re: resolution problem
Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 2:37 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
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.
>
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