Is my monitor busted or not?

handyman · 12-05-2004, 18:54

Hi,

Have a Phillips wide screen tft monitor that I bought Last saturday and having a few 'issues' with it.

Its reccomended that the resolution be set to 1280 x 1024 but I find that this does not make text look very good at all. I have a Laptop to the side and its screen is perfect ??

Should I take It back and exchange it for a non wide screen one or Is there something that i can do to make it better?

Alanmelon · 12-05-2004, 18:57

1280x1024 doesn't sound like a widescreen resolution. Could you double check the documentation, as I suspect you need a different resolution. Also, have you used the Philips set up software for screen calibration?

dilli-theclaw · 12-05-2004, 18:57

1280x1024 isn't a widescreen resoloution. What size is the monitor?

Try 1280x768.

Check to see if Clear type is off or on too.

12-05-2004, 18:57

did you say its widescreen? i would have thought that would distort the fonts

12-05-2004, 19:03

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Originally Posted by handyman

Hi,

Have a Phillips wide screen tft monitor that I bought Last saturday and having a few 'issues' with it.

Its reccomended that the resolution be set to 1280 x 1024 but I find that this does not make text look very good at all. I have a Laptop to the side and its screen is perfect ??

Should I take It back and exchange it for a non wide screen one or Is there something that i can do to make it better?

my Samsung 17" widescreen tft runs 'native' at 1280x768, worth a try, handyman?

-edited to include screendump

dilli-theclaw · 12-05-2004, 19:04

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Originally Posted by gary_580

did you say its widescreen? i would have thought that would distort the fonts

If it's set up correctly it is fine

My dad has a widescreen laptop. I don't like it myself - but he does and watches a lof of dvd's on it. Anyway - his fonts etc are ok.

Richard M · 12-05-2004, 19:08

It should be set to 1280x768.
Try enabling "cleartype" for fonts in the display properties.

dilli-theclaw · 12-05-2004, 19:10

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Originally Posted by Richard M

It should be set to 1280x768.
Try enabling "cleartype" for fonts in the display properties.

That must definately be a subjective thing - if I'm working on a system with cleartype on it's tft - the first thing I do is make sure it's disabled.

handyman · 12-05-2004, 19:15

Cleartype made an improvement but setting the resolution to 1280*768 was a right mess. it seems that the resolution is not right as all the text seems different sizes and is still a bit blurry.

Alanmelon · 12-05-2004, 19:23

Do you have a model number? Also, did it come with 'Flat Panel Adjust'? - give that a run if you haven't already.

Richard M · 12-05-2004, 19:24

OK - How about 1024x512?
I think 512 is right...

Try different resolutions until it looks ok.

danielf · 12-05-2004, 19:27

I don't know if it is busted, but when my Philips monitor went funny, I gave them a ring, and they delivered a new monitor to my door and picked up the old one with very few questions asked. When I say new, I should say refurbished, as this was an older monitor, but I actually managed to get a brand new one out of them as they didn't have the right one in stock for a while. Seeing yours is brand new, they should replace it with a new one.

So, if you can't get it to look right, you could always try having it replaced.

paulyoung666 · 12-05-2004, 19:29

dont tft's have a native resolution ????????????????????

dilli-theclaw · 12-05-2004, 19:31

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

dont tft's have a native resolution ????????????????????

They do indeed.

paulyoung666 · 12-05-2004, 19:46

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

They do indeed.

so they dont work on any other resolution then

well not properly anyway