my applications (Ex: Word would be able to display two pages horizontally, or I'd be able to open up another photo and have it fit on screen within Photoshop, etc.).

Is it a driver thing? A Windows thing?

Thanks,

Mark

[Bumstedmans]

First off, YOU HAVE A VERY NICE MONITOR, AND I ENVY YOU.
second, this may be a device driver issue. I have an Nvidia card, and I believe that there is a utility built into the driver that deals with this probelm.

to really be sure, you should just call the tech-support line and get stuck on hold with some man in Pakistan that dosent speak english. (grr outsourcing).

-The Bumstedman

[rik148755]

Is there no support site in the booklet for where you may be able to get drivers etc.. for your screen?

Did it come with any CD-roms?