Then maybe it's the video driver, this is an ATI 2400HD card and the ATI latest (as of a couple of weeks ago) driver. If I left the text and icon sizes alone, the sizes were much to small, the text was maybe 6 or 7 point size. Not sure if I should point at Bill Gates, HP, or ATI or Java. :~ I'll have to hook up the DVI to the Samsung 26" HD that's setting next to the computer and report back, But thought it was same situation. I tend to think it's a java issue of the application specifying a specific font/window size instead of relative sizes. But, I'm not at all into that variety of programming. Bob Blick wrote: > I didn't have any of these problems. When I drive it at 1920x1080 I get > a pixel-to-pixel match just like a PC monitor would, and everything is > visible. In Windows XP I used the nvidia driver and the display settings > to adjust it. As long as I set the refresh rate to 60Hz it works great. > Under Ubuntu Linux I had to edit the xorg.conf for the vertical and > horizontal rates but after that it also works great. > > One thing I did not do is adjust the icons, fonts or text size, but I > have never had a good Windows experience doing that. There are too many > programs that expect the text to fit the way it did when the programmer > wrote the code. > > So I guess your mileage may vary. My TV is a Samsung LN40B540. > > Cheerful regards, > > Bob > > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:51:20 -0500, "Carl Denk" > said: > >> 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. >>> >>> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist