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From: Beyond X on 11 Jul 2010 02:07 As known by many, LCD wide screen monitors show horizontally distorted images (a circle appears as an ellipse). I got Samsung SyncMaster 2333 (23"diagonal) in my WinXP computer mainly used for photo editing. Annoyed with horrible pictures, I had to raise its resolution to the highest, 1920x1440, which is beyond my eyes' comfort but improves the aspect ratio significantly. The problem that I now face is disappearance of the Window's taskbar. I raised the screen's vertical position as high as possible, but it does not make the taskbar reappear. (If I lower the monitor's resolution to or below 1600x1200, the taskbar reappears, but the images are distorted.) Can anyone help me?
From: Robert Kochem on 11 Jul 2010 07:54 Beyond X schrieb: > As known by many, LCD wide screen monitors show horizontally distorted > images (a circle appears as an ellipse). I got Samsung SyncMaster 2333 > (23"diagonal) in my WinXP computer mainly used for photo editing. > Annoyed with horrible pictures, I had to raise its resolution to the > highest, 1920x1440, which is beyond my eyes' comfort but improves the > aspect ratio significantly. The problem that I now face is disappearance > of the Window's taskbar. I raised the screen's vertical position as high > as possible, but it does not make the taskbar reappear. Sounds like you are using a VGA cable if you can change the vertical position. Using a VGA cable is a bad idea, especially on the high resolutions. Connect the monitor with you PC using a DVI-D or HDMI cable - everything else will just look terrible. Win-J
From: Beyond X on 11 Jul 2010 10:29 Thanks for suggestion. This brings up another problem I have to ask for a solution about. For unknown reason(s) the DVI-I or DVI-D connection does not work in my system, that is, when connection to the monitor is switched to DVI, the monitor shows blank/black screen as if a monitor is not connected to the computer (WinXP Home SP2). My video card is PCI-express Diamond Radeon HD4350 with both VGA and DVI connector. Robert Kochem wrote: > Beyond X schrieb: > > >>As known by many, LCD wide screen monitors show horizontally distorted >>images (a circle appears as an ellipse). I got Samsung SyncMaster 2333 >>(23"diagonal) in my WinXP computer mainly used for photo editing. >>Annoyed with horrible pictures, I had to raise its resolution to the >>highest, 1920x1440, which is beyond my eyes' comfort but improves the >>aspect ratio significantly. The problem that I now face is disappearance >>of the Window's taskbar. I raised the screen's vertical position as high >>as possible, but it does not make the taskbar reappear. > > > Sounds like you are using a VGA cable if you can change the vertical > position. Using a VGA cable is a bad idea, especially on the high > resolutions. Connect the monitor with you PC using a DVI-D or HDMI cable - > everything else will just look terrible. > > Win-J
From: Elmo on 11 Jul 2010 11:01 Beyond X wrote: > As known by many, LCD wide screen monitors show horizontally distorted > images (a circle appears as an ellipse). I got Samsung SyncMaster 2333 > (23" diagonal) in my WinXP computer mainly used for photo editing. > Annoyed with horrible pictures, I had to raise its resolution to the > highest, 1920x1440, which is beyond my eyes' comfort but improves the > aspect ratio significantly. The problem that I now face is disappearance > of the Windows taskbar. I raised the screen's vertical position as high > as possible, but it does not make the taskbar reappear. > (If I lower the monitor's resolution to or below 1600x1200, the taskbar > reappears, but the images are distorted.) > Can anyone help me? That monitor has a 16:9 aspect ratio. http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/pc-peripherals/monitor/lcd-monitor/LS23CMZKFV/XY/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail Some resolutions with that ratio would be 1920 x 1080, as mentioned on the support page, 1600 x 900, 1280 x 720, and maybe others. If your graphics card doesn't have any of these resolutions, try updating the drivers for the card. If the needed resolutions still aren't available, you need a better graphics card taht supports these screen resolutions/ratios. -- Joe =o)
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 11 Jul 2010 16:43
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:07:38 -0600, Beyond X <donotmail(a)nomail.com> wrote: > As known by many, LCD wide screen monitors show horizontally distorted > images (a circle appears as an ellipse). No. They only do that if you run at a resolution with the incorrect aspect ratio. > I got Samsung SyncMaster 2333 > (23"diagonal) in my WinXP computer mainly used for photo editing. > Annoyed with horrible pictures, I had to raise its resolution to the > highest, 1920x1440, which is beyond my eyes' comfort but improves the > aspect ratio significantly. That's the wrong aspect ratio. It's 4:3. You should run your wide-screen monitor at a 16:9 aspect ratio. I also have (two) 23" monitors on this computer, and they both run at 1920x1080, a 16:9 aspect ratio. Nothing is distorted and circles do not appear as ellipses. Perhaps you have an older video card that does not support 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |