TFT moniter

joffy

I have just bought this


19" Video Seven L19WA Widescreen Silver/Black TFT, 1440x900, 8 ms, 500:1, 300 cd/m2, Speakers


But it is no where near as sharp as my dell 15" tft which it is replacing

I have got a dell dimension 3100 (6 months old)

It seems to give me a bit of eye strain
Is there anything I should be adjusting ?

kat21

make sure your tft is set up properly if its a good one it should have a menu with selections. If you have tried that then try windows and check the display settings refresh rate
kat21
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Sooler

try changing the screen resolution

right click on the windows desktop - properties - settings

try different screen resolutions - it will probably all come sharp when you get the right one

John_Gray

Your TFT manual or setup sheet should have told you what is the native resolution of the screen, at which the image looks "best" (Dell stick a clear sheet of plastic film with the native resolution in big numbers on all their new monitors!). Otherwise look for some typical native resolutions by screen size.

John

albertross_2

After setting the native resolution, you may also want to try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx

joffy

Thanks all , I have changed the resolution and it is super sharp now

Albertross;What does your link to powertoy actually do before I try it ?

I have been to view and text and checked biggest
But is there a way of making text bigger or is it quite small because it is a widescreen ?

espresso

joffy wrote:

What does your link to powertoy actually do before I try it ?

Click on the related links at the bottom of the page you were given a link to.

albertross_2

it adjusts the pixels on a TFT to fool your eye into thinking the text on the screen is sharper than it really is. Google for cleartype.