It’s a truth more often than not that people don’t replace monitors because the old one broke, but rather because they wanted something bigger or with the newer LED-backlighting methods that provide better light and color. What this means is that you probably have an older LCD panel monitor that’s in perfect working order and aren’t doing...

We’re all watching more video on the internet than ever before, be it via YouTube, Netflix or any number of other video delivery/sharing sites. You’ll notice however that some monitors provide true widescreen (meaning the entire screen is filled on press of the "fullscreen" button) easily while others don’t. The reason for this is...

The top 10 resolutions the world used over the past year according to Statcounter are:1024×768 1200×800 1366×768 1280×1024 1440×900 1680×1050 1920×1080 1600×900 1360×768 1024×600Some of you may be surprised to know that 1024×768 is still #1. And no, that’s not a netbook resolution (which...

If you plan on buying a new flat panel monitor (or laptop) soon whether, small, standard or large-sized, here are 5 tips that will make the calibration process a whole lot easier. 1. Disable all enhanced features Many monitors out-of-the-box have some sort of enhancement which the manufacturer thinks makes the picture look better when enabled. The vast majority...

A ton of you out there are still using old monitors, some of which are shamefully old. Yes, they still work, but hey, this is your eyes we’re talking about and you should have a display that allows you read everything easily. Before listing the 5 reasons, here’s a quick way to determine if your monitor is crappy or not: Use a laptop under 1 year old...

There are some instant deal-breakers for me when it comes to modern computer monitors. Things that just make me shake my head and say, "What were they thinking?" Here are 5 of them. 1. All button controls hidden on the side This is when every single button (including the power button) for the monitor is recessed into the side to complete what the OEM...

A common misconception these days is that any monitor that doesn’t have a wide aspect isn’t worth using. I disagree with this because in many instances it’s the better choice for a lot of people. The aspect of a non-widescreen monitor is 5:4 and not 4:3 as widely believed. If you have a DVD of a television show, pop it in your computer and play...

LCD monitors are great. No question. They’re thin, can be moved around easily, don’t use much electricity, don’t produce static when turned on or off, have a crisp picture that stays crisp, and so on. However there is one failing of LCD monitors and a big one at that. It’s a lack of vertical resolution. I’ll explain. Let’s say...

In the beginning (more or less).. ..there was 320×200 resolution with the Commodore 64. Then came MS-DOS and VGA with 640×480 resolution. It was good and there was much rejoicing. Then came Super VGA (800×600). And it was better. And there was more rejoicing. Fast-forward to present. You can now easily acquire LCD monitors with very high native...

The human eye can see around 7 million colors. And that’s a rough best-guess number because no one truly knows the exact amount. Your immediate thought might be, "But my monitor is rated to display 16.7 million colors (like this one). That’s more than double what my eye can see. Isn’t it physically impossible for the human eye to see them...

Next month the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds is coming. It’s a 17-inch screened, Intel Core 2 Quad’ed, 980GB hard drive’d beast. But what makes it worth $3,600? See that thing sticking out from the right? You guessed it, that’s another screen. You may asking yourself “Is that a dual-screen laptop?” You are correct. Also note the...

If you’re like most computer users, you’re using an LCD monitor as your primary computer display. And you’ve probably adjusted your monitor settings as best you could, but it still doesn’t “look right”. Some hues appear too blue while others appear too red, or maybe the black looks like a dark gray at best. I will say up front...

Sony is developing a new fold-up display that could herald the production of fold-away computers. According to The New Journal of Physics, researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute are exploring the possibility of creating, and are working on the development of, bendable optically assessed organic light emitting displays. When fully developed, this...

The Microsoft Windows operating environment introduced something called "font smoothing" right around the time Internet Explorer 4.0 was released in 1997. Even way back then (this is before the release of Windows 98) Microsoft understood that type on screen must be as legible as possible. ClearType, another Microsoft way of making fonts look better,...

For those with multi-monitor setups running Windows XP, you’ve probably run into the situation where whenever you launch a specific application it launches on the "wrong monitor". Sure, a reboot is a quick fix for this but you obviously don’t want to do this every time you want program windows to appear in their proper places. Saving your...

Hardware recognition in Linux can come a long, long way. And unless you have a computer that has proprietary hardware (meaning "Windows only" supported), it’s a good bet that if you try out a Linux distribution, everything in your computer box will be supported without issue. Something that’s always bothered me – as will as many...

It’s a safe assumption that the vast majority of computer users today use LCD monitors. It is in fact a very reliable technology and it’s not often that you hear of one breaking. But being that it’s an electronic device, yes it will eventually fail. How long does it take before an LCD fails completely? Usually about 5 to 7 years. What is the...

On some LCD monitors, you may have spent a good amount of time setting everything up perfectly on the software side but something “just doesn’t look right”, and you’re at a loss for what to do next. The solution could be as simple as adjusting your LCD monitor’s refresh rate by 1Hz if it’s allowed. In my dual-display setup I...

I have been using more than one monitor on my computer for years. Once I read that Windows could indeed handle more than one video card, the light bulbs went off. I can have more than one screen? I shortly went out and purchased a second screen. When I switched to the Mac Pro back in October, the system came with a single video card with two video outs. But, I...