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why is my monitor settings squashing images?
Hi
Not sure if you can help but have recently bought a run of the mill wide-screen monitor (approx 16×10 inch) and for the life of me can’t find the settings to stop circles and squares from appearing as ovals and rectangles on the screen. The only setting which seems to get it a little closer to the correct image is what they call the "clock" setting in the image set up setting screen – this setting now doesn’t use all of the screen. The monitor is a AOC L19WH and came with a Compaq Presario that PC World were doing a deal on a few months back.
Any tips would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Russ
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16 Replies
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I have the same problem, just bought a 22inch lcd monitor, it looks like a widescreen so you would think its streches a circle out from side to side but its streching it from bottom and top
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Not sure if it will help, if you have CorelDraw you can set the rules to the screen setting, so shapes should look right.
Nick.
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Can’t tell you how to do it, unless you run a Mac, but surely this is just a matter of getting the display setting on your computer right for your particular monitor.
That is, if the display setting on your computer is set to 1280 x 960 pixels, that would appear stretched on a 1280 x 1024 monitor and make your circles oval.
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just been through this with twin 22 wide screens.
you have to run the res at the screen res some older video cards cant do it.£26 down pc world fixed it with a new card i found on special offer.
i was very disappointed when i put the new monitor on a old machine to try it, whilst i built the new computer but when run at its proper res fantasticchris
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quote Chris Wool:just been through this with twin 22 wide screens.
There’s flash for you.
Us poor people have to make do with 19s. 😀
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i just went into the display propertys, changed it and wayhay!!!!1 i have perfect circles.
Thanks 😉
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quote John Childs:quote Chris Wool:just been through this with twin 22 wide screens.
There’s flash for you.
Us poor people have to make do with 19s. 😀
its cheaper than new glasses these days
😉
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Ace !! – just a case of messing with the resolution settings – thanks John and all.
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1024×768 is a resolution for a normal monitor, so is say 1600 x 1200
you have to find a resolution that works for your wide screen monitor
1360 x 768 was the best one for a 26"
you just have to play about till its right. -
quote Steve Underhill:you just have to play about till its right.
Or just look in the manual for your monitor and find out what it’s native resolution is. 😀
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Change 1 setting in display properties, (it’ll be one of 2) = a few seconds wasted.
Or find first , then look through a manual printed in probably 27 different languages, or more than likely on a CD you have to browse.
to find the native resolution, = possibly 10 minutes wasted.
Id go with the old play with the 2 possible settings till its right. :lol1:
Native resolution is fine, but what if you want a higher resolution…
Theres nothing in the manual to help with that, you just have to see whats right for you, RE Icon sizes etc without having to mess about resizing icons & window borders etc.
Some peoples eyesight is just fine at 1600×1200 others cant see anything above 800×600, the manual don’t help there, its all down to you changing the settings. -
its on the box in big letters
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quote Chris Wool:its on the box in big letters
*rofl*
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quote Chris Wool:its on the box in big letters
But hasn’t that usually been thrown away before the monitor has even been plugged in?
I find most of my customers never have any monitor boxes they return even if they come back the next day 😕
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I sympathise Steve.
I try to keep the boxes for all equipment at least until the warranty has run out.
However long I keep them, I only ever need a box about a fortnight after I have thrown it out. 🙁
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ha ha
typical.
I always ask "did you keep the box"?
No,
"Do you have the original receipt"?
No,
How do I know you bought it here then,
you’d better ring IIyama, Reliysis, LG, etc etc they will sort it out for you.I once had a customer who after being asked if they had a ps2 port on their PC bought a mouse, threw the box and then brought it back for a refund as they didn’t have the right connection, I even showed them the round green port on the back to make sure they had one.
I then advised them to not let the door hit them in the ass on the way out:lol1:
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