CRT Resolution Trouble
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From: George on 12 Dec 2009 09:59 On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:13:00 -0500, George(a)here.com wrote: >Here are his specs: > >* Motherboard is Dell Dimension 8300 > >* CPU is Intel Pentium 4 3G Northwood HyperThreading > >* AGP card is Microsoft nVIDIA GeForce FX3200 128mb > >Perhaps the 128mb video card is inadequate. > >Thanks Geo My friend has just e-mailed me that changing to another spare video card he had solved his problem. Thanks for your insights. The issue should be dead now. Geo
From: Jon Danniken on 12 Dec 2009 13:44 ~misfit~ wrote: > > > I was reading this thread with ever-increasing incredulity. Unless > it's a regional thing I've never known of wide-screen CRT monitors. > In fact I thought that the OP might well be some sort of trolling. Sony made a number of wide format CRT monitors. A few years ago they were available via Ebay or other vendors; here's one in particular: http://www.accurateit.com/details.asp?iid=474 and another: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-GDM-FW900-Widescreen-Trinitron-Monitor/dp/B00004YNSR I always dreamed about having one of those, but they were hideously expensive, and now I just have a regular old widescreen LCD to placate my visual needs. Jon
From: Jon Danniken on 12 Dec 2009 13:46 Paul wrote: > > I think it is one of these :-) I really like the evil glow > coming out of the sides. > > http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/monitor/crtlcd.html > Oh wow, that is one helluva clever idea. You could even use a different temperature CF bulb to customize the color! Jon
From: ~misfit~ on 12 Dec 2009 17:17 Somewhere on teh intarwebs Paul wrote: > ~misfit~ wrote: >> Somewhere on teh intarwebs kony wrote: >>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:49 -0500, George(a)here.com wrote: >>>> I have a friend who has a problem that seems to stem from a >>>> mismatch between what his monitor wants and what his computer can >>>> provide. The monitor wants 1680 x 1050, but the closest choices >>>> provided by his AGP graphics card are 1600 x 1000 or 1920 x 1080. >>>> He sets it for the lower number, but the computer changes that to >>>> 1920 x 1080. The too-high resolution causes the image to jiggle. >>>> He then has to go to Control Panel and set the resolution back a >>>> notch to 1600 x 1000. Beyond another graphics card, how else can he rid >>>> himself of this >>>> annoyance? >> [snip] >>> However, it seems likely you have an LCD not CRT monitor >>> since it has a resolution of 1680x1050. >> >> <phew!> >> >> I was reading this thread with ever-increasing incredulity. Unless >> it's a regional thing I've never known of wide-screen CRT monitors. >> In fact I thought that the OP might well be some sort of trolling. > > I think it is one of these :-) I really like the evil glow > coming out of the sides. > > http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/monitor/crtlcd.html Hehee! Whe did you build that Paul? <g> -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
From: ~misfit~ on 12 Dec 2009 17:34
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jon Danniken wrote: > ~misfit~ wrote: >> >> >> I was reading this thread with ever-increasing incredulity. Unless >> it's a regional thing I've never known of wide-screen CRT monitors. >> In fact I thought that the OP might well be some sort of trolling. > > Sony made a number of wide format CRT monitors. A few years ago they > were available via Ebay or other vendors; here's one in particular: > > http://www.accurateit.com/details.asp?iid=474 and another: > > http://www.amazon.com/Sony-GDM-FW900-Widescreen-Trinitron-Monitor/dp/B00004YNSR > > I always dreamed about having one of those, but they were hideously > expensive, and now I just have a regular old widescreen LCD to > placate my visual needs. Yeah, you're right. As I was writing my post I had a vague recollection of such a beast (the Sony) that I'd seen in a magazine's 'new and extremely expensive' section. I never did see one in a store and have never heard of one in use though. The only reason that monitors for computer use (as opposed to multimedia use) have gone widescreen is because the most common and cheapest technology for making them, twisted nematic (TN) LCDs have dismal vertical viewing angles. Changing your viewing angle by 10 degrees can change colours so having a 'tall' monitor really shows it up. Form a normal viewing position the angle from top to bottom may differ by 10 degrees. Consequently, to get more screen real estate the answer was to go shorter and wider (which also fitted in with TV trends). Seriously, for most computer work having a 4:3 screen is far better than a widescreen. With widescreen you're forever scrolling and a lot of apps (and websites) don't stretch all the way to the sides of the monitor anyway. I wouldn't swap my (laptop's) 4:3 ratio 15" 1400 x 1050 IPS (not TN) screen for anything. (At least not in a 15" size). Also, if I ever see a ~22" 4:3 1600 x 1200 LCD for sale second-hand, preferably IPS, in good condition at the right price I'll be buying it straight away (a mate has a couple, they're great). I'll avoid the widescreen trend for as long as I reasonably can. -- Cheers, Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'. |