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Article #2891

Re: LCD Monitor driving me nuts

#2891
From: Grant
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:32
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"Peter Thompson" <peter@mutare.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Peter Boulding" <pjb@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:pipaavk2jr38fe7gc29lne8nsshsvsip9g@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:37:05 +0100, "Duncan"
> > <duncan(remove)smith99@(remove)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I have just bought a 17" AOC LCD monitor and set at the suggested
> resolution
> > >of 1280 x 1024. However the font size is too small and if I go into
> > >display>settings>advanced and change to large fonts I find sometimes
web
> > >pages and emails have some distortions. I have tried in the
applications
> to
> > >increase/reduce font sizes but no good.
> > >Any ideas much appreciated
> >
> > Try changing the resolution to 1024x768.
>
> I was about to suggest 800x600
>
17" LCDs look crap at that resolution.
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