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Posted by Al on July 14, 2006, 3:32 am
Please log in for more thread options any idea about working with native resolution preserving my eyes?
thanks!
Al ha escrito:
> Hi Barry,
> I've tried what you said (native resolution 1280x800 and 120% DPI) but
> I'm still experimenting problems. All seems to be larger but there is a
> loss of quality for example in icons, although not all icons are being
> scaled. Also Firefox aspect remains the same as before while browsing
> webpages, and Windows also have some problems while spacing some
> windows.
> On the other hand, I've found an option to scale 1024x600 to fit the
> window size, but as you said before, there is a little loss of quality
> and colours seem to be smoother.
> Thanks again
>
> Barry Watzman ha escrito:
>
> > The answer to this is complex, because your question touches on quite a
> > few things, and I doubt that you really understand the full complexity
> > of the issue or of a complete answer.
> >
> > First, the screen has a physical resolution, and it can't be changed (by
> > you or anyone else .... not even Microsoft or Sony). It's really pretty
> > essential that you operate at the physical resolution. Operation at
> > other resolutions is certainly possible (you've been playing with it),
> > but will require scaling and will, in general, look like crap.
> >
> > Second, your screen also has a fixed aspect ratio, in this case probably
> > 1.6:1 (I say probably because there are screens made in which the
> > horizontal and vertical pixel pitches are different, making the aspect
> > ratio different from the ratio of the horizontal resolution to the
> > vertical resolution. But this is extremely rare in laptop screens,
> > although I've seen it in a number of HDTV sets). You can fill the
> > screen without bars on either the sides or the top & bottom as long as
> > the resolution's aspect ratio matches the screen's aspect ration
> > (presumably 1.6:1). However, rule 1 in the previous paragraph still
> > applies.
> >
> > What you really want to do is just leave everything alone as far as
> > resolution and aspect ratio are concerned and just tell Windows to scale
> > EVERYTHING larger. You can do this in display properties, but you don't
> > do it by changing resolution or font sizes or icon sizes. In display
> > properties, settings / advanced / general, then in the top half of the
> > window (Display), under "DPI Settings", select "custom setting" and drag
> > the ruler to make things bigger (e.g. make one-inch actually take up
> > more than one inch).
> >
> >
> > Al wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > > I own a SONY VAIO SZ1*XP/C notebook and I'd like to know if it is
> > > possible to personalize screen resolution. My problem is that using
> > > 1280x800 the screen fits perfectly onto the window but that resolution
> > > is too small for me, because of that I prefer 1024x600, but the problem
> > > is that the screen doesn't fit right vertically, and there two black
> > > bands of aprox 0.5cm on top and bottom of the window. That's strange
> > > because 1024x768 fits perfectly vertically but not horitzontally.
> > > Whatsmore, I don't know how to 'save' my brightness settings because
> > > every time Windows boots I have to reset those settings manually.
> > > Thank you very much!
> > >
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