-=PCTechTalk=- Monitor size, resolution and visibilty
- From: <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:38:11 -0400
My Mom needs a very low resolution on her display to make the items on the
screen large enough for her to see clearly. That makes it difficult to work on
her computer and you must constantly scroll left and right to see everything.
That is a real pain when reading text. (thats the setup for what comes next)
If I have a 17" CRT monitor (4:3 aspect ratio) with the resolution set to
600x480 the icons on the desktop are large. If I increase the resolution to
800x600 or 1024x768 the icons become medium and small.
If I switch to a 22" widescreen LCD monitor, using the same resolutions will
the physical size of the icons be the same as they were on the CRT? Think
visibilty here.
In other words:
"The quick brown fox" is visible without scrolling on the old monitor at
640x480. Will "The quick brown fox jumped over" be visible on the widescreen
without sacrificing visibilty?
"The quick brown fox jumped" vs "The quick brown fox jumped over the" at
800x600?
"The quick brown fox jumped over the" vs "The quick brown fox jumped over the
lazy dog" at 1024x768?
I want to keep the larger physical size of the items on the display to maintain
visibilty and at the same time reduce or eliminate the need for scrolling left
and right. Can that be done?
Don
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