I would recommend running at 1280x960 (it's not an 'official' resolution, but it is available,) instead of 1280x1024.
x1024 is a 5:4 resolution, meaning that it is more 'square' than the 4:3 monitor is meant for. This means that if you adjust the monitor with the same borders on the sides as for 'standard' 4:3 resolutions (800x600, 1024x768, 1154x864, 1280x960, and 1600x1200,) then your pixels will be stretched. (They will be flat rectangles instead of squares.) 1280x960 produces a correct 4:3 output.
Note that LCDs that are 1280x1024 are a proper 5:4 ratio screen, with square pixels. CRTs at 1280 wide should be run at 960 tall. (Although, admittedly, the difference is so small that most people never notice.)
Yes, you lose some screen (pixel) real estate, but you get proper shape pixels. (And on the 1710AV, you happen to get exactly 100 dpi at 1280x960, as compared to 100 horizontal dpi and 106.6 vertical dpi at 1280x1024, although both of these assume you adjust the geometry so that the picture goes all the way to the very edges of the viewable area.)
x1024 is a 5:4 resolution, meaning that it is more 'square' than the 4:3 monitor is meant for. This means that if you adjust the monitor with the same borders on the sides as for 'standard' 4:3 resolutions (800x600, 1024x768, 1154x864, 1280x960, and 1600x1200,) then your pixels will be stretched. (They will be flat rectangles instead of squares.) 1280x960 produces a correct 4:3 output.
Note that LCDs that are 1280x1024 are a proper 5:4 ratio screen, with square pixels. CRTs at 1280 wide should be run at 960 tall. (Although, admittedly, the difference is so small that most people never notice.)
Yes, you lose some screen (pixel) real estate, but you get proper shape pixels. (And on the 1710AV, you happen to get exactly 100 dpi at 1280x960, as compared to 100 horizontal dpi and 106.6 vertical dpi at 1280x1024, although both of these assume you adjust the geometry so that the picture goes all the way to the very edges of the viewable area.)