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Hi just took delivery of brand new Dell Inspiron 5150 - got the thing up and running - but on viewing the web (internet explorer 6)- any graphics with text in them are fuzzy or distorted or pixelated - tried some things like resetting web settings and checking smart picture dithering and the screen resolution and the display set up - but can't seem to budge the problem - any ideas? It seems like a setting somewhere I need to change rather than a faulty laptop - thxs Jane
indeed it is
1400 x 1050
Actually just tried to print screen to show the set up but my F12 doesn't seem to want to do this on this laptop
The adapter is a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 Am running windows xp professional with 3 ghz processor so really am not understanding where the problem is coming from doh! Reminds me of when you use text into a graphics package and don't use the crisp anti-alias on it then display it on the web....bizaare
1400 x 1050
Actually just tried to print screen to show the set up but my F12 doesn't seem to want to do this on this laptop
The adapter is a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 Am running windows xp professional with 3 ghz processor so really am not understanding where the problem is coming from doh! Reminds me of when you use text into a graphics package and don't use the crisp anti-alias on it then display it on the web....bizaareOn a laptop or flat panel monitor, make sure that the screen resolution is set to exactly the same as the native resolution of your screen. That way there will be exactly 1:1 ratio between physical pixels on the screen and 'logical' pixels in the image and you'll get the sharpest picture your monitor is capable of producing from the supplied image.
If you change from the exact 1:1 resolution, various numbers of physical pixels will get used for each logical one, and the result is unsightly.
If you change from the exact 1:1 resolution, various numbers of physical pixels will get used for each logical one, and the result is unsightly.
This isn't the autozoom feature of IE6 is it?
If a graphic is too large to fit within the window, it will automatically shrink it to fit. Tends to make the picture fuzzy and distort any text thats in it....
I think it displays an icon bottom right of the picture that allows you to enlarge it back to normal size.
If a graphic is too large to fit within the window, it will automatically shrink it to fit. Tends to make the picture fuzzy and distort any text thats in it....
I think it displays an icon bottom right of the picture that allows you to enlarge it back to normal size.
According to the dell website your display is running at the native res of 1400 x 1050 unless you have the uxga model which would run at 1600 x 1200.
Two thing to check. Pull up desktop properties and check that you have 16 bit or higher colour setting. If it is then check desktop properties, appearance tab, effects button, screen font smoothing method. On XP it has 2 settings I think, standard and clear type. Try both. I found that clear type looks terrible on some flat panels.
Hope that helps
Two thing to check. Pull up desktop properties and check that you have 16 bit or higher colour setting. If it is then check desktop properties, appearance tab, effects button, screen font smoothing method. On XP it has 2 settings I think, standard and clear type. Try both. I found that clear type looks terrible on some flat panels.
Hope that helps
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