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Maximizing screen resolutionHi,
I have a notebook and my default screen resolution is 1280x768. I wonted to increase this size, but was unable to this until disabling the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" in Monitor properties. Once I selected the higher screen resolution I was able to see everything very well but I've only seen a part of the screen. If I navigate to the left tho whole screen scrolls to the left and then the right part is not shown, the same is with the up and down of the screen. It looks like virtually I have bigger screen than the one I really have. Does anyone have any suggestion so that this resolution is skewed to fit my screen size (so fonts will become smaller and so), because I can't do it manually as on any other monitor as this is a notebook. Thank for all your help in advance. On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 02:58:01 -0800, Darko K. <Darko
K*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Show quote >Hi, LCD displays, as found in laptops and flat-panel monitors, cannot> >I have a notebook and my default screen resolution is 1280x768. I wonted to >increase this size, but was unable to this until disabling the "Hide modes >that this monitor cannot display" in Monitor properties. Once I selected the >higher screen resolution I was able to see everything very well but I've only >seen a part of the screen. If I navigate to the left tho whole screen scrolls >to the left and then the right part is not shown, the same is with the up and >down of the screen. It looks like virtually I have bigger screen than the one >I really have. >Does anyone have any suggestion so that this resolution is skewed to fit my >screen size (so fonts will become smaller and so), because I can't do it >manually as on any other monitor as this is a notebook. > >Thank for all your help in advance. effectively display resolutions higher than their "natural" resolution. Think of the display like an array of tiny colored light bulbs: you can't display a dot smaller than one of the bulbs, or a line narrower. JA
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"John A." wrote: Thanks for quick response. > On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 02:58:01 -0800, Darko K. <Darko > K*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I have a notebook and my default screen resolution is 1280x768. I wonted to > >increase this size, but was unable to this until disabling the "Hide modes > >that this monitor cannot display" in Monitor properties. Once I selected the > >higher screen resolution I was able to see everything very well but I've only > >seen a part of the screen. If I navigate to the left tho whole screen scrolls > >to the left and then the right part is not shown, the same is with the up and > >down of the screen. It looks like virtually I have bigger screen than the one > >I really have. > >Does anyone have any suggestion so that this resolution is skewed to fit my > >screen size (so fonts will become smaller and so), because I can't do it > >manually as on any other monitor as this is a notebook. > > > >Thank for all your help in advance. > > LCD displays, as found in laptops and flat-panel monitors, cannot > effectively display resolutions higher than their "natural" > resolution. Think of the display like an array of tiny colored light > bulbs: you can't display a dot smaller than one of the bulbs, or a > line narrower. > JA > but I was able to this on my CRT monitor in the past. Isn't it a same thing? and sorry if I'm asking stupid questions! On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:36:01 -0800, Darko K.
<Dar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Show quote >"John A." wrote: The CRT's display works by scanning an electron beam across the screen> >> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 02:58:01 -0800, Darko K. <Darko >> K*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >Hi, >> > >> >I have a notebook and my default screen resolution is 1280x768. I wonted to >> >increase this size, but was unable to this until disabling the "Hide modes >> >that this monitor cannot display" in Monitor properties. Once I selected the >> >higher screen resolution I was able to see everything very well but I've only >> >seen a part of the screen. If I navigate to the left tho whole screen scrolls >> >to the left and then the right part is not shown, the same is with the up and >> >down of the screen. It looks like virtually I have bigger screen than the one >> >I really have. >> >Does anyone have any suggestion so that this resolution is skewed to fit my >> >screen size (so fonts will become smaller and so), because I can't do it >> >manually as on any other monitor as this is a notebook. >> > >> >Thank for all your help in advance. >> >> LCD displays, as found in laptops and flat-panel monitors, cannot >> effectively display resolutions higher than their "natural" >> resolution. Think of the display like an array of tiny colored light >> bulbs: you can't display a dot smaller than one of the bulbs, or a >> line narrower. >> JA >> > >Thanks for quick response. > >but I was able to this on my CRT monitor in the past. Isn't it a same thing? >and sorry if I'm asking stupid questions! of colored phosphor dots. It has its limits too, in the spacing of the phosphor dots and, usually more significantly, the tightness of the beam, but it is able to vary the spacing of the scans. Dots that are half-hit or grazed mostly glow only, I believe, where they are hit. On an LCD the "scan line" equivalents are fixed. Displaying, for example, a 2048x1536 display mode on a native 1024x768 LCD is more like making a comparable reduction in an image file. Pixels will be combined and averaged, effectively giving you the lower-resolution display while still using all the video memory & processor time of the higher resolution. JA It has to do with vga drivers more than lcd monitors
because i have the same problem when using intel vga chipset but i don't have that problem when i use nvidia vga chipset. Both using the same monitor and the same resolution that is larger than the native resolution. Nvidia drivers will squeeze the whole screen to fit inside the monitor. JOE Show quote "Darko K." wrote: > Hi, > > I have a notebook and my default screen resolution is 1280x768. I wonted to > increase this size, but was unable to this until disabling the "Hide modes > that this monitor cannot display" in Monitor properties. Once I selected the > higher screen resolution I was able to see everything very well but I've only > seen a part of the screen. If I navigate to the left tho whole screen scrolls > to the left and then the right part is not shown, the same is with the up and > down of the screen. It looks like virtually I have bigger screen than the one > I really have. > Does anyone have any suggestion so that this resolution is skewed to fit my > screen size (so fonts will become smaller and so), because I can't do it > manually as on any other monitor as this is a notebook. > > Thank for all your help in advance.  |
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