Screen Resolution in My Labtop

[AYYASH]

Hi,

I just bought a new Toshiba Sattilite 2435-S255 Laptop. When I change the screen resolution to more than 1024X768, the desktop streched to be more than the size of the screen. It shows about 60% of the desktop. I have to move the mouse all around the screen to see the other parts of the desktop.

How can I fix this problem?

Please help,

 

[hjo3]

Don't think you can. The laptop's LCD screen has a finite number of pixels, so resolutions above 1024x768 can't be displayed (you'd have to squeeze more than one pixel of data into each screen pixel).

If you plug the laptop into a CRT and disable the LCD, it ought to display higher resolutions without the "desktop-stretching" effect.

 

[T3C]

hjo3,, is right

 

[compso]

If the laptop didn't support 1024x768 it wouldn't have showed it. I suggest you download/install the latest video and monitor drivers. Reboot. Check it, start with the lowest resolution and work your way up. You might want to check the refresh rate as well.

 

[AYYASH]

Thanks for all,

In fact, I used many laptops before. I worked with HP, Dell, Sony, and Compaq. They all are flexible in screen resolution resizing.
This one is different and I don't know why.

I'll try to download the latest driver to see if it's going to work.

Thanks again,

 

[compso]

BTW, I've had a customer with resolution problems on a laptop because he was using a docking station. His Dell Inspiron had one resolution while out of the station and another while plugged in the station (which makes for more than one monitor driver in device manager). So what happend is that he had the proper driver installed for when the laptop was out of the docking station but a generic monitor driver for when it was plugged in.

 

[DurocShark]

I've seen many lappys do this. My old Soyo 9800 does that for any res over 640x480. The LCD is maxing out, so the system is creating a "virtual desktop".

LCD's aren't like CRT monitors. The resolution is fixed. Lower resolutions are created by pixel doubling, and higher resolutions just can't happen.

It's not necessarily a bad thing. Just verify the specs of your lappy and see what its max resolution is.

 

[AYYASH]

It seems that I should stick to 1024X768 resolution.

What bother me is the fonts and graphics are not very sharp. It is little fuzzy.

 

[hjo3]

That's weird. LCDs should be pretty sharp. Sharper than CRTs, anyway. Since you just bought it, you might consider exercising mfr. warranty or doing an OTC exchange or something. Er, or call tech support and see what they think (tho that'd be kinda hard since it's difficult to describe your LCD problem in a quantifiable manner...). GL

 

[compso]

I disagree. It is a common misconception that LCD's are sharper than CRT's. It's true that they are brighter but not sharper. I have seen many a customers brand spanking new LCD's look fuzzy.

Tips for getting that picture sharper:

• Install monitor driver
  Lower resolution
  Check refresh rate
  Turn on Microsoft Clear Type (display properties>appearance>effects>2nd drop down>clear type

hjo3 is right about exercising the warranty, you got one still so use it. Give them a call and ask them what's going. My guess is they aren't gonna know squat

 

[hjo3]

LCDs can look fuzzy when they're at resolutions other than their native res. But they beat CRTs on sharpness at their native res.

From DrisplayMate:
The CRT beam produces images with softer edges that are not as sharp as an LCD at its native resolution.

http://www.displaymate.com/crtvslcd.html

 

[Souka]

Originally posted by: compso
If the laptop didn't support 1024x768 it wouldn't have showed it. I suggest you download/install the latest video and monitor drivers. Reboot. Check it, start with the lowest resolution and work your way up. You might want to check the refresh rate as well.

Not true. Often the internal video card is capable of displaying more than the LCD.

My co-workers IBM Thinkpad T23 has native 1024x768, but he runs his resolution at 1280x1024 I believe...... as a result, we he's docked he has a full desktop, undocked on LCD he has the "virtual desktop" whereby moving the mouse to the edge of the screen scrolls. Many laptops, and even desktop computers support this.

 

[compso]

well i said if the "laptop" didn't support it, not the lcd. I was reffering to the graphics accelerator. If it did not support a certain resolution it would not show it.

 

[AYYASH]

There is no way to have more sharpness view. I spent hours trying and the result was nothing.

Any way, thank you very much for the valuable information you posted.

When I get any thing new regarding this supject, I'll post it here.

 

[Mday]

Originally posted by: AYYASH
There is no way to have more sharpness view. I spent hours trying and the result was nothing.

Any way, thank you very much for the valuable information you posted.

When I get any thing new regarding this supject, I'll post it here.

what the hell is sharpness view?

do you know what the native resolution of hte LCD is?

does cleartype or font smoothing do anything when they are on\off?