elaine marie Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Can some of you with 19" Monitors tell me what res. you have your set to. I amnot happy with the distortion on my new dell. Do the higher end monitors havebetter res? Thanks, Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Elaine, a typical native resolution on LCD monitors, 19" or 20", is 1280x1024. This is easy to look up -- why don't you at least try it? The answer is out there, esp. if it's a Dell. Trivial in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_swanson Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I set it to the native 1280x1024 resolution. (It is a dell.) Anything else is going to be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 As I noted on my other thread I realized after going to the dell website that I bought the WIDE screen 19' instead of the reg.19'.I will be returning it. THank you, Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 You can use a wide screen monitor. You have to enter the correct screen dimensions (in pixels) in the drivers and Photoshop setup. A 19" wide screen is likely to be 720x1368 pixels - a little short on resolution for photo editing. A 23" (1200x1920) is about the smallest widescreen for general photography. You can get a 19" Apple Cinema with that resolution, if you're not too fussy about with whom you do business, or a Samsung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Mv9f&unified_p=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwhite Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I use an LG Flatron L1920p on a MAC G5 @ 1280x1024 60HZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock-Photos Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Most monitors have what is called a "native" resolution. The native res is the optimum for the device. My new 19" Dell wide screen was not set at its native resolution at initial start- up. I changed it to mine to 1400x900 and there is no distortion. If you have a monitor set to a resolution that does not reflect the correct aspect ratio of the screen, you'll get distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfimages Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I have 2 monitors, one a widescreen ACER at 1440x900 (my icons/palettes monitor), the other a Viewsonic at 1280x1024 (my image monitor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauren_macintosh Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I have ViewSonic Model # VA1912wb and its set at 1440x900 and no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabseye Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Your onboard video or video card must support a widescreen resolution ... some older computer motherboards and/or video cards can't. 1440x900 sounds right for a 19" widescreen. If your computer supports the resolution, no reason to return it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Yes the 1440x900 is it!<P> Looks perfect and everything fits on the screen nicely,no scrolling. That was the only setting that I had not tried on my own and the Dell tech never suggested it and said it needed to be on the 1280x1024.Thank you to all!<P>Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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