New 19" LCD / Disappointed
People,
Just setup my new Dell 8250, with which I ordered a 19" LCD monitor...& am disappointed with the performance & was hoping some members could shed some light on my newfound difficulties.
First of all, some web sites have the pages displayed (including prominent sites, such as msn.com), full left...with a margin on the right. On my old monitor, a 17" CRT, all web sites filled the screen. I have seen 19" CRT's; & they too have the web page displayed proportional to the screen size (full.) Is this a characteristic of LCD monitors, or a matter of how web builders size their pages? I'm wondering why I always saw the full page on my old monitor; & this one has margins with some sites. (My screen res is set to 1024 X 768, which seems to look normal in all other aspects.)
Secondly, the quality of the display itself seems to be very poor; & lacking sharpness & detail. Text is actually fuzzy (even in XP's "Clear Type" mode.) My salesperson at Dell misunderstood my intentions; & sent me a machine with the wrong video card (GeForce4 MX 420), which only has VGA output. Dell is now sending me a new card (Readon 9000 Pro), which of course has DVI. Will the digital output improve the quality of the display?
Thanks in advance,
mark4man
People,
Just setup my new Dell 8250, with which I ordered a 19" LCD monitor...& am disappointed with the performance & was hoping some members could shed some light on my newfound difficulties.
First of all, some web sites have the pages displayed (including prominent sites, such as msn.com), full left...with a margin on the right. On my old monitor, a 17" CRT, all web sites filled the screen. I have seen 19" CRT's; & they too have the web page displayed proportional to the screen size (full.) Is this a characteristic of LCD monitors, or a matter of how web builders size their pages? I'm wondering why I always saw the full page on my old monitor; & this one has margins with some sites. (My screen res is set to 1024 X 768, which seems to look normal in all other aspects.)
Secondly, the quality of the display itself seems to be very poor; & lacking sharpness & detail. Text is actually fuzzy (even in XP's "Clear Type" mode.) My salesperson at Dell misunderstood my intentions; & sent me a machine with the wrong video card (GeForce4 MX 420), which only has VGA output. Dell is now sending me a new card (Readon 9000 Pro), which of course has DVI. Will the digital output improve the quality of the display?
Thanks in advance,
mark4man