I just hooked up a 17" flat screen to my XP computer. The monitor
recommends setting resolution to 1280x1024, when I do this the screeen
is ultra clear, but everything is really tiny as heck. I am used to
800x600 or 1024x768 sized icons and text, but when I change to this the
flat screen is definitely blurrier.
I tried changing back to 1280x1024 and dicking around with the font and
icon sizes, but something is always a miss -- text doesn't show up
correctly. Is there a good theme out there for 1280x1024 or some other
simple fix that I am missing?
It's frustrating that they developed a monitor for best clarity at
1280x1024 when these old eyes can't read that tiny crap. Thanks.

Welcome to the world of LCD displays. As you have found out you get the best
quality
display when you run a LCD at its native resolution. At any other screen
resolution other than
the LCD's native mode the displayed image does not line up with the pixals
of the LCD.
If your display has adjustment controls like Phase or Clock you might be
able to play with
those to get a better picture.

Rich

<forgetyou@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:1130955374.269596.33990@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>I just hooked up a 17" flat screen to my XP computer. The monitor
> recommends setting resolution to 1280x1024, when I do this the screeen
> is ultra clear, but everything is really tiny as heck. I am used to
> 800x600 or 1024x768 sized icons and text, but when I change to this the
> flat screen is definitely blurrier.
> I tried changing back to 1280x1024 and dicking around with the font and
> icon sizes, but something is always a miss -- text doesn't show up
> correctly. Is there a good theme out there for 1280x1024 or some other
> simple fix that I am missing?
> It's frustrating that they developed a monitor for best clarity at
> 1280x1024 when these old eyes can't read that tiny crap. Thanks.
>

I haven't tried it, still running a 17" CRT, have a look see how you go and
report back
----------------------

EyeRelief for LCDs (Free)
http://download.softobzor.net/win/0/...elief-100.html

EyeRelief 1.00 is a small, simple and free Windows utility that provides improved
legibility to high density LCDs, allowing larger font, icon, tool and taskbar
sizes at native resolutions. Users with, e.g., SXGA+, UXGA and higher resolutions
LCDs may find EyeRelief's desktop scaling a viable alternative to running at
lower non-native resolutions.

http://www.entechtaiwan.net/

Description

EyeRelief provides control over Windows desktop scaling via an easy-to-use menu
on the Windows taskbar system tray.

The scaling is applied to GDI elements only, allowing users with, e.g.,
high density LCDs to run Windows at the LCD’s native resolution with improved
legibility.

Ten scaling increments are available, in percentages ranging from 100% to 200%
relative to the dimensions found when EyeRelief is first installed.

Note that EyeRelief has no effect on bitmaps or on some toolbar icons, and no
direct effect on the size of the Windows taskbar (unless the taskbar is set to
Auto-hide).

To completely cancel/undo the effects of EyeRotate, select a different Theme or
Appearance scheme in Windows Display Properties, click Apply, and then re-select
and Apply your preferred Theme or Appereance scheme.

--
Touch Base
Post back here on the result- good or bad



<forgetyou@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:1130955374.269596.33990@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>I just hooked up a 17" flat screen to my XP computer. The monitor
> recommends setting resolution to 1280x1024, when I do this the screeen
> is ultra clear, but everything is really tiny as heck. I am used to
> 800x600 or 1024x768 sized icons and text, but when I change to this the
> flat screen is definitely blurrier.
> I tried changing back to 1280x1024 and dicking around with the font and
> icon sizes, but something is always a miss -- text doesn't show up
> correctly. Is there a good theme out there for 1280x1024 or some other
> simple fix that I am missing?
> It's frustrating that they developed a monitor for best clarity at
> 1280x1024 when these old eyes can't read that tiny crap. Thanks.
>

Thank you for your response, that software does pretty well. It's not
100% perfect, but it's free so I can't complain. Just sort of makes
the icons near the clock have a jaggedy look, but it does well with the
icons on the desktop and the text.

Thanks for the feedback, glad it assisted you in some way.

<forgetyou@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:1131413091.964509.84220@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
| Thank you for your response, that software does pretty well. It's not
| 100% perfect, but it's free so I can't complain. Just sort of makes
| the icons near the clock have a jaggedy look, but it does well with the
| icons on the desktop and the text.
|

Native resolution is the standard for LCDs. Any way short of all the
advice that you are getting here, you might simply try right clicking
on the desktop, then choose the setting tab in Display Properties.

Then Click the Advanced button near the bottom. Depending on what
monitor and video card you have there will be a number of tabs. Click
the tab called "General" There is a dialogue here about the DPI
settings of your monitor. This dialogue addresses the issue you stated
in your post. Here you can adjust the setting of your monitor so the
items on your screen appear larger.

Good Luck.
Gato Loco



On 2 Nov 2005 10:16:14 -0800, forgetyou@dodgeit.com wrote:

>I just hooked up a 17" flat screen to my XP computer. The monitor
>recommends setting resolution to 1280x1024, when I do this the screeen
>is ultra clear, but everything is really tiny as heck. I am used to
>800x600 or 1024x768 sized icons and text, but when I change to this the
>flat screen is definitely blurrier.
>I tried changing back to 1280x1024 and dicking around with the font and
>icon sizes, but something is always a miss -- text doesn't show up
>correctly. Is there a good theme out there for 1280x1024 or some other
>simple fix that I am missing?
>It's frustrating that they developed a monitor for best clarity at
>1280x1024 when these old eyes can't read that tiny crap. Thanks.