basic low tech savvy display question
Monday, September 15, 2003 by ozmars | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
hi all, my laptop runs normally at 1600 x 1200 and looks fine. i would like to drop it down to 1280 x 1024, partly becauase the wallpapers look better, but mostly because the text is too darn small.
Trouble is that whenever I do that the colours go streaky and blocky instead of being smooth.
I am running W2k on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Marsh
Trouble is that whenever I do that the colours go streaky and blocky instead of being smooth.
I am running W2k on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Marsh
Jafo
Reply #2 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:22 PM
Reply #2 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:22 PM
Ah.....non CRT....my guess is you need to use a matching 'proportional' size.....1600x1200 down to 1024x768 would be better....altering the 'screen proportions' is probably a bad thing on a laptop display....
ozmars
Reply #3 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:23 PM
Reply #3 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:23 PM
Thanks, checked that but the colours are still funny.
It acts worse when there is a gradient - eg running from green to blue. Instead of being smooth, each shade is identifiable.
Having said all that, maybe I should stop whinging and just use skins that it doesn't show on!
It acts worse when there is a gradient - eg running from green to blue. Instead of being smooth, each shade is identifiable.
Having said all that, maybe I should stop whinging and just use skins that it doesn't show on!
ozmars
Reply #5 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:29 PM
Reply #5 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:29 PM
Jafo you may be right, but 1280x1024 is an option given as a default. I don't think I'm desperate enough to go any further down - I'll just have to cope.
Thanks for the instant feedback guys, much appreciated.
MARSh
Thanks for the instant feedback guys, much appreciated.
MARSh
Jafo
Reply #6 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:31 PM
Reply #6 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:31 PM
1280x960 is close to the one you 'want'....and might work better....
BoXXi
Reply #7 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:31 PM
Reply #7 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:31 PM
A pleasure, just sorry we couldn't help further.....(although Jafo is probably right.....he usually is!)
ozmars
Reply #8 Monday, September 15, 2003 7:33 PM
Reply #8 Monday, September 15, 2003 7:33 PM
OK, one more question.
I can set my monitor to 1600 x 1200, 1400 x 1050, 1280 x 1024, 1024 x 768, but no 1280 x 960.
Is there a way to manually configure that in w2k?
I can set my monitor to 1600 x 1200, 1400 x 1050, 1280 x 1024, 1024 x 768, but no 1280 x 960.
Is there a way to manually configure that in w2k?
Jafo
Reply #9 Monday, September 15, 2003 7:42 PM
Reply #9 Monday, September 15, 2003 7:42 PM
It's important NOT to push a monitor/screen to an unsupported res/refresh rate....when you do you will wish you hadn't...
IPlural
Reply #10 Monday, September 15, 2003 9:14 PM
Reply #10 Monday, September 15, 2003 9:14 PM
*phtzzzzzzz^pop*snapssszzzzzz...
almost as bad as over clocking without enough cooling oddly enough
Have you resized the wallpaper?
Shrink it proportionally or it might get the bends. But that should fix the back ground. You should also have an option in your Laptops BIOS for setting the screen to automatically/dynamically adjust to fill the screen. This pretty much ensures the display and chip set on the low level control things to keep them in the correct dimensions.
Kind of like putting a Magnifying Glass in front of small text to draw it out.
Then your not trying to graphically edit a bunch of things only to find out its a bios display setting....
IBM Thinkpads have this option because of the display also working as a Generic TV monitor when watching DVDs.
Dell should have something similar though I am not sure what they would call it in the bios.
It should be listed on the web site as something like * automatic/dynamic display resize/adjustment * or some such.
good luck!
almost as bad as over clocking without enough cooling oddly enough
Have you resized the wallpaper?
Shrink it proportionally or it might get the bends. But that should fix the back ground. You should also have an option in your Laptops BIOS for setting the screen to automatically/dynamically adjust to fill the screen. This pretty much ensures the display and chip set on the low level control things to keep them in the correct dimensions.
Kind of like putting a Magnifying Glass in front of small text to draw it out.
Then your not trying to graphically edit a bunch of things only to find out its a bios display setting....
IBM Thinkpads have this option because of the display also working as a Generic TV monitor when watching DVDs.
Dell should have something similar though I am not sure what they would call it in the bios.
It should be listed on the web site as something like * automatic/dynamic display resize/adjustment * or some such.
good luck!
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Reply #1 Monday, September 15, 2003 6:14 PM