-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty

  • From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:58:16 -0400

I've uploaded a pic, hope it works.  it shows the properties I have set for
my display.  I have
windows Me so it was actually the Effects tab.

http://s312.photobucket.com/albums/ll350/12Sandy34/?action=view&current=SandysDisplayPropertiesforFonts.jpg

Sandy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:25 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty


> Sandy,
>     Do you have ClearType enabled?  Text on LCD screens appear much
clearer
> when it's on.
> To use ClearType for screen fonts:
>
>
>
> Open Display in Control Panel.
>
> On the Appearance tab, click Effects.
>
> In the Effects dialog box, select the Use the following method to smooth
> edges of screen fonts check box.
>
> Click ClearType in the list.
>
>
>
> Notes:
>
> To open Display, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click
> Display.
>
>
> ClearType is ideal for portable computer and other flat screen monitors.
> ClearType may appear slightly blurry on desktop computer monitors.
>
>
> Whether you select Standard or ClearType from the list, you must have a
> video card and monitor that support a color setting of at least 256
colors.
> Best results are achieved with High color (24-bit) or Highest color
(32-bit)
> support. Click the Settings tab to set Color quality.
>
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask."
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:32 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty
>
>
> >I don't know if it's just me or what, but I use a 19" Samsung
> >SyncMaster912N
> > that's an LCD and I love the graphics, they were amazing after the CRT,
> > but
> > I have to say that the fonts "to me" are not nearly as crisp as on a
CRT.
> > And if I try to change the resolution, the software doesn't like it and
> > the
> > screen goes black with a message bouncing around telling me I'm not at
the
> > "optimal resolution"  I tried just going into my settings and changing
the
> > font size and my only choices were small (like is on the 1280 x 1024
> > optimal
> > resolution) or large.  I did change it to large and loved it for email,
> > but
> > it made a lot of my programs not view correctly so I put it back to
small.
> > I have a hard time putting the cursor between two letters sometimes to
> > insert a letter that should have been there, especially like with the
> > letters "i; j; or l" together.
> >
> > But that just my opinion.  It has definitely lasted longer than the 2
> > CRT's
> > I went thru........even tho one CRT was still under warranty and I got
it
> > replaced (after I paid for shipping the darn thing to them).
> > Make sure you read your warranty so that you don't have to ship
something
> > off and pay a fortune in shipping costs!
> >
> > Sandy
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:38 AM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Monitor size, resolution and visibilty
> >
> >
> >>
> >> 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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