LCD display

[anon]

I have an LCD display and the 'picture' painted thereon is too large for the
screen

How/what do I adjust to make the picture smaller so that there is (at least)
one pixel wide black area around the four sides of the screen

It looks as if about ¼ inch of the desktop picture has been trimmed off. One
of the windows that I displayed had sentences that occupied two or more
lines that completely filled the width of the screen and letters at both
edges of the screen were not displayed (It looks as if about 1-1/2 letters
are missing from each end of the line.)

I am using the term 'painted' picture as it is used by TV repair shop
technicians. It means that in the usual CRT the cathode ray 'paints' the
picture on the front of the picture tube.

In this case (LCD) the pixels are turned on and off but the affect ends up
the same.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have an LCD display and the 'picture' painted thereon is too
large for the screen

How/what do I adjust to make the picture smaller so that there is
(at least) one pixel wide black area around the four sides of the
screen
It looks as if about ¼ inch of the desktop picture has been trimmed
off. One of the windows that I displayed had sentences that
occupied two or more lines that completely filled the width of the
screen and letters at both edges of the screen were not displayed
(It looks as if about 1-1/2 letters are missing from each end of
the line.)
I am using the term 'painted' picture as it is used by TV repair
shop technicians. It means that in the usual CRT the cathode ray
'paints' the picture on the front of the picture tube.

In this case (LCD) the pixels are turned on and off but the affect
ends up the same.

Change the resolution and refresh rate.

Each LCD made has what is known as a "Native Resolution" in its specs. Use
that resolution and refresh rate, things should work better. Also use the
(likely) on-screen menu to adjust the picture.

 

[anon]

Change the resolution and refresh rate.

Each LCD made has what is known as a "Native Resolution" in its specs.
Use that resolution and refresh rate, things should work better. Also use
the (likely) on-screen menu to adjust the picture.

**
Tried that but the only choices were move up/down/rt/lft - nothing about
size.

Will check with mfg about the resoluton.

Thanks.
**

 

[Harry]

Rightclick on a blank space on the desktop
choose properties
click the settings tab
and increase the screen resolution to the max

if you dont have this options you need to install the correct graphic
card drivers for your machine and also see if the lcd came with some
drivers for itself

 

[James Silverton]

anon wrote on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:09:22 -0800:


a> ??>> anon wrote:
??>>> I have an LCD display and the 'picture' painted thereon
??>>> is too large for the screen
??>>>
??>>> How/what do I adjust to make the picture smaller so that
??>>> there is (at least) one pixel wide black area around the
??>>> four sides of the screen It looks as if about ¼ inch of
??>>> the desktop picture has been trimmed off. One of the
??>>> windows that I displayed had sentences that occupied two
??>>> or more lines that completely filled the width of
??>>> the screen and letters at both edges of the screen were
??>>> not displayed (It looks as if about 1-1/2 letters are
??>>> missing from each end of the line.) I am using the term
??>>> 'painted' picture as it is used by TV repair shop
??>>> technicians. It means that in the usual CRT the cathode
??>>> ray 'paints' the picture on the front of the picture
??>>> tube.
??>>>
??>>> In this case (LCD) the pixels are turned on and off but
??>>> the affect ends up the same.
??>>
??>> Change the resolution and refresh rate.
??>>
??>> Each LCD made has what is known as a "Native Resolution"
??>> in its specs. Use that resolution and refresh rate, things
??>> should work better. Also use the (likely) on-screen menu
??>> to adjust the picture.

a> **
a> Tried that but the only choices were move up/down/rt/lft -
a> nothing about size.

a> Will check with mfg about the resoluton.

a> Thanks.
a> **

Some displays, like my ViewSonic, do have a horizontal *size*
adjustment. I guess a vertical size adjustment must be difficult
to implement.

James Silverton.

 

[anon]

Rightclick on a blank space on the desktop
choose properties
click the settings tab
and increase the screen resolution to the max

**
That only changes WHAT is on the screen, not the size of the picture painted
on the screen. The picture is about 1/8 to 1/4 inch too big for the moitor.

I want a couple of pixels black around the picture on the screen.
**

if you dont have this options you need to install the correct graphic
card drivers for your machine and also see if the lcd came with some
drivers for itself

**
This is what came with the system - the graphics "card' is integrated in the
MB and the monitor was part of the system.
**

 

[Peter]

Harry has posted how to adjust resolution but you could also check the
manufacturers site for drivers and tools. Mine came with a CD with those
items included.

 

[Jerry]

My Samsung 191T has an AUTO button that selects 'native' resolution and
sizes everything to fit the screen.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My Samsung 191T has an AUTO button that selects 'native' resolution
and sizes everything to fit the screen.

The Auto button is not "selecting the native resolution" for you - that is a
software thing, you select that in Display Properties in the Windows XP.
What the "Auto" button is doing is adjusting your screen automatically for
you - so whatever resolution you chose (native or not) looks as good as it
can get it.

 

[anon]

Actually, auto and max resolution did not cure the problem.

I have a program (ztreewin) that fills the screen and therefore looses some
of the program's screen.

Trying the above did not change how this program fills the screen. Changing
resolution does not change the size of the 'picture' on the screen.

 

[Guest]

Try this, I have used it to make things larger and smaller.

Right click on the desktop
Select Properties
Select Settings tab
Choose Advanced
Select General tab
change the DPI setting...96DPI is probably the default, try something like
80 to see if it makes a difference.

Good luck,
Bill

 

[anon]

Try this, I have used it to make things larger and smaller.

Right click on the desktop
Select Properties
Select Settings tab
Choose Advanced
Select General tab
change the DPI setting...96DPI is probably the default, try something like
80 to see if it makes a difference.

**
Tried that choices were limited but one (75%) was close enough.

Got error message about a couple of programs that requires the 96 DPI
setting or would not work.

New setting did not change the size of the 'picture' on the screen in the
places that I wanted (the f8 - menu and the special program [ztreewin]) but
did change the locations of the icons on the desktop (BTW - it did not
create more blank [non lighted pixel] space around the lighted pixel
screen.) It appears that the 'settings' do not apply in the two cases
mentioned - apparently, the places that I want more space are the places
that 'settings' do not apply.

Reset to old DPI so all programs would function.

This is a very weird situation - the mfg even sent a new monitor after all
their other suggestions failed but that did not get rid of the problem.

What confuses me is that the ztreewin program fits the CRT screen with a
little 'space' around the 'picture' but is too big (looks like 1/8" is
cropped off of all sides) on the LCD screen.
***