Will there be black bars visible when connecting to a 4:3 ratio monitor ?

I'm thinking of buying an Xbox 360. Since I don't have a HDTV, I'm thinking of connecting it to my PC monitor.

The monitor that I have is a Dell 19" with a max resolution of 1280*1024.

If I connect my Xbox 360 to it (via VGA) will the image fill up the screen (in games) or will there be black bars ?

Thanks

I just read this review on Amazon:

LINK

See the fourth review down

Is the vertical stretching really that bad ?

Yes you can play on an SDTV but it will be a lower resolution - you will not have black bars if you select the standard setting.

The stretching is noticeable - but not much. It's really not that bad and to me it was preferable to black bars when I was playing on a "square" screen.

Both in SDTV mode and at 1280x1024 - I prefer to play with the standard setting and no black bars. You can always switch to widescreen if you think it's stretched too much - then you will have the black bars but maintain the 16x9 aspect ratio. Like I said I didn't think the stretching was very bad myself.

So if I set the Xbox 360 (on the dashboard settings) at "Normal (non-widescreen" and the resolution at 1280*1024, the image should fill up the entire screen without any black bars in games ? As for the stretching issue, could someone please post some screenshots ?

Thanks