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

  • From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:25:46 -0400

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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