Re: unnecessary startup programs
- From: Jean Menzies <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:28:59 -0600
Hi Bill
Thank you so much for explaining stuff about the monitor resolution
settings, etc. By your description, this must be a CRTS monitor. Based
on your knowledgeable description of resolution settings, I think I'll
leave that alone. But now I at least understand it a bit better.
I thought with a prebought configured system that they would've
installed the monitor drivers, but I guess not. I'll have to look into
that. Who knows what the answer will be if there is one. Smile.
Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Powers" <powersradio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: unnecessary startup programs
> Jean,
>
> An LCD monitor is fairly thin from front to back and has a very flat
> screen.
> A CRT monitor is usually very bulky and takes up a good chunk of your
> desk
> or computer stand. (It also uses up a lot more electricity). CRTs are
> cheaper than LCD monitors. If your monitor simply says "plug and play"
> in
> the settings then you have not installed the driver for your monitor
> and are
> just using a generic Windows driver. If you can find the driver for
> the
> monitor you have, you may get better video results.
>
> Going down in resolution to 800 x 600 will make the picture larger,
> which
> might be good for some applications but not others. The lower the
> resolution
> the more "rough" the picture will seem especially to a fully sighted
> person.
> It's like taking a newspaper print picture and blowing it up seveeral
> times
> until it looks very grainy because there is nothing to fill in between
> the
> dots of the picture and after it becomes so large, you start to see
> the
> blank spaces around the dots. The smaller the picture (or higher the
> resolution) the smoother and more solid the picture looks. Some
> programs
> won't even run at 800 x 600 anymore and require at least 1024 x 768.
>
> The hertz (appreviated H z in this case) refers to the refresh rate of
> the
> screen. The higher the number, the better the picture. The lower the
> number,
> the more likely to see flicker in the picture which will drive almost
> any
> sighted or partially sighted person crazy. Generally, LCD monitors run
> at a
> 60 Hz refresh rate though they can run higher, and will get a good
> picture
> at this rate. CRTs on the other hand, can run at low at 60 Hz but the
> picture will suffer from flicker. A more realistic refresh rate for a
> good
> picture from a CRT is 72 hz, preferably 85 Hz. BTW, trying to drive
> too
> high a refresh rate for a monitor can damage the monitor or the video
> card,
> but you'd long see problems with the picture before you'd likely
> encounter
> damage. If it's not feasible for your monitor to run at a really high
> refresh rate, Windows usually won't even allow it in the first place
> and
> will place you in Safe Mode.
>
> Hope this answers some questions for you and others.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Bill Powers
>
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