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| Thread ID: 64370 | 2005-12-13 00:05:00 | Help please...is this possible? | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 412205 | 2005-12-13 03:49:00 | ome ...LCD...screens...have...issues...with...running. ..at...lower...than...native...resolutions.......f unny that you DIDN'T mention lcd screens at all.... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 412206 | 2005-12-13 03:51:00 | The comment that CRT's run lower resolutions better was in comparison to an LCD which only displays full detail at its native res. | Metla (12) | ||
| 412207 | 2005-12-13 04:25:00 | So you can fit more on the screen at once. ;) Also, everything is sharper at higher resolutions and you can always increase the text size at a high resolution if you are having trouble reading it. :) Sharper....Is it? I don't find a sudden fuzziness at 800x600. HAve to say I hate high resolutions...my 19 is on 1024 and thats about as high as I would want to go. Yes, there is that increase text workaround but it looks so horrible. Why the big obsession with super high resolution anyway? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 412208 | 2005-12-13 04:32:00 | You might have good vision, pctek. ;) You will find as you get older that larger text can be a good thing. I'd dispute "horrible", but if you have a choice between "horrible" and "unreadable" which would you take? The Accessibility magnifier tool can produce a fairly "unpretty" effect, but some people prefer that to not being able to read anything. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 412209 | 2005-12-13 04:41:00 | BTW, do you find lots of dots just vaguely annoying?? I know I do and Im picking others do too Very annoying! Sharper....Is it? I don't find a sudden fuzziness at 800x600.That may have been a poor way to describe it (though it is true if you don't run your LCD at its native resolution). Less detailed may have been a better description. :) At the moment my 15-inch LCD has a max resolution on 1024 x 768 which is no where near high enough (I honestly don't know how people can use 800 x 600. Nothing (applications, websites etc) is designed for it any more and everything is so huge on the screen). I'm definitely looking forward to getting a 20-inch LCD soon with a resolution of 1680 x 1050. |
maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 412210 | 2005-12-13 05:40:00 | Clear Type (komando.master.com) BETTER GET READY!!! (www.jsmagic.net) |
Sultan_Emerr (7444) | ||
| 412211 | 2005-12-13 10:51:00 | I run my LCD at work at 1280x1024, its great for having more on the screen at once which can be crucial for the speed of some of my work I do. Some LCD's just look "wrong" when you run them at certain resolutions... Some dont like anything other than 1024x768, some dont like 640x480 or lower. Varies between them. I would advise a 19" CRT, for peanuts as was mentioned (second-hand). If they still have difficulty, then the accessibility options are excellent if you just run through the Wizard and let it help them find the best size for everything :) I would run it at 1024x768 res for them personally, regardless. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 412212 | 2005-12-13 12:29:00 | I hate running my monitor at low resolutions.... nothing fits on the screen, you can't have many desktop icons and you have to scroll everywhere.... unless you have a reason (like bad eyesight) running a 17" or 19" CRT at 800x600 is just a pointless waste of potential screen real estate. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 412213 | 2005-12-14 04:20:00 | Agent24, did you bother to look at the original question? ... I have a friend who has got his grandparents online so the family can keep in touch via e-mail etc. The only thing is they hardly use it because their eyesight is bad and they have trouble reading the screen. They are only using a 15" monitor at the moment. Would it be feasible to get them a 2nd hand 19" monitor and run the resolution down at 800x600 or similar so that everything on the screen is huge. Would this even work? ... They " ... have a reason (like bad eyesight)". What you "hate" is not really relevant. In a few years, you might be needing big print, too. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
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