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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Photography Equipment => Computer Hardware => Topic started by: eyeCatchLight on January 15, 2010, 10:28
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Hello hello,
so I got my Samsung 245T ;D ;D ;D.
I am using it with my laptop (HP8510p), which has a VGA and an HDMI port, but unfortunately no DVI port.
I tried to connect it first with VGA, and it looks fine but not extremely sharp, which I attributed to the analog connection, cable, etc. So I used an HDMI cable as I do not have a DVI port. But that looks disgusting! Screen resolution changes to 1920x1080, and the image is wider than the screen on the broadside, and narrower than the screen in height, and the image looks terrible, somewhat like a TV in closeup - imagine a heavily artifacted JPG with all oversharpened edges and stuff.
so....what would you do? is a HDMI-to-DVI adaptor a solution? or how can i improve the HDMI picture? i mean it is supposed to work ;-)
btw i have tested it both on linux and windows.
thanks!
simone
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Hi,
Try adjusting your screen resolution in windows screen properties.
Set sharpening in monitor menu to zero, set sharpening on video card to zero.
Patrick.
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yeah i tried that, there is nothing but 1920x1080 and then by far lower ones. there is a sharpening menu, but even reducing it to zero makes it still look strangely bad. i can set the screen to wide, 16:9, 4:3 and "just scan", but all options except wide just use a small portion of the monitor.
what about using an HDMI to DVI adaptor?
simone
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yeah i tried that, there is nothing but 1920x1080 and then by far lower ones. there is a sharpening menu, but even reducing it to zero makes it still look strangely bad. i can set the screen to wide, 16:9, 4:3 and "just scan", but all options except wide just use a small portion of the monitor.
what about using an HDMI to DVI adaptor?
simone
Those excist.. but i have no experience with them.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419 (http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419)
Patrick.
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cool cool cool. i bought one and it works perfectly!! :-)))