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    Something to blur the screen a bit

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Liopleurodon, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. Liopleurodon

    Liopleurodon Notebook Consultant

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    Hello, a friend of mine has a modern desktop, but an old screen (not TFT), but a screen with glass in front of it. It looks always that he has anti-aliasing enabled, also when he hasn't. It seems like his screen blurs it a small bit. Is there something I can buy for my laptop to place in front of my screen that gives the same result? (I've a 17inch screen.)
     
    Liopleurodon, Jan 25, 2009
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  2. panzieman

    panzieman Notebook Guru

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    Run your laptop at something other than its native resolution, voila!
     
    panzieman, Jan 25, 2009
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    why would you want that?
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 25, 2009
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    AdamU Notebook Consultant

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    wait...you want your screen to be blurry...
     
    AdamU, Jan 25, 2009
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    You want your screen to be blurred ?? Why :confused: most people want a clear and sharp image on their screens.

    Perhaps you want only the text to be blurred or smoothened? That can be done by enabling Cleartype Fonts. If you want everything to blur then use a lower (non native) resolution.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 25, 2009
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  6. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Thats what i was thinking!
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 25, 2009
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    Maybe to make it harder for people to read over his shoulder?
     
    RoGuE1230, Jan 25, 2009
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    Big Mike Notebook Deity

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    I think he's looking for a "privacy filter" so people looking at the screen from off angle can't see what he's doing
     
    Big Mike, Jan 26, 2009
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    iNoob.x Notebook Evangelist

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    Grab a transparent plastic shopping bag from a Chinese supermarket near you and tape it over your screen. lol, j/k.

    But seriously tho. You want to blur your screen? That's the first time I've ever heard someone say that.
     
    iNoob.x, Jan 26, 2009
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  10. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    Run at 1280 by 1024.
     
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  11. Liopleurodon

    Liopleurodon Notebook Consultant

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    I don't mean really blurring, but just to let a game look better at a small resolution. When I look to my laptop screen (1440X900), I can see the small squares on it. With that friend of mine with his prehistoric monitor, you can't see them.
     
    Liopleurodon, Jan 29, 2009
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  12. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    everyone's post is LOL just hook ur laptop up to a prehistoric monitor :]
     
    vinceboiii, Jan 29, 2009
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  13. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    +rep. I don't think anybody would have thought of that :D
     
    avanish11, Jan 29, 2009
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  14. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    haha! thanks for the rep =D
     
    vinceboiii, Jan 29, 2009
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