In article <NE07d.5956$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> "Martha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:wIadnWT8F-JZmsncRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm in the market for a new monitor and I've been doing the usual routine
> > of
> > research and checking them out in stores.
> >
> > I was all set to purchase a 17" LCD when I read some blurbs about problems
> > with fuzzy text. Sure enough when I went in yesterday and specifically
> > checked them out with text it looked like garbage.
> >
> > I tried several different Samsung 712Ns, 172Xs as well as 710MPs (I was
> > interested in a 710T, but nobody has one on display). As I said, I tried
> > several of the same model, on different computers. Some with integrated
> > graphics and some with very nice video cards. I had heard that Samsungs
> > were
> > all that, so this really surprised me. I then did the same routine with a
> > couple of Sony LCDs and a Medion (???) on two different machines and it
> > was
> > the same story. I made sure that the ClearText option was checked (it
> > certainly looked even worse without!).
> >
> > Have I been looking at the wrong models, or is this a concern with all
> > LCDs?
> > In theory they are supposed to reduce eyestrain! A few minutes of looking
> > at
> > it and I thought I was going cross-eyed. Is there a monitor and/or
> > monitor/video card combination that eliminates this problem, or do I just
> > buy a big-assed 19" CRT and deal for a couple of years until this issue is
> > sorted out? For the record, I don't do any gaming on my system so the text
> > is *really* the important factor.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Martha
>
>
> If you're using Windows XP, turn on CLEARTYPE. The default setting is meant
> for CRT, making it worse for LCDs.
>
>
>
And after you turn on clear type, go to the microsoft website to the url
where they fine tune the clear type settings. YOu can just type clear
type into the search box and you will find the page.

Louise

"Martha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:wIadnWT8F-JZmsncRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi there,
>
> I'm in the market for a new monitor and I've been doing the usual routine
> of
> research and checking them out in stores.
>
> I was all set to purchase a 17" LCD when I read some blurbs about problems
> with fuzzy text. Sure enough when I went in yesterday and specifically
> checked them out with text it looked like garbage.
>
> I tried several different Samsung 712Ns, 172Xs as well as 710MPs (I was
> interested in a 710T, but nobody has one on display). As I said, I tried
> several of the same model, on different computers. Some with integrated
> graphics and some with very nice video cards. I had heard that Samsungs
> were
> all that, so this really surprised me. I then did the same routine with a
> couple of Sony LCDs and a Medion (???) on two different machines and it
> was
> the same story. I made sure that the ClearText option was checked (it
> certainly looked even worse without!).
>
> Have I been looking at the wrong models, or is this a concern with all
> LCDs?
> In theory they are supposed to reduce eyestrain! A few minutes of looking
> at
> it and I thought I was going cross-eyed. Is there a monitor and/or
> monitor/video card combination that eliminates this problem, or do I just
> buy a big-assed 19" CRT and deal for a couple of years until this issue is
> sorted out? For the record, I don't do any gaming on my system so the text
> is *really* the important factor.
>
> Thanks,
> Martha


If you're using Windows XP, turn on CLEARTYPE. The default setting is meant
for CRT, making it worse for LCDs.

Louise wrote:


>>
>>
>>If you're using Windows XP, turn on CLEARTYPE. The default setting is meant
>>for CRT, making it worse for LCDs.
>>
>>
>>
>
> And after you turn on clear type, go to the microsoft website to the url
> where they fine tune the clear type settings. YOu can just type clear
> type into the search box and you will find the page.
>
> Louise

Thanks Louise,

I was using cleartype and didn't realize you could adjust. Now it looks
even better.

Willi
(E-Mail Removed)

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:33:02 -0400, "Martha"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>Well, they were at their native res - that was one of the first things I
>checked. The sales dudes saw it too, so we can't blame my eyes. :-) I was at
>more than one store as well. They were hooked up to dedicated PCs to ensure
>it wasn't signal degradation from being split to multiple monitors. FWIW, it
>was at its worst when it was black text on a grey background.
>
>If you do some poking around you will find a number of complaints on the
>issue. I'm trying to figure out if it relates to particular models/brands or
>if it is something inherent in LCDs.
>

I have an LCD and a CRT so know you are full of crap.

In article <415c9ae6$0$211$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Louise wrote:
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>If you're using Windows XP, turn on CLEARTYPE. The default setting is meant
> >>for CRT, making it worse for LCDs.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > And after you turn on clear type, go to the microsoft website to the url
> > where they fine tune the clear type settings. YOu can just type clear
> > type into the search box and you will find the page.
> >
> > Louise
>
> Thanks Louise,
>
> I was using cleartype and didn't realize you could adjust. Now it looks
> even better.
>
> Willi
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
Glad it helped. I actually use it on a 21" Sony CRT and I find it helps
there too.

Louise

I'm using a 19" HP flat panel in its native res and all text (MS Word
docs, webpages, etc.) is quite sharp and clear. Better than I expected.
The only drawback, and I'm guessing this applies to most (if not all)
large screen hi-res displays, is that many websites are simply not able
to deal with 1280x1024 res, so that these pages frequently appear
distorted in some fashion or another (i.e., text or graphics overlap,
size of webpage is reduced vertically to about half or one-third the
screen size, etc.). This happens regardess of the browser I use (IE6 or
Netscape/Mozilla). In fact, I just got thru posting about this issue in
this nsg, hoping there's an easy fix to the website display problems
I've noticed when running 1280x1024. The alternative is to lower the
res to 800x600 to eliminate the webpage display issues but...the text
and graphics displayed will show as blurry or too soft, as if my vision
was impaired.

Martha wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm in the market for a new monitor and I've been doing the usual routine of
> research and checking them out in stores.
>
> I was all set to purchase a 17" LCD when I read some blurbs about problems
> with fuzzy text. Sure enough when I went in yesterday and specifically
> checked them out with text it looked like garbage.
>
> I tried several different Samsung 712Ns, 172Xs as well as 710MPs (I was
> interested in a 710T, but nobody has one on display). As I said, I tried
> several of the same model, on different computers. Some with integrated
> graphics and some with very nice video cards. I had heard that Samsungs were
> all that, so this really surprised me. I then did the same routine with a
> couple of Sony LCDs and a Medion (???) on two different machines and it was
> the same story. I made sure that the ClearText option was checked (it
> certainly looked even worse without!).
>
> Have I been looking at the wrong models, or is this a concern with all LCDs?
> In theory they are supposed to reduce eyestrain! A few minutes of looking at
> it and I thought I was going cross-eyed. Is there a monitor and/or
> monitor/video card combination that eliminates this problem, or do I just
> buy a big-assed 19" CRT and deal for a couple of years until this issue is
> sorted out? For the record, I don't do any gaming on my system so the text
> is *really* the important factor.
>
> Thanks,
> Martha
>
>

Martha,

What do you mean by native resolution? It's different for each
monitor. Did they used VGA? And a signal distributor?

Usually for 15" LCD it's 1024x768 and 17"/19" are usually 1280x768.
I've seen many many times the LCD monitors are set to wrong resolutions
and makes all text blurry.

Also, one should be around 2 feet from the monitor (for your eyes).
Ernest