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Don Stauffer wrote:
I worked with Gateway tech support and got my problem solved. Turns out the movement of the "knob" on the resolution setting was so fine that the desired 1440 x 900 resolution was just between two 4:3 settings and I was overshooting. I had to move my trackball VERY carefully, but did finally get it, and the system seems to have gone into wide screen mode automatically. Since I am operating at the display's native resolution, the image quality is a lot better, and circles are now circles! It was a manual skills problem :-) These old hands were just not handy enough to select the proper resolution easily. The graphics "card" does have a 1440 x 900 widescreen mode. You may find that your mouse (trackball) driver program has a setting for 'fine' control. You might investigate this for future similar problems. |
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David J Taylor wrote:
Dave Cohen wrote: [] The only thing I find a little puzzling is although text is pretty good on both system, Ubuntu seems more crisp, probably a font difference. Dave Cohen Windows has the ClearType function available, which will smooth the edges of characters so that they no longer consist of well-defined dots, but are smoother and easier to read - less aliased and more like good quality printed text. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx You may want to experiment with the ClearType settings on your Windows system. There's a program you can download to adjust the settings: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...uner/tune.aspx Cheers, David I did try that before I downloaded the correct drivers and decided not to use it. Now that everything else is correct, I just gave it another try. It is an improvement and I'll keep it. Thanks. Dave Cohen ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Don Stauffer in Minnesota wrote:
On Oct 1, 5:45 pm, "David J Taylor" - this-part.nor-this-bit.co.uk wrote: [] Phil, On the most recent Dell I set up you just plugged in the monitor and the system automatically selected the correct resolution. That system happens to run Windows Vista. Very simple and straight-forward. 73, David That is what my monitor instructions said too, but it didn't work. Making the proper setting using the detailed instructions instead of the quick setup makes for a much nicer appearance. So it looks like the score is Dell 1, Gateway 0 G David |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in message om... lid wrote: [] I did try that before I downloaded the correct drivers and decided not to use it. Now that everything else is correct, I just gave it another try. It is an improvement and I'll keep it. Thanks. Dave Cohen Glad it helped, Dave. I'm amazed by how may people either don't use, or are not aware of, ClearType. Cheers, David Perhaps because it looks crap. |
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:15:20 GMT, "David J Taylor"
wrote: wrote: [] I did try that before I downloaded the correct drivers and decided not to use it. Now that everything else is correct, I just gave it another try. It is an improvement and I'll keep it. Thanks. Dave Cohen Glad it helped, Dave. I'm amazed by how may people either don't use, or are not aware of, ClearType. Cheers, David Because no matter what settings I tried when using it, it made all text on my LCD display painfully annoying. I have excellent eyesight and my monitor has no problems displaying text comprised of 1 pixel-width lines, when the monitor's "focus" adjustment is properly set. I surmise that an LCD monitor's focusing adjustment is its own antialiasing method (unlike a CRT focus adjustment which actually does focus the electron beam, but you do have to remove the shroud to get to that adjustment in the high-voltage section). I prefer little to no antialising for my text, individual pixels defining all edges is as crisp and detailed as it gets. I find that using small 8-10pt fonts on my monitor to be spatially efficient and easy to read. When engaging "ClearType"® its antialiasing methods make all my fine-line text into bold and garrish letters, no matter the "ClearType"® settings tried. The precise 1px-width lines making up the black on white text will end up being a blurred 2-3 px-width blackish-green blob of lines. It's as if I increased the font by 2-3 pts, turned on an extra-bold attribute, engaged a gausian blur, and changed the black's hue to an ugly and muddy green. Gates can keep his disasterous Un-"ClearType"® text-effect. His coke-bottle-bottom glasses that he's worn all his life a testament to where that idea and programming came from. |
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Steve B wrote:
[] Glad it helped, Dave. I'm amazed by how may people either don't use, or are not aware of, ClearType. Cheers, David Perhaps because it looks crap. Sorry to hear it doesn't work well for you - it's behaved perfectly on all the LCD displays I've used. If it doesn't improve the display, then something is most likely wrong. Cheers, David |
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20-15 wrote:
[] Gates can keep his disasterous Un-"ClearType"® text-effect. His coke-bottle-bottom glasses that he's worn all his life a testament to where that idea and programming came from. As I said to Steve B, it's behaved perfectly on all the LCD displays I've used. Sorry to hear it's not working for you. Cheers, David |
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