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Originally Posted by Mr P

What I don't know is whether the various resolutions cause distortion, in that if you draw a circle in a graphics package whether it looks like a circle or an ellipse on the screen. Certainly, on my CRT, if I use resolutions of other than its 4x3 aspect ratio there is distortion.

That will only be an issue if your video card does not support the aspect ratio. I've seen people get wide screen monitors but not consider their video card. It' leads to pretty lousy looking displays.