Lcd monitors have a maximum resolution which corresponds basically to their native resolution which corresponds to the number of pixels of the lcd panel.
You can't force the monitor to go beyond that value.
So if you buy an lcd which has 1280x1024 as native resolution, thats the maximum resolution you will be able to enjoy.
You can change versus lower resolutions such as 1024x768, 800x600 and even 640x480 (and these are interpolated resolutions which means that the panel still has 1280x1024 pixels, but the image is smoothed over a certain area of pixels) but you won't be able to go beyond 1280x1024.
Crt monitors on the other hand, don't have a fixed number of pixels so you can change the resolution upwards and downwards of a value.
It just makes the pixels smaller or bigger and their number changes.

Totally true my friend. I wanted to say that (I DO know I'm a noob compared to someone in the buissiness).

I wish to thank all that explained this too me. I must say I'm enjoying the new screen very much, and the colors look better (before I analog monitor, now I have a DVI one; don't know how this is connected really). Gotta be more carefull when next buying a screen!

But of course, they do have some limits, determined by the maximum vertical and horizontal scan rates they can handle. To get to the limits of what modern video cards can support, you'd need a pretty good 21" or above CRT.

OOOOOooooh.... Screen Resolution

I thought yall was solving world problems in here.

Carry on...:rotfl:

This screen resolution problem occurs everywhere where LCD monitors are used, so you could call it a worldwide problem. Maybe a UN commission should be created to investigate it.