Perfect resolution for 23"

str · 17 Mar 2009 at 13:22

Aod said:
bear in mind, any resolution other than the native res of 2048x1152 will look blurry and, frankly, rubbish.

I totally agree. It doesn't make any sense to buy a 23" monitor with that resolution and not use it's native resolution for perfect picture quality. Anything less seems silly unless rubbish picture quality at non-native resolutions is considered acceptable versus the smallness of the pixels at it's native resolution.

The topic title is perfect resolution for 23" but I suspect it should be what is the perfect resolution for a 2048x1152 panel to make text etc bigger but not too big and the answer is there aren't any non-native resolutions to use except when (as said above) rubbish picture quality is acceptable unless of course 1024x576 can be considered an option.

I suspect the OP is looking for perfection out of a situation which cannot provide it, so seriously, consider getting rid of the monitor and buy something which better suits your needs.

cozm01 · 18 Mar 2009 at 15:19

ok, I've reinstalled Win7 from beta to rc and its improved, perhaps there was bug, perhaps not. I'm now using 2048x1152 with 130% zoom and am able to resize websites to appropiate level and it now looks fine. I found 1920x1080 resolution blurry for some reason, but 2048x1152 has crystal clear windows graphics and font, just some images are slightly blurred, maybe because they're enlarged beyond their intended design. :cool:

gurusan · 18 Mar 2009 at 15:29

i have 2048x1152 and the text is not too tiny....try playing with DPI or something.

ifihaditall · 18 Mar 2009 at 15:39

Will increasing the DPI affect the quality of blu ray movies and high def games on the monitor?

Aod · 18 Mar 2009 at 16:44

ifihaditall said:
Will increasing the DPI affect the quality of blu ray movies and high def games on the monitor?

no

ifihaditall · 18 Mar 2009 at 17:38

What does changing the DPI do then?

ViRuS2k · 18 Mar 2009 at 19:20

changing the dpi settings just makes text bigger. nothing else only text.

ifihaditall · 18 Mar 2009 at 20:20

Does it change the text size in game menus too?

smogsy · 18 Mar 2009 at 20:46

we have 24" at work and my manager cant handle 1920x1200 he thinks its to small i increased the DPI and he loves it now. as he can read it.

i would do that if i was you

feelintherage · 19 Mar 2009 at 00:05

thinking about buying a 23 dell but all this talk of small text is off putting, im still on my 7 year old 15" lcd 1024x764 i love it to bits but id like a bigger monitor tbh

im ready to buy im just a bit worried about the talk of the text etc, is it difficult to mess about with dpi etc in xp, ive never done it?

Aod · 19 Mar 2009 at 00:14

feelintherage said:
thinking about buying a 23 dell but all this talk of small text is off putting, im still on my 7 year old 15" lcd 1024x764 i love it to bits but id like a bigger monitor tbh

im ready to buy im just a bit worried about the talk of the text etc, is it difficult to mess about with dpi etc in xp, ive never done it?

no, it's easy-peasy. but if you're worried about the text being too small, then i'd reccomend you get a 22" monitor (1680x1050) or a 24" monitor (1920x1200) instead, as they have much more reasonable pixel-per-inch values

feelintherage · 19 Mar 2009 at 00:32

ye maybe your right that 22" dell looks good although there is no 1:1 pixel mapping but i dunno what that is lol

smogsy · 19 Mar 2009 at 08:29

yup its one setting under advanced in display properties tab (where you can your resolution)

cozm01 · 21 Mar 2009 at 10:08

OK, I'm all set, loving new monitor, here some things:

Set resolution to native.
Moved Win7 Taskbar to side to suit widescreen and high resolution.
Windows zoom 135%
Use enlarge in web browsers for individual webpages

str · 21 Mar 2009 at 14:19

Excellent, glad you got it sorted out.