Questions tagged [resolution]
The number of pixels in a given display or image, representing the smallest physical unit of display. One individual pixel represents a single colour value, and when combined, create a displayed image. Usually written as (width x height).
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How can I make the window fonts bolder in Windows 7?
Is there a way in Windows 7 to make fonts on windows stronger?
I am trying to help someone figure out how to make text easier to read. I have already adjusted the text DPI, used ease of access ...
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Run a low-resolution game in center of a high-resolution LCD?
I want to run my Warcraft 3 (resolution 1024x768) in the center of my 23" LCD screen (resolution 1920x1080), I want to keep Warcraft 3 in the center of my LCD, and outer region are all black rather ...
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What is the largest screen resolution that mainstream graphics cards and displays support
I'm working on a piece of software that displays content, such as video, and needs to be "aware" of the screen resolution to display the image correctly.
At the moment we have set a maximum of 4000px ...
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What is the Intel Core i7 onboard graphics maximum supported resolution?
I went from an external Nvidia card to the i7 graphics and was shocked that the driver maxed out at 1680x1050 pixels. I have a 27" monitor whose native resolution is 2560x1440.
Can the onboard ...
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How to increase resolution
I have a Dell Inspiron 14R-N4010 laptop with Windows 7 64-bit installed.
The screen resolution is 1024 x 768 - how can I increase the resolution to 1280 x 800? I have "Generic PnP Monitor on Standard ...
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How do I change screen resolution in Fedora 15?
I installed Fedora 15 recently and am struggling to find a way to set screen resolution to greater than 1280x800. Has anybody tried doing this?
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ATI Radeon 4350 lower resolutions do not fill screen in Windows 7
I have a new Windows 7 64-bit machine with an ATI HD4350 card. The card is connected via VGA (DSUB) to a SyncMaster 205 BW LCD monitor.
If I set the resolution to 1680x1050 the LCD screen is ...
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How to tell if wallpaper resolution scales up/down to another resolution?
How do you calculate whether or not a wallpaper of a certain resolution is also compatible (it scales up/down well) to another resolution?
A scenario might be that you find a wallpaper that you like, ...
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Dell E6410 laptop with Dell E1909 external monitor resolution stuck at 640x480
I have a new Windows 7 (32-bit) Dell Latitude E6410 laptop, and a new Dell E1909WDD Flat Panel Monitor.
The only way to connect to the monitor is via an integrated DisplayPort cable. http://en....
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Lenovo ThinkPad T410s dual monitor resolution
I have a couple of questions about the Lenovo ThinkPad 410s and its dual external monitor support.
When the T410s is connected to two external displays, what resolutions can it support on the two ...
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WinXP: How to enforce 1920x1080px for LG E2350V and AXLE3D NVIDIA GF 5500 128M
I recently bought an LG Flatron E2350V, an LED Monitor with 1920x1080px.
My old AGP card could not handle the resolution so I bought a new one:
AXLE3D NVIDIA GF 5500 128M DDR1 128bits
However I ...
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Increasing the screen resolution in Ubuntu 10.04
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 edition on my Acer 5738Z laptop. The screen size of my laptop is about 15'' but the screen resolution in Ubuntu is stuck at 1366x768. I know that my monitor could give better ...
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Windows DNS resolution
I can't connect to a server in my domain
C:\Users\evil>nslookup winserver
Server: m0n0wall.local
Address: 192.168.123.254
Name: winserver
Address: 192.168.123.246
this is ok, nslookup ...
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Windows 7 screen resolution
I have an HP110 netbook with Intel 945 Express graphics chipset. The basic screen resolution is 1024 x 576. When this machine had Windows XP installed, you could go into the graphics properties, ...
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Can't set 1280x1024 on Ubuntu with Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS
FINAL UPDATE: Here is the best solution that I found after going through this problem lots of times. The question below is outdated because as it turns out the computer is not the problem; the monitor ...
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Second monitor with laptop doesn't go to full resolution
I have a Dell Latitude D520 with Intel 945GM chipset on board and WinXP. I started working with an external monitor a while ago (Gateway EV910). Initially everything seemed to work ok, and I was able ...
