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    XP M1330 screen blury

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dman777, May 9, 2009.

  1. dman777

    dman777 Notebook Consultant

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    I bought a refurbished XPS M1330 with an LED screen. I don't know how to say this exactly, but the screen is blurry. Not dramatically blurry, but just a tad bit to where things don't look sharp. Especailly when compareing with my Desktop LCD monitor. This goes for using Windows Vista or Linux. Is this a known problem or could this just be in my head?
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Take a photo?
     
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    If your desktop monitor has a higher resolution than your M1330 screen, you may see a difference in quality from watching a bluray movie.
     
    David, May 9, 2009
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    Are you sure you are running at native resolution (1280 x 800)?
     
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    I need to work with it some more to get to the bottom of it. It's not as sharp as my home pc laptop or my other laptop. but once i finish with my linux install i'll have a final impression.
     
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    this mostly happens when you are running a lower resolution than the one your screen has, make sure you are using the native resolution and you have the drivers installed.
     
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    i finished with my linux install and it looks pretty good. strange, not as sharp as the other two lcd monitors at my house. but it still looks really good. i think it is just a personality of the monitor itself.
     
    dman777, May 10, 2009
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