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    Please help me on the SXGA screen of E1505.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by berryjuice, May 23, 2006.

  1. berryjuice

    berryjuice Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my E1505 and i really really love the screen and I love the resolution. But I want to decrease the resolution from 1680 * 1080 because I am not the only one who will use this laptop and whenever I decrease the resolution, the screen gets very blurry. Is there any way to fix this? I really appreciate your help.
     
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    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    The reason it gets blurry is because since the screen is 1680x1080. If you would say drop to 890x540 (hypathetically) every pixel...would actually be 2 (if you know what I am saying) so if you had something on 1680x1080 that was 4pixels by 4pixels, then when you go to 890x540 it would be like 8pixels by 8pixels.

    That is why you get the distortion. :p

    Hope this doesn't confuse you. :p

    The monitor is made to be run at Native resolution.
     
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    You were better off not getting the ultrasharp... the ultrasharp is optimized for one resolution and descreasing makes everything crappy. I returned mine for this reason.. everything was too small..
     
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    ALL notebook LCDs are optimized for one resolution; the native resolution aka the highest resolution you can get.

    this has nothing to do with it being ultrasharp or a dell or anything; this is true for ALL notebook LCDs
     
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    berryjuice Notebook Enthusiast

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    I like this resolution very much, its like viewing anything on one page when surfing the net. but for others who will use this laptop, they may find the texts too small, just like what you have said.. anyway, i will be the one who will always use this computer so there is no problem with that. Just wondering if there will be any fix for that. Thanks for all your help.
     
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    Maybe you could go to display properties and change the DPI to large (120dpi) it might help.

    Go to display properties, in the settings tab click advanced, and change the monitor DPI.
     
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    Hi, try this:

    1. keep the resolution at the native resolution 1680x1080
    2. Change DPI setting to 120 (or custom select your own DPI if you still think it's too small).
    3. Right click desktop-Properties-Appearance-Effects-select "ClearType" for "Use the following method to...", put a check mark next to "Use Large Icons"

    There were the default settings for Dell E1505 when I received mine. IMO these are the best settings.
     
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    Question, changing resolution doesn't affect DPI, does it?
     
    bestco, May 23, 2006
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