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Windows 10 camera won't go to correct resolution
A while ago, I made a camera based on a the Omnivision OV7251 image sensor, and the Cypress CX3 USB3.0 camera controller. I wrote the firmware myself, and so I know that the camera only supports the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS VM's resolution on VirtualBox
So, I'm working on VirtualBox 6.1, I have a Ubuntu 22.04 LTS VM, I have installed LinuxGuestAdditions 6.1.26 on my VM and can pick a resolution and have bidirectional clipboard BUT when I changed my ...
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Unable to set correct resolution for each monitor
I have 2 monitors that are connected to Dell Dock WD19:
Ultrawide Xiaomi Mi Curved Gaming Monitor (DP to DP)
Dell IPS P2722H 27" (HDMI port on monitor to DP)
When both are connected, the ...
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Mac external monitor no scale option
When I connect to a benq 4k 32 inch monitor, there are 5 scale that I can choose.
However when connect to a dell 27 inch 2k monitor, no scale options. I change the resolution to lower but it just ...
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Asus Zenscreen Display Resolution Configuration (macOS SwitchResX)
I am using a 13-inch MacBook Pro (macOS Catalina) and a 15.6-inch Asus Zenscreen MB16ACM as an external screen.
System preferences gives me the following "Scaled Resolutions" for the Asus ...
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Increasing screen resolution of linux terminal using GRUB2
I need to change the screen size of Linux terminal, particularly increase the resolution and thus increase the space for output.
Target environment:
V.Platform : Oracle VirtualBox 6.1
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Change aspect ratio with ffmpeg without specifying width or height?
I have a video that's 1920 x 1080 (16:9) and it looks stretched horizontally, because it should be 4:3.
That could be solved by converting it to a file that's 1440 x 1080, but in this case, the exact ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Force fractional scaling functionality in virtual machine
I've set up an Ubuntu 20.04 desktop instance using VMware. Since 20.04, fractional scaling is not an experimental feature any more, but nonetheless works only on resolutions commonly used by display ...
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Does resolution or hz make biggest impact on battery life
I am planning on buying the new Asus G14 laptop. I am choosing between the 60hz 2440x1440 version or the 120hz 1920x1080 version. My question is, if the rest of the specs are the same, will the higher ...
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Understanding monitor and secondary monitor resolutions
i'm trying to understand what happens when i connect a second monitor to my Macbook Pro 15''. The Mac itself has a display with a resolution of 1680x1050 (aspect ratio 1.6) where a 4K monitor has a ...
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Surface pro 7 (USB-C) to UWQHD (DP, HDMI, DVI)?
Is it possible to use a UWQHD 3440x1440 monitor for my surface pro7?
The surface only have USB-C and the monitor have HDMI (HDCP 1.4), DP and DVI. Do I need a specific adapter or do all adapters ...
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1080p HD TV as Monitor - What Determines Resolution?
I am trying to use a 46" Sony Bravia 1080p HD TV (from 2010) as a computer monitor.
To connect it to the PC, I bought a DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable that
"supports video resolutions up to 1920x1200 and ...
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Inserted Images are Blurry (not original resolution) in Visio 2016
In Microsoft Visio (2016) whenever I insert an image of higher quality it turns up super blurry. I have tried to disable the compression already but whenever I attempt to change the setting, not only ...
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How does my projector downsample the input resolution into its native resolution?
I have a projector that has a maximum input resolution of 1920x1080 and a native resolution of 800x480.
If I plug it into my computer which is sending it a 1920x1080 signal, what is it doing to ...
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resolution solution for Windows RDP?
I'm running a Windows 10 guest VM on my Linux host at home to be able to RDP via a VPN (I establish through MS IE) into my Desktop computer at work.
This generally works fine only that the RDP ...
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ffmpeg : watermark image scale with margin
I am using ffmpeg for first time and having some problem as I want to put watermark on videos.
I have done successfully that task using following command:
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i logo.png -...
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Games won't display on primary monitor anymore
I am having an issue where it appears that the newest Nvidia driver is causing issues for me with multi-monitor setups in ANY game. If I run a game at 1920x1080 or lower resolution, it displays on my ...
