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new monitor, looks pants

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southeastastra · 21/05/2009 15:14

any suggestions before i bin it and get my lovely old philips huge one back?

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onagar · 21/05/2009 18:42

Is this a flat screen monitor? I don't have one yet, but they should be better if set up right.
I'm told they have a resolution they look best in for a start. It should say on the manual what that is. You don't have to use it, but I think it helps and if not you need to pick one that suitable for that screen shape which is likely to be wider and lower.

Also people who have them tell me they look a little odd at first because your eyes are used to a curved CRT monitor. Your eyes adjust after a bit and it looks right.

There is also an option called 'cleartype' or something that makes the best use of them.

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southeastastra · 21/05/2009 18:53

yes flat screen. problem is don't have a manual as dp got it from a friend.

the menu has

auto adjust
colour/brightness
information
image adjust
set up menu
and memory recall

i have fiddled with them all but it still looks weirdy. for example if you do advance search in mn the box is beige but mine is white. i can't get the brown back at all!

will try fiddling more but it's annoying. also words seem blurry

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onagar · 21/05/2009 19:44

Maybe if you post the model number we can find a manual online.

I'd be inclined to look for a 'reset to defaults' option on the monitor to put it back as it started and concentrate on changes to the desktop like resolution.

This explains it a bit and gives typical resolutions suitable for different sized monitors

All LCD screens can actually display only a single given resolution referred to as the native resolution.

This is the physical number of horizontal and vertical pixels that make up the LCD matrix of the display. Setting a computer display to a resolution lower than this resolution will either cause the monitor to use a reduced visible area of the screen or it will have to do extrapolation.

This extrapolation attempts to blend multiple pixels together to produce a similar image to what you would see if the monitor were to display it at the given resolution but it can result in fuzzy images>>

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southeastastra · 21/05/2009 19:51

i've set it back to memory recall which i imagine sets it to default and it's really bright now argh

it's a viewsonic ve175b

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onagar · 21/05/2009 20:18

Well the native resolution is 1280 x 1024 so you might try setting the desktop to that. You may not actually like that resolution (I need it bigger than that with my eyesight) but it should be sharper that way.

There is an online manual here. which might help.

They normally don't really need drivers as Windows takes care of that, but it would be useful to look in Device Manager (Control Panel - System - Hardware tab) to see if it has a yellow symbol next to monitor to suggest it needs one.

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southeastastra · 21/05/2009 20:33

i changed the resolution to 1280 x 1024 and can't believe the difference! looks brilliant, though smaller does mumsnet usually have big white gaps!

hope dp can read it like this because i like it alot.

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onagar · 21/05/2009 21:19

That's great

If DP has problems with it being small there is a way to increase default text size which ought not to lose the sharpness. In control Panel - Display. Click 'Settings' tab. Then Click the Advanced button.

There is a DPI setting there which may help. See if DP can manage without changing it though as some older programs don't like you altering it and display some text oddly.

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southeastastra · 21/05/2009 21:23

he likes it too, thank goodness

looks so much better! thank you for your help

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