You may also want to check your drivers. When we replaced an LCD monitor on my
wife's Windows box, the picture on the new monitor looked 'off' (for lack of
a better term) -- a little indistinct, fuzzy, poor colors -- until we
installed the driver that came with it.
Windows protested loudly that we were already using the best driver and that
the new driver wasn't approved, etc. etc. etc. But the difference was
substantial when the new driver was installed.
HTH
Jason Hayes
On Thursday 13 September 2007 12:22:17 am Dazed_75 wrote:
> You want to use the native resolution of the monitor. Unlike CRTs, an LCD
> really does have one "cell" per pixel and you want your resolution to match
> that. Also, LCDs all run at 60 Hz so you really want to drive it that way.
> Yes, the DVI cable might help, but should not be necessary. I notice you
> did not mention what OS she was running so it is hard to advise about any
> software means to improve it so you might want to let us know.
>
> BTW, I have always found the relative balance of brightness and contrast to
> be non-intuitive. They do interact significantly IMHO.
>
> On 9/12/07, Mark Jarvis <mark.jarvis@pvmail.maricopa.edu> wrote:
> > I just purchased a std 19" flat panel monitor for my wife's system. She's
> > less than pleased with its performance. She says that the picture is not
> > sharp and the colors are washed out. Since this is the opposite of my
> > (limited) experience with 15" flat panel monitors at school, I'm
> > wondering if I should suspect a defective monitor?
> >
> > Are there some tricks for adjusting the monitor that might help?
> >
> > It came with both brightness & contrast maxed out. So far, I've found
> > that knocking both down to approx. 30% helped the washed out, but the
> > blacks in her wallpaper picture are still a little grayish.
> >
> > Both the monitor & the video card are DVI capable. I assume that
> > switching to that would be a good thing. It looks like I'll need to buy a
> > different cable to use those connectors. Comments, anyone???
> >
> > After hookup, it came up with her std. 1024 x 768 resolution. I thought
> > that moving to the default 1200 x 1024 would improve sharpness, but
> > without improving sharpness, all it did was make graphics and icons
> > smaller and harder to use. (She needs cataract surgery but keeps putting
> > it off.)
> >
> > Any comments and help will be appreciated.
> >
> > -mj-
> >
> >
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