Questions tagged [display]
Display devices used with computers, such as monitors
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What's the proper resolution for 18.5 to 30" computers [closed]
What's the proper resolution for 18.5 to 30" computers? I've been walking around the store one day, to find 27" monitors with 2048x1152 resolution. That's mostly crap, and I can't bargain them because ...
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LCD Monitor image refresh terribly slow
My LCD monitor is about 4+ years old and has developed an issue where images fade in very slowly and fade out even more slowly. This happened last week - there were no issues with the monitor before ...
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Lenovo Y50-70 screen replacement
I want to replace my default Lenovo Y50 screen because it is damaged. I have bought already two different screens to replace it but neither of their connectors work.
This: https://www.youtube.com/...
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nVidia Driver - Laptop is forced as one of my monitors
I am trying to get my nVidia Driver to correctly configure my multi-monitor setup. I have my laptop in a docking station and two monitors hooked up to it.
I had an old driver that this worked ...
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Terrible Clarity on Secondary Monitor -- Win7, Nvidia
I'm a long time Linux user and have minimal experience with Windows. That being said, I bought a Nvidia GT 730 and Windows 7 Ultimate yesterday to play a new game. This doesn't have anything to do ...
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Blue Screen of Death (display stopped working) on Compaq Presario 6608AU laptop
I have a Compaq Presario 6608AU laptop with Nvidia GeForce 7150 / nForce 630M. After what is usually 3 to 4 hours of usage, the screen sometimes goes blank - after a couple of minutes there is a BSOD ...
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NVidia 660ti + Benq XL2730Z = distorted image and color banding
Today I finally upgraded old 19" Samsung monitor to benq xl2730z and I'm not satisfied with the experience for now. The thing is that all the images it displays are highly distorted and have pretty ...
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What happens when I display 1080p video on a x720 resolution setting?
This one puzzles me, and I'm looking for a very technical answer.
Say I'm on YouTube and I chose 1080p for the video resolution.
However, my screen's resolution is 1280x720.
This means I'm ...
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Set monitor "boundaries" on OSX?
I have a Dell 23" monitor. It got damaged and now approximately 7 centimeters from the right is completely black - all the way vertically (I guess pixels got burned or something), and I cannot use ...
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Whats the difference between WLED and LED in displays?
I want to buy a laptop which have LED backlit display but there are other laptops better than that with WLED backlit display having same price tag. Can anyone explain me what's the difference between ...
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Resolution of certain programs appear differently on the same screen
I am sorry for not very clean title of my question. But this is the best I can figure.
I just got new Acer R7 with Windows-8. The resolution is 1900xsomething.
Explorer, notepad, system setting and ...
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Why does DVI-VGA adapter causes scren tearing?
What actually happens during conversion that may cause screen tearing?
With HDMI output the image is stable but when I use the DVI-VGA connector to connect to my monitor I have pretty bad screen ...
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PDF reader that functions within asymmetrical dual monitor configuration
My laptop is 40% of my typical reading surface -- with the other 60% being a larger, desk-bound monitor. Adobe Reader fails to use the entire size of the larger monitor -- cropping the PDF to about 2/...
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How to auto execute a command in screen window while creating a screen session
I have configured my .screen rc to create 10 windows while creating a screen session as
screen -t task1 0
screen -t task2 1
screen -t task3 2
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What I want is whenever I create ...
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Native X11 display not =:0.0
I am using Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 with Gnome Shell 3.16. Recently I noticed that my X11 is not running on :0.0 but on :1. I thought the native display -the monitor of my laptop- should always be :0.0. Has ...
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My 8600GT is outputting lowest video quality and strange colours
I just got an 8600GT 256MB from a yard sale. I installed in it one of my desktops but the screen started out with large red pixels, then a grid-like thing of white. When it finally when it loaded into ...
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Why does my monitor stay very dim after displaying black screens?
I've had this strange issue for a while. Basically if I launch certain games, which output a 100% black screen for an extended time (for example, when loading), the monitor will then go down to lowest ...
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Cannot set 32bit colordepth at max resolution
I have a Dell Latitude D830 which has a 1920x1200 display and a Nvidia Quadro 140M graphics card. It runs windows XP professional German with SP3. When I have a 2nd monitor attached an I have both ...
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X Error: BadMatch when adding widescreen resolution to Ubuntu
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I upgraded my monitor from 1680x1050 to 2560x1080. In nvidia-settings the maximum resolution I can set is only 1920x1080, leaving a substantial gap on each side of the monitor. The display ...
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Asus N55SF build-in screen not working after Windows update
Today Windows 8 (genuine version) performed a Windows update. At the time my laptop was plugged into an external Samsung TV via HDMI. After the installation of the update it asked me to reboot the ...
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Brightness filters & battery
I have various screen filters on either pc or mobile that artificially lower brightness. I don't know if it just covers whole screen with semitransparent black layer("dimmer") or really adjustes the ...
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Laptop monitor uses a lot of bandwidth compared to external monitor
My external monitor is using a lot less bandwidth compared to my laptop monitor. This happens only when I use "remote desktop connection".
When I keep scrolling down a text file at the same speed, ...
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Display not fully loading with Linux mint 17.1
I've been trying to fix this problem for a couple of days. I've been through numerous debugging threads.
With Linux mint:
The login screen graphics load. After logging in to a graphical terminal, the ...
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New screen: resolution so small I can't uninstall/reinstall drivers
Trying to set up an HDMI TV as the only screen on a Windows XP box, replacing an old monitor. The problem is, plugging the TV into the video card, the default resolution is so small that I can't ...
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Fixed-Green -square on 4K Display Asus n551VW
Today i notice my new Asusn551VW has some problem with display.
