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    Gateway NX860 Model #M685 T5500 Widescreen distortion...

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by FriarTed, Aug 28, 2007.

  1. FriarTed

    FriarTed Newbie

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    Gateway NX860 Model #M685 T5500 Widescreen distortion...


    When watching DVDs in full-screen mode (monitor is a 17" WXGA Widescreen (1440 × 900 Max Res)), I get an intolerable degree of distortion, hazy & gritty & obviously showing the digital grid. Game-playing & watching DVDs in centered small-screen mode is much better.
    With all the praise this laptop got in the reviews, I would think the full-screen DVD graphics would be much better. No amount of adjustments in any video playing system (Windows Media, Real Player, etc.) has helped. Is this normal? Is this fixable by myself, or should I send it back to the dealer? Thank you for your help.

    Specs are-
    Model: Gateway NX860
    Display: 17" WXGA Widescreen (1440 × 900 Max Res)
    Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.6GHz)
    Memory: 1024MB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory (2-512MB)
    Hard Drive: 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
    Optical Drives: CDRW-DVD Combo Drive
    Video: nVidia GeForce Go 7600 (128MB)

    I accidentally posted this in the desktop forum. Hopefully, this will get me better results.
     
    FriarTed, Aug 28, 2007
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    Draxius Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm I haven't noticed any distortion as you described. Granted my screen is WUXGA as you can see in my sig. I just tested it out in both media center and windows media player and it seems fine.

    I dunno what to tell you unless my level of exceptions is much lower than yours, lol.

    Is it possible to show a screen shot of this distortion? Then I might have a better idea on what your talking about and can try to give you advice from there.
     
    Draxius, Aug 29, 2007
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