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    e1705 blocky images online

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Sausage_Fest, May 17, 2006.

  1. Sausage_Fest

    Sausage_Fest Newbie

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    I just got this new bad boy thanks to my lurking on this site and the awesome coupons I found here.

    Anyway, fired it up tonight and everything is great, except the images online are all really blocky and look totally low res or something. Can anyone help me tweak this? I don't want to have a crap internet experience on this beast.
     
    Sausage_Fest, May 17, 2006
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  2. 05Edge

    05Edge Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds like you have a hi res screen set to a lower resolution, or a non-default DPI. That's what happened to my E1505 when I first got it. I was totally disappointed until I changed the DPI and resolution.
     
    05Edge, May 17, 2006
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  3. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Did you select the option to have larger fonts? If so, that's the culprit. If you change the DPI back to normal, your block image problem will disappear.
     
    kegobeer, May 18, 2006
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  4. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    1. make sure you're running the native resolution
    2. make sure you're dpi = 96
    3. enable cleartype
     
    drumfu, May 18, 2006
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