Re: Resolution at all that

In message <epa4ug$lnl$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nigel Wade <nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Oscar wrote:

What is a good resolution to use. In the display settings section there
is a scale and I am not sure where the arrow should set in order to
obtain a good resolution. extreme left seems to make the writing and
desktop icons too large. Is there a happy medium to this ?

If it's an LCD screen you will get the best out of the monitor by using the
native resolution of the panel.

If it's a CRT monitor then choose which looks best based on your personal
preference. Try different ones and see how you get on with them. There will be
limits set by the capability of your graphics card and monitor. A cheap monitor
will not be able to display higher resolutions as well as a good monitor
without distortion and fuzziness. Even though a cheap monitor may be able to
display high resolutions the picture may be so bad that you don't want to look
at it. Only you can decide that by trying it.

Also, for CRTs, don't forget to take refresh rate into account. If you set the
resolution too high then you may limit the refresh rate to an unacceptably low
level. A good guide for refresh is to have it no lower than 75Hz. Anything less
than that can cause noticeable screen flicker and may result in headaches if
viewed for long periods. You don't need to worry about refresh rates for LCDs,
they work very differently from CRTs in this respect.

Thanks Nigel for taking the trouble to reply
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Oscar
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