My old 17" CRT's monitor image was crisp and clear. I decide to upgrade to a 17" LDC monitor. I checked out a monitor in the store, liked the image it displayed and bought it. When I hooked it up to my computer at home, the image shown on the monitor is fuzzier and not as crisp as it's display in the store was. I returned it and bought a different brand name. Hooked this new one up to my computer, and the results are STILL the same, the text images arent as clear and crisp as it showed in the store, and isnt as clear as my old CRT monitor.
I even went as far as upgrading my video card thinking that it's old technology couldnt produce a clear image on the monitor. That didnt even help, the image still shows up fuzzy.  I'm at my wit's end trying to figure out why these monitors arent showing clear images when hooked up to my computer.
Any ideas???  Thanks in advance!

~Cherie
LCD HelpThanks, I looked at the LCD Help page, but didnt see anything helpful regarding my problem.

~Cheriehave you tried the adjustments on the menu...contrast ..brightness....also have you adjusted the refresh rate...in the control panel/>display icon CLICK it..settings />advanced tab ..click it..monitor....you will have to use trial and error here some like 75mhz some like 65 mhz..or there is the performance tab as well ...which has a slider for graphics problems....Hi Merlin_2,
Yes, I've played around with all of the settings you mentioned except the performance tab with the graphics slider...where is that located? I have a LiquidVideo 17" LCD monitor.

Thanks,
~Cherie
www.PortraitsOfAnimals.comin the control panel/>display icon click it..settings />advanced tab ..performance tab click it ..you will see the slider ...also you can try this if you wish type dxdiag in the run box it might help you?....off topic i bet you have got a picture of a lancashire healer?I BELIEVE what Merlin is refering to may differ per videocard.

For example, ATI cards have that tab but it is called 3D.

It allows you to set the Anti-aliasing, maximum resolution and more for Direct3D and OpenGL (If the card supports either of them). Which is more commonly used for games, it does not show a significant impact on my (CRT) monitor when I adjust the slider...

Unless, ofcourse, Merlin is referring to another slider?To Merlin: No, I haven't heard of a Lancashire Healer, so you have one? I have a Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

To Raptor: Yes, I have the OpenGL and Direct 3D settings. I messed around with them and also found that they did nothing to clear up fuzzy text.

I found out that the 17" LCD monitors should be set at 1280x1024 resolution.  I changed mine to that resolutoin and the text shrunk down real small, but it was clear, and the graphics looked like crap.
When I changed it back to my usual 1024x768, the text went back to normal size, but appeared fuzzy again.

I called up Circuit City where I bought my monitor and asked them what they set their resolution at.  The guy told me they set them all to the lower 1024x768...but why their text is still clearer than mine?...that's the big question of the day...  :-/

~Cherie
www.PortraitsOfAnimals.comI believe I have a solution for your problem:

Right click on your Desktop, properties, visualization, effects, second drop down bar and select TRUETYPE. This is a much sharper fonts than the standard one Windows USES..Raptor, thank you for the advise. Yes, you are correct in that selecting the ClearType (on WindowsXP-Home)makes the fonts clearer. I have already done that a few days AGO and it did make the text clearer that it was, but still not nearly as clear as the model monitor at the store.  :-/
there are several options >1024X768 true colour/high colour/256 colours  try them all...to see if it helps?some monitor come with a drivers floppy disk? did you load it?Hi Merlin,
I've loaded the drivers that came with the monitor and new video card right from the beginning. I also looked at the different color options. Perhaps I just haven't gotten the right combination of all the options. Didnt think it would be this hard getting clear type..sheesh!