I witness a small green square on my display when the background is pure black, the problem looks more clear when the system starts up.
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How to set lower than 800 x 600 to secondary monitor
I have an old analog monitor that its resolution is lower than 800x600.
I need to set it as my secondary monitor.
But the lowest resolution of windows is just 800x600
How to force windows to set ...
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Huge area of stuck pixels
A toddler slammed down my laptop screen while an iPod was laying on top of the keyboard.
The damage resulted in a massive area of stuck pixels on the laptop screen, approximately 2 inches by 10 ...
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Lines appearing on Screen.... Trying to figure out why
I've got an older Dell Desktop Dimension 9200 running Windows 7. A few months ago, I started getting lines appearing on the monitor... they would appear when opening up a new window and would move ...
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Why can't I access Open Hardware Monitor's web server from any other device?
I am trying to set up Open Hardware Monitor's web server and am running into an issue.
I can't access the webpage on any other machines on my local network. I am hoping you all might be able to help ...
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Laptop's monitor goes black after bios
I have a laptop whose monitor reaches bios and then when windows start it goes black.
I connected it via vga to an external monitor and it runs good.
So the monitor should not be burned from what I ...
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Windows 8.1 Black Screen
I have a brand new desktop with a new SSD. So I installed my copy of Windows 8.1 on it and got it all done fine. When I first went to the desktop I thought to install a graphics card driver first. So ...
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xrandr, xorg test screen error — default seems to be only valid mode
Running Arch Linux, kernel 4.2.5-1, Lightdm 1.16.5, xorg-server 1.17.4-2, nvidia 255.11-4, GTX 780 dual-link dvi out.
I have a QNIX Evolution II 2710 and am attempting to overclock it but am running ...
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Toshiba Laptop screen size
I am a web developer, and I have been developing a website. But while developing the website, I looked at my website from another computer, and the website looked different from laptop to laptop (In ...
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G-sync with a Displayport to DVI adapter
So I bought two AOCG2460PG screens for my new setup (nVidia GTX 780 SLI) but came across a slight oversight; I found that the monitors only support Displayport and that there's only one Displayport ...
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connected QHD monitor to laptop using HDMI, resolution limited to FHD
I have a laptop (MSI GE60) with FullHD screen and I want to connect this with a QHD monitor (2560x1440), but when I connect by HDMI I have FullHD as max possible resolution. I don't know how to set ...
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What kind of eye wear can I use to protect my eyes from being irritated from staring at a screen all day? [closed]
Many of us stare at computer screens all day. Lately, my eyes have been irritated from prolonged staring at my computer screens. Does anyone use or know of any eye wear technology that helps with ...
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Will Looking at the monitor for a long time affect eye sight
I sit at the computer for more than 20 hours per day. when I work on my computer for longer hours I get tears in my eyes also headache and dizziness. I was just wondering if it will affect my eye ...
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2 different nVidia GTX cards - display problems
I just got a Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 card, to replace my GTX 670's in SLI, however I wish to keep one 670 to use as a dedicated PhysX card however I've run into some problems. I have an ASUS P9x79 Pro ...
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Nvidia Graphics Monitor Error
After I had downloaded Windows 7 on to my HP Pavilion DV6000 I deleted all my files on my computer, as well as the "Windows Old" on the local C: drive. I then downloaded some games that worked fine ...
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Nvidia graphics cards displaying picture larger than LCD TV
I have a strange issue and not sure what the problem is.
I have a 720p TV hooked up to a NVidia 7300. Everything is fine. But when I put in a 9500 or a GT220 the resolution is detected at 720p, but ...
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Turn off specific monitors
Is there any way programatically or with some app to turn off specific monitors on commmand? Let's say I have 3 monitors, I want to turn 2 and 3 off/on on my command.
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Windows display on Insignia 32" TV/Monitor
HP Slimline connected to Insignia 32" TV. I am satisfied with the resolution at 1920 X 1080, however the window image is larger than what the TV/Monitor can display. The left margin displays only half ...
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no POST while booting. monitor not displaying anything
The monitor not displaying anything.
I don't hear the POST signal as well. ( the beep while booting )
Things that I have tried.
Connected MONITOR to laptop ( which I am using currently ), displaying ...
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Monitor doesn't display anything on startup
Monitor doesn't display on startup, but on repeatedly pressing its power button, it displays. I changed VGA cable but the problem persists. My computer runs Windows 7.
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My wife's AOC monitor won't display anything
This morning my wife went to her PC, to log in (we leave our PC's on 24/7), but the AOC 2243W monitor wouldn't wake up or whatever. All it would say is "No signal". I bought this monitor about 6 ...
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How to force a resolution in linux?
I have a HP LP3065 that requires a dual link dvi cable to go up to 2560x1600 resolution. However, I do not have that cable, but I want to use 1920x1200 resolution. However, my nVidia Display ...
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Display not showing windows for any applications
I just built a PC (hardware listed below) and when it starts up, it is fine. The standard Windows 10 desktop task bar at the bottom will show up, and the start menu can be used. However, the icons (eg....
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Monitor buttons disabled via DVI
This is my issue: one of my two monitors doesn't react to the buttons. that means no osd, no powering on/off, no changing the brightness.
My setup:
windows 8 / linux dualboot
one nvidia geforce 670
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Is there any way to check pc monitor without restarting
Is there any way to check pc monitor without restarting? Or keyboard combinations to know whether is PC monitor is working or not.
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IntelliJ IDEA dpi scaling
I have a Windows 7 computer with a 768p display. This means there is very little room for the content. Developing apps in Android studio is an absolute nightmare since, with all the side windows which ...
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