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New laptop with fuzzy screen

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porschetr

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I just bought a new laptop.
It has a good videocard but the screen is fuzzy. Well, the pictures and letters aren't crisp.
The resolustion is set to 1680 x 1050 which is the max.

Videocard is 128mb Radeon 9600 Pro turbo with 15.4" WSXGA+ monitor (Centrino 1.8)

I tried standard mode and clear type mode. Clear type is better but not good.
 
What is the NATIVE RESOLUTION of the Dell 8600?

OK - I just checked the specs. IMHO you are being victimized by marketing BS. Here are the specs:

Display: Stunning viewing area with the 15.4" Wide Aspect, UltraSharp TM displays WXGA (1280 x 800), WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) and WUXGA (1920 x 1200). Wide Aspect displays deliver impressive DVD viewing and additional screen area for increased productivity.

My read on that tells me that the native resolution of your display is 1280 x 800. (WXGA) Anything else will be degraded. That is the law of LCDs.

 
I just tried 1280 x 800 and it's not any better. I think it's worse actually.

I heard that someone has the same monitor and same card and his screen is very good. It must be the setting.
 
Originally posted by: corkyg
What is the NATIVE RESOLUTION of the Dell 8600?

OK - I just checked the specs. IMHO you are being victimized by marketing BS. Here are the specs:

Display: Stunning viewing area with the 15.4" Wide Aspect, UltraSharp TM displays WXGA (1280 x 800), WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) and WUXGA (1920 x 1200). Wide Aspect displays deliver impressive DVD viewing and additional screen area for increased productivity.

My read on that tells me that the native resolution of your display is 1280 x 800. (WXGA) Anything else will be degraded. That is the law of LCDs.
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Hey man, the law of LCDs is that you can't run in a higher resolution than your native resolution. It's not a CRT. If he can run it at 1680 x 1050 than it's atleast a WSXGA+. If that's the max setting than IT IS a WSXGA+. If it can run 1920 x 1200 than IT IS a WUXGA (as I'm fairly certain there's nothing higher right now).

This isn't marketing BS, the quote you showed, if gramatically correct, states that there are 3 displayS. IIRC these are the options on the 8600. There is a very good posibility that he got a defective LCD, as those screans are pretty damn crips...
 
Originally posted by: porschetr
I just tried 1280 x 800 and it's not any better. I think it's worse actually.

I heard that someone has the same monitor and same card and his screen is very good. It must be the setting.
Click to expand...

LCDs get worse as they downsample. Always keep them at their native resolution for the best picture (native resolution in windows is the highest setting you can choose). LCDs cannot display above their native resolution (as they acutally have physical pixels).
 
One of the member here suggested to change the dpi setting.
It was set to Large 120dpi, now it looks cleaner with 96dpi.
Thanks everyone.
 
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