Grainy Text On New Viewsonic LCD

codygibbs · 06-10-2009, 06:34 PM

I hooked up a brand new Viewsonic (VX1940w LCD 1680x1050) monitor to my macbook 10.5.7 (1280 x 800) and the picture is fine but the text is super grainy and hard to read. I have tried messing with the resolution and toying with Mac's font smoothing feature with zero success. Please help!

Here are some more specs:

Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Built-In: Yes
VX1940w:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported

sinclair_tm · 06-10-2009, 10:45 PM

Could you take a photo with a camera and post it by chance. Also, how is it connected, VGA or DVI? And are you using an Apple adaptor?

codygibbs · 06-11-2009, 10:04 AM

I can't take a picture, but I am using this apple adapter:

<http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9321G/B>

And it's DVI. Thanks for your help!

codygibbs · 06-11-2009, 10:05 AM

Sorry, link didn't work. Try again.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9321G/B

06-10-2009, 06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
codygibbs Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7	Grainy Text On New Viewsonic LCD I hooked up a brand new Viewsonic (VX1940w LCD 1680x1050) monitor to my macbook 10.5.7 (1280 x 800) and the picture is fine but the text is super grainy and hard to read. I have tried messing with the resolution and toying with Mac's font smoothing feature with zero success. Please help! Here are some more specs: Color LCD: Resolution: 1280 x 800 Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Built-In: Yes VX1940w: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported

06-11-2009, 10:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
codygibbs Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7	Re: Grainy Text On New Viewsonic LCD I can't take a picture, but I am using this apple adapter: <http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9321G/B> And it's DVI. Thanks for your help!

06-11-2009, 10:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
codygibbs Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7	Re: Grainy Text On New Viewsonic LCD Sorry, link didn't work. Try again. http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9321G/B