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

  • From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:01:54 -0400

if it's the same thing on my pc it shows up as "smooth fonts" and I have had
this marked for years, but since owning an lcd never changed it to see if it
made a difference, but i know it did on my crt monitor.
Sandy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:33 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty


> I just tried that clear type, seems more blurry to me to read on my
> desktop/flat screen monitor.  But that was new to me, had never heard of
it.
>
>
> Christine
> ----- 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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