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re: resolution problem
Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 2:37 pm
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Posted by Sunny Han (1 messages posted)


it does work on Dells, the hardware screen size change, however, is not built into the screen as a button. rather, after you change the resolution, press function f-7 to display screen size changes. refit the screen and you're set. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman (Thanks to Justin H.)


On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 8:44 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>LCD displays are designed to run at a specific resolution. There have been several
>articles written on the subject. You are supposed to buy the resolution you want
>to use. I've never owned one, or a laptop, but I've done a considerable amount of
>reading on the subject since I was considering a purchase a few years ago. A CRT
>can interpolate pixels while an LCD does not do that very well. And of course you
>can't change the screen size the way you can on a CRT, because the display is completely
>digital, there's no scan rate to change, and no analog adjustments that can be used
>to change magnification. Your only hope (I confess ignorance on this one) is the
>nVidia driver. On the desktop version there is a screen mag and centering adjustment
>- if there is not one for the laptop version, then you have few choices 1600x1200
>as you bought it, or 1600x1200 with the outer pixels turned off.
>
>


Written in response to:
re: resolution problem (Ricer46: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 8:44 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: resolution problem (BillyGates: Sunday, August 10, 2003 at 4:25 am)
*re: resolution problem (Catty: Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 9:21 am)
*re: resolution problem (Brian: Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 4:24 pm)
*re: resolution problem (PaulaJava: Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 12:21 pm)
*re: resolution problem (Judith Bernard: Friday, March 17, 2006 at 6:00 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-resolution problem (Phesto: Mon, Nov 11, 2002, 7:26 pm)
-re: resolution problem (czyxzy: Mon, Nov 11, 2002, 7:44 pm)
-re: resolution problem (Phesto: Mon, Nov 11, 2002, 8:14 pm)
-re: resolution problem (Ricer46: Tue, Nov 12, 2002, 8:44 am)
-re: resolution problem (Sunny Han: Sat, Jan 18, 2003, 2:37 pm)
*re: resolution problem (BillyGates: Sun, Aug 10, 2003, 4:25 am)
*re: resolution problem (Catty: Thu, Jan 8, 2004, 9:21 am)
*re: resolution problem (Brian: Sun, Jul 18, 2004, 4:24 pm)
*re: resolution problem (PaulaJava: Thu, Mar 16, 2006, 12:21 pm)
-re: resolution problem (Judith Bernard: Fri, Mar 17, 2006, 6:00 am)
*Resolution to "resolution problem" (Jon Plank: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 7:40 am)
*re: resolution problem (triplate: Mon, Nov 11, 2002, 7:44 pm)
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