Solve : Cannot adjust sharpness on Dell 2007Fbp monitor?

1.	Solve : Cannot adjust sharpness on Dell 2007Fbp monitor?
Answer» The text seems just a bit out of focus on this Dell flat screen, model #2007FPb. I thought it might help to adjust the sharpness setting on the OSD, but that setting is grayed out and apparently unavailable. I couldn't FIND anything in the manual to help me diagnose the issue. Anyone familiar with this line of MONITORS who could help me out? Quote Dell flat screen, model #2007FPb Here in the house that lest TV or monitor that had a focus got taken to the dump. So, my question is, why do you think it it's out of focus? But if you have the wrong settings for scan and size, the DISPLAY will look bad. Can you boot in safe mode? Try the VGA option and see if the display looks more normal. For clear text, LCD monitors need to be run at their native resolution. For this monitor it is a relatively unusual 1600 x 1200 pixels. First, in your display properties, make sure this resolution is set. Having confirmed that, in addition you may want to fool around with Clear Type (text anti-aliasing) options. Thanks for the suggestions. I think I found my problem - you can only adjust the sharpness when using an S-video input; it's not available with DVI or VGA. Quote from: comporanger on September 14, 2013, 06:49:57 AM you can only adjust the sharpness when using an S-video input That's because the S-Video input is USED by devices like cable TV boxes, video recorders, cameras, DVD players, etc, whose signals may need sharpening to appear even barely acceptable on a high resolution monitor. S-video is a low resolution analog connection. If you are using DVI or VGA and you have the computer display resolution identical with the monitor native resolution, then the display is going to be as sharp as it can be, and there is no need for a sharpening setting.

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The text seems just a bit out of focus on this Dell flat screen, model #2007FPb. I thought it might help to adjust the sharpness setting on the OSD, but that setting is grayed out and apparently unavailable. I couldn't FIND anything in the manual to help me diagnose the issue. Anyone familiar with this line of MONITORS who could help me out? Quote

Dell flat screen, model #2007FPb

Here in the house that lest TV or monitor that had a focus got taken to the dump.
So, my question is, why do you think it it's out of focus?

But if you have the wrong settings for scan and size, the DISPLAY will look bad.

Can you boot in safe mode? Try the VGA option and see if the display looks more normal.
For clear text, LCD monitors need to be run at their native resolution. For this monitor it is a relatively unusual 1600 x 1200 pixels. First, in your display properties, make sure this resolution is set. Having confirmed that, in addition you may want to fool around with Clear Type (text anti-aliasing) options.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I found my problem - you can only adjust the sharpness when using an S-video input; it's not available with DVI or VGA. Quote from: comporanger on September 14, 2013, 06:49:57 AM

you can only adjust the sharpness when using an S-video input

That's because the S-Video input is USED by devices like cable TV boxes, video recorders, cameras, DVD players, etc, whose signals may need sharpening to appear even barely acceptable on a high resolution monitor. S-video is a low resolution analog connection. If you are using DVI or VGA and you have the computer display resolution identical with the monitor native resolution, then the display is going to be as sharp as it can be, and there is no need for a sharpening setting.

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