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VBoxSVGA vs VMSVGA Resolution Issues on Linux guest
I'm trying to install LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 3 on a Windows 10 host. I'm having some trouble with the graphics adapters and resolution settings. I read this SU question, and specifically ...
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Dell dual monitor is unstable with my HP laptop
At work, I have a Dell monitor as a dual screen in addition to my HP Spectre laptop screen.
I have a Dell hub that has the monitor, ethernet, mouse and keyboard as inputs, and then this connects to ...
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Blurry zones in Windows 10 without scaling enabled
It has been a while and appeared at a precise point in time some months ago.
'Unused' zones are being progressively blurred on my main screen (1080p, I have another smaller monitor) and it unblurs ...
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Would a laptop with a native resolution of 3840x2160 behave the same as a 1920x1080 one if the resolution is lowered?
Would a laptop with a native resolution of 3840x2160 behave the same as a 1920x1080 one if the resolution is lowered to FHD? Would getting a UHD laptop and using it in FHD be a logical thing to do if ...
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How to set the default resolution of safe mode
I can set the resolution I want in Settings > Display. However, I want to know how you can set the default resolution of Safe Mode.
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I have a 720p laptop but I need to record my screen on 1080p
I need to record a demo for one of my applications to submit on windows store and their requirement is that the video file resolution should be 1920*1080 but the problem is maximum resolution my ...
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Windows 10 can't set a 16:10 (native) resolution for Acer X223W
The monitor worked fine until I installed a fresh new x64 Windows 10 Pro (was x32 before).
My graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 HD series, with drivers for Windows 8 x64, the newest ones ...
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Ubuntu minimal in VirtualBox can't get fullscreen resolution
Before possibly downvoting or closing/flagging this post as duplicate please notice that I'm working with a CLI Ubuntu so installing virtualbox guest additions doesn't help. I have already tried it. I ...
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Unable to get 2560x1440 resolution on new monitor
I have just bought a new monitor, and cannot get it to display at its advertised native resolution. My setup is:
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Processor: AMD A10-7850K + integrated Radeon R7
Graphics ...
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How to set high resolution on nVidia card?
gfx card: nVidia GeForce GT 530
monitor: Samsung C27H711 (2560x1440, connected over HDMI cable)
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
Windows starts in 1920x1080, the Display Control panel applet shows that as ...
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Stop FFMPEG upscaling video
I'm using FFMPEG to transcode videos which the function is triggered automatically. I'm trying to scale the video down into multiple resolutions while keeping the aspect ratio (Shrink to fit). If the ...
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See the whole screen when installing Linux on VMWare vSphere 5.1.0
I'm using VMWare vSphere 5.1.0 on Windows 10 and I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a new virtual machine I just created. All is good, excepted the screen is so tiny I can't see or click the buttons ...
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Displays which can downscale resolution with keeping physical pixels
I'm seeking for displays which are able to downscale resolution without loosing image quality.
As an example, considering a 1920x1080 display, if I'd set the resolution to 640x480, I'd like to see a ...
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High DPI Laptop, Low DPI Monitor
I've got a Surface Book which I'm running at the default resolution - 3000 x 200 - the scaling is set at 200%. Both these settings are defaults, and everything looks fine - excuse the scribbling:
I ...
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What happens when monitor supports 2560 x 1080 resolution, but computer only supports 1920x1080?
What happens when a monitor supports 2560 x 1080 resolution, but the computer only supports 1920x1080?
Do you get banding along the left and right edges?
Or does everything get stretched and ...
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Windows gives error "Unable to save display settings" when all 4 monitor ports are used
I have 4 monitors: (2) 1920 x 1080 monitors and (2) 1600 x 900 monitors hooked up as follows:
1920x1080 -> HDMI 2.0
1920x1080 -> DVI-D
1600x900 -> DisplayPort to DVI.
1600x900 -> DVI-D
I can ...
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Windows 7 change aspect ratio
My computer has Windows 7 installed. The display is widescreen, but I need to use some legacy programs which were designed for 4:3 monitors. Right now the program works in full screen, but the UI is ...
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