monitor resolutions

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Jim

I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes the
text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so forth, but
on several websites, you get what you get.

What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is 1680 x
1050. Any help is appreciated.

Jim
 
Start, Control Panel, Display, Settings, Screen Resolutions. Drag the
slider to the left and click on Aplly. You may need to Restart the
Computer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jim wrote:
> I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes
> the text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so
> forth, but on several websites, you get what you get.
>
> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is
> 1680 x 1050. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Jim
 
Many of those resolutions are for a "standard" monitor, not widescreen, but
are you saying that they will work, and not look really distorted?

Thanks,

Jim
"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Start, Control Panel, Display, Settings, Screen Resolutions. Drag the
> slider to the left and click on Aplly. You may need to Restart the
> Computer.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Jim wrote:
>> I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes
>> the text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so
>> forth, but on several websites, you get what you get.
>>
>> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is
>> 1680 x 1050. Any help is appreciated.
>>
>> Jim
>
>
 
Jim

I don't know! You can only experiment and revert to what you had if it
doesn't work.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim wrote:
> Many of those resolutions are for a "standard" monitor, not
> widescreen, but are you saying that they will work, and not look
> really distorted?
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%232u90uqDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Start, Control Panel, Display, Settings, Screen Resolutions. Drag the
>> slider to the left and click on Aplly. You may need to Restart the
>> Computer.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Jim wrote:
>>> I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just
>>> makes the text too small. I've made changes for larger text,
>>> icons, and so forth, but on several websites, you get what you get.
>>>
>>> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is
>>> 1680 x 1050. Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Jim
 
things do look a liiiiiiitle bit stretched, but i guess its better than
having words so small that they are unreadable to you.

"Jim" wrote:

> Many of those resolutions are for a "standard" monitor, not widescreen, but
> are you saying that they will work, and not look really distorted?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%232u90uqDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Start, Control Panel, Display, Settings, Screen Resolutions. Drag the
> > slider to the left and click on Aplly. You may need to Restart the
> > Computer.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerry
> > ~~~~
> > FCA
> > Stourport, England
> > Enquire, plan and execute
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> >> I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes
> >> the text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so
> >> forth, but on several websites, you get what you get.
> >>
> >> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is
> >> 1680 x 1050. Any help is appreciated.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> >
>
>
>
 
1440 x 900 is a widescreen resolution that I use on my 17" notebook.
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"Jim" <jmcconaughey@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes the
>text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so forth,
>but on several websites, you get what you get.
>
> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is 1680 x
> 1050. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
 
Nope, that's the recommended resolution that the monitor quotes as a message
directly from the monitor itself. Usually, there is a way to disable such a
nag message by the monitor controls. My video adapter only does 60Hz for
that resolution, so I backtracked one notch to get 75Hz.

Once the monitor nag message is disabled, setup the resolution that you're
comfortable with.
Dave

"Jim" <jmcconaughey@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes the
>text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so forth,
>but on several websites, you get what you get.
>
> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is 1680 x
> 1050. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
 
Try the accessibility options to over-ride web site set font
sizes.




"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
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| Nope, that's the recommended resolution that the monitor
quotes as a message
| directly from the monitor itself. Usually, there is a way
to disable such a
| nag message by the monitor controls. My video adapter
only does 60Hz for
| that resolution, so I backtracked one notch to get 75Hz.
|
| Once the monitor nag message is disabled, setup the
resolution that you're
| comfortable with.
| Dave
|
| "Jim" <jmcconaughey@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
| news:47128ac7$0$25628$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
| >I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native
resolution just makes the
| >text too small. I've made changes for larger text,
icons, and so forth,
| >but on several websites, you get what you get.
| >
| > What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The
native is 1680 x
| > 1050. Any help is appreciated.
| >
| > Jim
| >
|
|
 
Hello,

This is the reason why I still stick to CRT monitors for desktop use. You
have two ways

1) Use a lower resolution, but a more softer picture as the monitor will
scale the image to fit the screen
2) Enable accessibility options in Internet Explorer Options to ignore web
page font sizes, but many web pages will not look as designed (i use this
for my ultraportable)
3) Buy a new LCD that has a lower native resolution - LCD TVs fall in this
category

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"Jim" <jmcconaughey@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native resolution just makes the
>text too small. I've made changes for larger text, icons, and so forth,
>but on several websites, you get what you get.
>
> What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The native is 1680 x
> 1050. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
 
What web site?
Dave
"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> Try the accessibility options to over-ride web site set font
> sizes.
>
>
>
>
> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
> news:%230gMtAuDIHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> | Nope, that's the recommended resolution that the monitor
> quotes as a message
> | directly from the monitor itself. Usually, there is a way
> to disable such a
> | nag message by the monitor controls. My video adapter
> only does 60Hz for
> | that resolution, so I backtracked one notch to get 75Hz.
> |
> | Once the monitor nag message is disabled, setup the
> resolution that you're
> | comfortable with.
> | Dave
> |
> | "Jim" <jmcconaughey@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> | news:47128ac7$0$25628$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> | >I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native
> resolution just makes the
> | >text too small. I've made changes for larger text,
> icons, and so forth,
> | >but on several websites, you get what you get.
> | >
> | > What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The
> native is 1680 x
> | > 1050. Any help is appreciated.
> | >
> | > Jim
> | >
> |
> |
>
>
 
any and all web sites, you are not forced to use the web sites fonts, check
your advanced settings in IE

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

> What web site?
> Dave
> "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
> news:uNqZNIuDIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Try the accessibility options to over-ride web site set font
> > sizes.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
> > news:%230gMtAuDIHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > | Nope, that's the recommended resolution that the monitor
> > quotes as a message
> > | directly from the monitor itself. Usually, there is a way
> > to disable such a
> > | nag message by the monitor controls. My video adapter
> > only does 60Hz for
> > | that resolution, so I backtracked one notch to get 75Hz.
> > |
> > | Once the monitor nag message is disabled, setup the
> > resolution that you're
> > | comfortable with.
> > | Dave
> > |
> > | "Jim" <jmcconaughey@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> > | news:47128ac7$0$25628$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> > | >I have a 22" widescreen monitor, and the native
> > resolution just makes the
> > | >text too small. I've made changes for larger text,
> > icons, and so forth,
> > | >but on several websites, you get what you get.
> > | >
> > | > What resolutions can I use that would be suitable. The
> > native is 1680 x
> > | > 1050. Any help is appreciated.
> > | >
> > | > Jim
> > | >
> > |
> > |
> >
> >
>
>
>
 
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