Monitor Question

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I am now the proud owner of a 26 in LCD widescreen monitor/TV. I just have one question - how do I set it up properly? Everything seems gigantic on it right now when I'm using it with my computer, and although I downloaded the correct drivers for it, etc. the support website isn't very helpful.

Any suggestions? I set the resolution to 1280x768. The next one up from that seemed to make things bleed off the edges.

[Morgan Evanar]

I would not recommend using a display of such low resolution as a monitor. It's really meant for a TV and will serve those duties fine.

For comparison, I have a 24" monitor and the resolution is 1920x1200.

I suggest returning it and getting something different if you primary use is a monitor.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

We got it for free and it is being used as our TV in our bedroom as well.

So, there. :mneh

[Jeseth Cloak]

What brand is it?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Viewsonic.

Looking over the support page again it looks like this is already set at the maximum resolution, which is slightly disappointing. However, it is still a hundred times better than my old monitor. I guess I could get a wireless keyboard and mouse and sit on my bed while I use it. :mneh

[Morgan Evanar]

Hard to beat it for free.

Do the wireless keyboard thing, that's how I operate the media center PC :)

[Cat X]

I guarenttee the monitor I am using right now is bigger than anything anyone has ever used.

But that's what happens with your in the audio visual server room of a museum. You get to play with some serious AV gear and write rude messages 4 meters high and use servers + racks with equipment worth several million.....

In fact I just got 500 people to wave to you all! I doubt they understood a word of what I wrote (apart from WAVE!!!) but you get that if your a Japanese tourist group.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

^^^ this was extremely helpful and on topic.

Not.

I think the biggest problem I'm having right now is I can't seem to get the brightness/contrast adjusted to a point where it doesn't hurt my eyes after a while, and yet I can still see what I'm doing. :p I've sacrificed graphic clarity (grey is now the new black!) for my eyes for the time being. ^_^;