I don't see anyone talking of display issues with these bigger, high 
resolution screens. With the LCD native resolutions, the tried and true 
1024 x 768 isn't an option. A couple of months ago, I got a HP w2338h, 
23" LCD with native resolution of 1920 x 1030, and I'm running XP SP2. 
Display issues include:
1: Text size on windows windows like Setting > Display, and numerous others.
2: Firefox - Text of some sites overlap, making unusable and some text 
boxes are not correct height.
3: With the wide screen, I found my preference to have the start bar on 
the left side always visible. Windows doesn't always adjust the  
application window to fill the remaining screen. When minimize and 
maximize, the window is correctly spaced and located.
4: Thunderbird address book sidebar is too small, and the scroll bars 
are hidden.

I have tried all the common places , which improved readability much, 
but these type issues have persisted, and considerable searching for 
answers has yileded little results. I seems  very strange that  I might 
for some strange reason be the only one having these problems. Any help 
would be great. :)

Jake Anderson wrote:
> peter green wrote:
>   
>> William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> On Dec 7, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Those new LED-lit LCD screens are pretty nice! A 40 inch TV with
>>>>> 1920x1080 resolution would make an awesome desktop computer monitor.
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> No, not really. :)
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> But, is a 23 inch HDTV with supposedly 1080p (1920x1080) and a VGA/etc  
>>> input the equivalent of a 23inch VGA LCD monitor (plus or minus  
>>> speakers, tuner, etc)?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> In my experiance generally no, I don't know whether it's inappropriate 
>> filtering, poor quality input circuitries or what but in my experiance 
>> generally (and i'm sure there are exceptions) HDTVs make awful monitors.
>>   
>>     
>>> (personally, my eyes are going, and the bigger pixels of a larger  
>>> screen don't sound so bad; that Hanns G 28inch looks better all the  
>>> time!
>>>     
>>>       
>> I bought a hanspree HDTV with a supposed native resoloution of 
>> 1920x1200, strangely it seems to give a better picture at 1680x1050 but 
>> at neither resoloutin is the screen anywhere near as sharp as a monitor 
>> making it a pain to use.
>>
>> If you want a screen with the bigger pixels and the TV functionality but 
>> that also makes a decent monitor I reccomend the LG M2762D monitor TV. 
>> It looks and mostly acts like a HDTV but it has a dedicated DVI input 
>> and with a PC connected there displays a nice shapr picture.
>>   
>>     
> Typically that problem is caused when the screen "overscans" an incoming 
> 1080p image
> IE it'll stretch and warp your input signal rather than just sticking it 
> on the screen.
>
> Most sets that do this, wont let you nativley access the pixels in any 
> mode and are useless for pretty much anything in my opinion.
>   
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