Your post likely lacks context because it sounds wrong, with most sources there are almost no 'black bars' left in that mode if you're using a fully compatible 1920x1080 display.NewYears1978 wrote:I wish someone would create some kind of device that could add overlay bezels when using modes with black bars..lol =D
I don't mind 4x - full screen..but 5x 1920x1080 with some tweaks for pixel perfect...yikes it's stunning. Just have to get used to those stupid black bars (my OCD hates it)
The two purposes of that mode are to get rid of the letterboxing (black bars on top and bottom) and display a 1:1 picture by default which turns off the display's scaling.
If it doesn't work on your monitor I see little interest in going after pixel perfect settings since the display is scaling and therefore interpolating/smoothing the picture anyway.
I've compared x3 and x4 modes to non-properly-displaying x5 1920x1080 using several different Full-HD displays (6 to date that I've tried couldn't support this mode correctly), and in every case x3 and x4 looked better with more consistent scaling and little scanlines issues, while x5 remained indeed letterboxed and artifacts-heavy, ugly and useless for scanlines.
I can imagine the battle with settings to try and correct that for every source, IMHO a meaningless struggle when x3 and x4 can look so good by default or with very little tweaking in comparison.
EDIT; totally forgot that you own a ViewSonic, sorry. Anyway I don't know what you're playing but on that monitor x5 1920x1080 mode is not supposed to show black bars at the top and bottom, most low-res sources being integer-scaled 5 times rather get a portion of the picture cut out on top and bottom, which is usually the advantage and the point. So I don't know what's going on, this is supposed to be THE unique mode without black bars and no need for tweaking, when you have a compatible monitor (which is your case unless something wrong is going on)