You can get the manual here:  http://www.samsung.com/  (Search on your
model number for a PDF file).
Change the dpi settings (You'll need to experiment) to get larger
text/icons. Right-click the Desktop/Settings/Advanced/DPI
Look under the appearance tab/Advanced to change things like the menu
bar, title window, scroll bar, etc.
The preferred setting gives you the most screen real estate, but
requires some adjustments and getting used to.
You can also change the text size in IE, under the view menu (Or, hold
the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel).
Higher resolutions are an obviously improved way to use a computer, and
I have never succeeded in getting anyone to switch. One of the many
things I don't understand.


Diane Kroeckel wrote:
> I'm using a Samsung 914v.  I loaded it's Magic Tune program that makes
> things easier to set.  Under Resolution there is a Preferred setting.
> When I chose that, it changed my resolution from 1024 x 768 to 1280 x
> 1024.  The other setting is at 60 kHz and 60Hz PP.  Everything is so tiny
> now.  I liked the way everything looked better at the other resolution.
>
> Would things be better with a 17" LCD monitor?
>
> Diane Kroeckel
> Wheeling, IL
>
>
>
> Date:    Thu, 1 Dec 2005 07:03:24 -0800
> From:    Russ Poffenberger <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Monitor
>
> Hi Diane,
>
> Sometimes LCD panels take a little getting used to. You say it is too
> bright, did you turn the brightness all the way down? Note that it will
> dim
> slightly over the next couple months, but only  a little.
>
> As to the text, it is important that you run an LCD at its native
> resolution. Unlike a CRT which is more of an analog type device, and can
> blend pixels among the phosphor on the screen as the electron beams scans
> across, an LCD is a static pixel display, and each pixel is driven
> exactly
> from the video image.
>
> Having said that, most 19" LCD's have a native resolution of 1280 X 1024
> @
> 60Hz (although the refresh isn't important other than to not exceed what
> the monitor is capable of, since LCD's don't flicker like CRT's do at
> slow
> refresh rates. Set your video card to that and see how it looks.
>
> Another thing to try (if you can) is going with a DVI connection. It
> makes
> little sense to take a digital image (stored in the video card memory)
> convert it to analog, (for the VGA cable), then back to digital (inside
> the
> LCD to present to the LCD pixels). Using a DVI connection (if your video
> card and LCD support it) eliminates the distortion that can occur between
> D/A and A/D conversions. If this is not possible, then your video card
> may
> have poor VGA output signals, the LCD has to take the analog signal and
> pick the digital pixels out of it, a poor quality signal makes it harder
> for the LCD to do this cleanly, hence the suggestion to go DVI. I have
> seen
> two different systems using the same LCD monitor, one looks better than
> the
> other (the poorer one had a cheap onboard video adapter).
>
> Russ Poffenberger
> [log in to unmask]
>
> At 08:21 PM 11/30/2005, you wrote:
>> I just switched from a 15" CRT to a 19" LCD monitor.  I've tried two, a
>> KDS and a Samsung.  Neither one looks as nice as the CRT.  They are both
>> too bright.  And the text doesn't look crisp enough.  I've used Clear
>> Type, but it hasn't helped.
>>
>> I'm using a year old HP computer running WinXP2.
>>
>> Should I spend more money.  Are there minimum settings I should be
>> looking for?  Any ideas?
>>
>> Diane Kroeckel
>> Wheeling, IL
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