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

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:33:24 -0400

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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