problem with new dell studio 1737 screen resolution and icon/font size!

Hi! Please bear with me I am new to this forum thing! Long story short...had a Dell 1735..screen resolution was perfect and webpages i visited looked nice and sharp etc...purchased a new Dell studio 1737 laptop and it seems that the default setting is 1920 x 1200..this makes everything very sharp but to small to work with...the correct setting for the correct size etc...seems to be 1440 x 900..but when i change the settings to this size everything is the correct size but not as sharp...and websites i visit such as Facebook etc..the text on these pages seems different..now, when I place my old Dell studio 1735 beside my new Dell studio 1737 my old laptop which is set at 1440 x 900..my old laptop looks far sharper and superior to my new laptop! Very frustrating! My old 1735 has the highest setting for resolution at 1440 x 900 while the new 1737 seems to have a higher setting option of 1920 x 1200. Is there a big difference between the 1735 and 1737? Am I stuck with just keeping my setting on my new 1737 at 1440 x 900 and putting up with the blurriness etc? Have tried everything from going into Catalyst center to adjusting settings in appearance in vista etc..any ideas or suggestions?

 

That's the nature of LCD displays. They look fantastic at their native resolutions, but it gets fuzzy or blurry when you force the display to run at anything under the native res.

Since the Studio 1735 had a native resolution of 1440x900, it displayed things perfectly clear at 1440x900. The Studio 1737 has a native resolution of 1920x1200, so it will display perfectly clearly at that resolution, but when you force it down to 1440x900, it results in fuzziness.

This happens because an LCD's native resolution is the physical number of pixels in the display. Running at less than this resolution forces the image to stretch itself across all these otherwise unused pixels ("scaling"), which throws image quality way off.

You could use your graphics card's control panel to disable resolution scaling, so that only the true number of pixels is displayed, but this won't make anything bigger because the image will no longer be scaled across the entire display.

tl;dr - LCD displays are only clear at their native resolution. Lowering it will make things fuzzy or blurry.

 

I'd say the best way to maintain a large font size while not having a blurry screen would be to increase the DPI.

 

Cheers for the reply! So...i'm stuck with either small and sharp or normal and blurry! if i disable the resolution scaling it wont make anything bigger? How do I do/try this?

 

Cheers for the reply? How do I change the DPI?

 

Can you tell me how to get into my graphics card and disable resolution scaling!

 

Have the new 1737 with 1920x1200..initial thoghts were negative due to font size etc..but to be honest am getting used to it..very sharp display..still kinda miss my 1735 with native 1440x900..but like I said getting used to the smaller font size! Still not sure what the benefits are with the 1920x1200 vs 1440x900...other than the ability to fit more on my screen..thoughts anyone?

 

Higher resolution is good if you enjoy high-quality videos, e.g. you can watch 1080p on a 1920x1200, but not 1440x900. It's also good for gaming if your graphics card can keep up; higher resolutions tend to be prettier at the expense of requiring more graphics processing power.

You asked earlier about disabling the resolution scaling...keep in mind that this won't make anything bigger, it will just show you a smaller image centered in the screen, with black all around. What graphics card does your 1737 have?

 

You should be able to make the icons bigger in vista by holding the ctrl key and using your scroll either on the mouse or trackpad. If the fonts too small most programs allow you to zoom in including internet explorer(thers a button in the bottom right corner)

 

open--ie--tools--internet options--general--accessibilities--
check box---ignore font size on web pages.

thats much better than changing dpi setting to 125%.

 

Dude...thank you so much! You really helped me out!