How do I adjust size of image to fill monitor.

[Frank Martin]

I have upgraded from a 19" CRT to a 19" LCD
monitor, but now I have trouble filling the new
larger screen with the previous contents.

There seems to be no way of gradually increasing
the size of the screen image gradually to fill the
new available space.

My old 19" CRT monitor was a NEC "AccuSync 90" ,
and the new one is a 19" LCD "Benq FP9/G".

The video system is "NVIDIA nView Desktop manager
V 105.32".

I have WindowsXPPro/Media centre2005.

Please help, Frank

 

[Malke]

I have upgraded from a 19" CRT to a 19" LCD
monitor, but now I have trouble filling the new
larger screen with the previous contents.

There seems to be no way of gradually increasing
the size of the screen image gradually to fill the
new available space.

My old 19" CRT monitor was a NEC "AccuSync 90" ,
and the new one is a 19" LCD "Benq FP9/G".

The video system is "NVIDIA nView Desktop manager
V 105.32".

Go to the Control Panel Display applet and Setting tab. Use the slider
to set your resolution to whatever the Benq's native resolution is. It
is probably 1280 x 1024, but look in the Benq manual. Apply and OK.
While you're looking in the Benq manual, look for the explanation of
the monitor buttons. There will probably be one called "Auto Adjust".
After you adjust the Windows settings, you may need to push the Auto
Adjust button on the monitor.

Malke

 

[Frank Martin]

Thanks, but the screen adjustment in Windows has
only two settings and does not seem to be
infinitely variable like the old CRT monitor.
Frank


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[Admiral Q]

Did you install the driver for the Monitor itself? The NEC LCD's on all my
PC's (even the Linux one) has a driver to install to make it compatible with
windows and my video card.

 

[Malke]

Did you install the driver for the Monitor itself? The NEC LCD's on
all my PC's (even the Linux one) has a driver to install to make it
compatible with windows and my video card.

You do not need to install monitor drivers in Windows. You don't even
need to do this in Linux. Frank, what do you mean "the screen
adjustment in Windows has only two settings and does not seem to be
infinitely variable like the old CRT monitor"? Where are you looking?

You change the resolution with a *slider*. I'm not talking about the
color (i.e., 32-bit). However, LCD's run best at their native
resolution. That's why you need to look in the Benq's manual for the
native resolution. If you don't have a paper manual, the manual is
probably on a CD that came with the monitor. Or go to Benq's website
for your specific monitor. You probably have the resolution set at
something odd.

Malke

 

[Frank Martin]

Thanks. I go to the "Display" in the Control
Panel and use the Settings tab.

Here the Screen-Resolution slider has only 3
settings, Vis:
1280x1024pix
1024x768pix
800x600pix
and it is not possible to adjust between these. (I
need something between the first two.)

If I go to the Advanced button I get the NVidia
settings which does not seem to help, because
there too there seems no infinitely-variable
slider adjustment.

Regards, Frank









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[Malke]

Thanks. I go to the "Display" in the Control
Panel and use the Settings tab.

Here the Screen-Resolution slider has only 3
settings, Vis:
1280x1024pix
1024x768pix
800x600pix
and it is not possible to adjust between these. (I
need something between the first two.)

If I go to the Advanced button I get the NVidia
settings which does not seem to help, because
there too there seems no infinitely-variable
slider adjustment.

You want to set the resolution to either 1280x1024 or 1024x768. A 19"
LCD probably has a native resolution of 1280x1024. If you set the
resolution to something different than the native resolution, the
display will not look good. You can increase the size of icons, text,
etc. from the Display applet's Appearance tab>Advanced. Also, you can
see if you like Clear Type by enabling it under Effects.

Malke