new graphics cards are not expensive if you don't want or
need 512 MB graphic RAM. As others have suggested, get a
card with analog and DVI, maybe even a TV tuner such as an
All-in-Wonder card.
| The screen works fine when plugged into a laptop. The
video card is
| fairly old and apparently some old video cards don't work
too well with
| new LCDs
|
| It is quite readable, however, when you have a brand new
LCD you want
| the quality to be perfect.
|
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > silly thought, is it possible that someone used a
chemical
| > cleaner on the LCD and damaged the screen?
| >
| >
| >
| > | > LG L1932P doesn't appear to be a widescreen model
| >
http://www.ukgamer.com/index.php4?action=article&id=285&page=1
| > ...and if it was, reasonably recent Nvidia graphics
cards /
| > driver software allow you to manually define a screen
mode,
| > which is I think what one ends up doing with for example
a
| > widescreen 1440x900 pixel LCD monitor !
| > ...which brings me to the point I initially intended to
| > make, ...define your own screen geometry in your Nvidia
| > software "Custom Resolutions and Refresh Rates, if
1280x1024
| > isn't there - if you can't - time for a new graphics
card."
| >
| > In my view it would be worth buying a newer graphics
card
| > with a DVI port AND analogue 15 pin D-sub port on it -
if
| > and when the monitor DVI input port dies, you can still
use
| > it on analogue - like me until I get my on-site swap
out.
| > The picture quality is significantly and noticeably
better
| > when injecting the picture into the thing with a DVI
signal
| > (direct pixel addressing). ...and using the DVI port,
to
| > get the best out of it, you do need the graphics card to
be
| > sending the picture along to the monitor in the monitors
| > 'native' mode. i.e. if your monitor has 1280x1024
pixels on
| > it, select 1280x1024 in your graphics cards
software/driver,
| > and check that the refresh rate isn't higher that 75hz.
| >
http://uk.lge.com/prodmodeldetail.d...lay=L1932P&unit=NOTHING&model=Select+a+model#
| >
| > (this post in html due to long URL ...apologies !
| >
| > regards, Richard
| >
| >
| > | >> I tried the nvidia drivers, but the latest wouldn't
work so
| >> I had to
| >> install some older drivers but that didn't help it
either
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
| >>> You should go to the video card manufacturer website
and
| >>> see if they have
| >>> updated drivers and software that will give you the
| >>> ability to select a
| >>> proper widescreen image as opposed to an artificially
| >>> stretched view..
| >>>
| >
