screen resolution

[Jeff]

I connected my laptop to a standard cathode ray TV set to look at some items
in a group. The image on the TV is much fuzzier than on the PC. How do I
figure out the resolution of the TV screen in a typical color cathode ray
set so I can change it on the notebook to match?

Jeff

 

[Paul Johnson]

I connected my laptop to a standard cathode ray TV set to look at some
items
in a group. The image on the TV is much fuzzier than on the PC. How do I
figure out the resolution of the TV screen in a typical color cathode ray
set so I can change it on the notebook to match?

It's 640x480 or 1024x768 depending on if it's a TV or a DT and assuming your
country uses NTSB.

 

[Paul Johnson]

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You can't, the TV displays in a much lower Res than the pc monitor is
capable of, I suggest you get a second monitor if you want to do things
like this.

That's not true in the vast majority of cases. Odds are your monitor and
video card *can* hit 640x480, no matter how old your system is. The first
home computers used a TV screen as a monitor, and pretty much every video
adapter made since then is capable of that resolution even if it's not
designed to be used with a television set.

 

[Jeff]

Please avoid quoting in reverse order as it disrupts conversation
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That's not true in the vast majority of cases. Odds are your monitor
and video card *can* hit 640x480, no matter how old your system is.
The first home computers used a TV screen as a monitor, and pretty
much every video adapter made since then is capable of that
resolution even if it's not designed to be used with a television set.

Thank you both.

Jeff