Blury Monitor Resolution ??

[popo]

Howdy Crew,

In Summary: Question: Is it the video card that can cause "blurriness" ?

I have a beautiful 21inch Sony Trinaton [bagged Digital] monitor.
Its max resolution is: 1600x1200
It has a Horizontal Frequency of: 30-95kHz and Vertical Frequency of: 50 - 152Hz.....
however, it is a bit blury [causing eye strain].

My question is:

what causes blurriness ? The Video Card ? I am using this monitor with a Nvidia TNT card.
Could this be the reason why there is blurriness ?

Do I need a really good video card to display clear resolutions of up 1600x1200 ?

I need some advice here becuase I'm a bit disappointed with quaility of picture...for such an expensive monitor :-(

Thanks

- Alex

 

[Shooters]

What brand is it? Not all Trinitrons are created equal. 1600x1200 sounds pretty low for the max resolution of a 21" Trinitron monitor. Bluriness can be attributed to the video card or monitor. Some video cards have better 2D than others, but generally speaking, they should all be sufficient and shouldn't cause any unbearable bluriness. The culprit is most likely the monitor. It could be defective or damaged. Also, have you checked the refresh rate? A low refresh rate (like 60Hz) can cause eyestrain. 85Hz is usually the recommended refresh rate.

 

[htmlmasterdave]

Video card DEFINATELY matters , you should try the monitor on a Voodoo 3, or a matrox card, see if that helps (those are generally the best)

 

[jamarno]

I'd first try a different card at the same resolution and scan rate and a different cable (one as fat as those connected permanently to some monitors). Usually a bad card or cable will cause the picture to be fuzzy only in the horizontal direction, but if the monitor is at fault the fuzzines is equal in both the horizontal and vertical directions.

 

[Dimitri]

Could be the monitor. That max hsf is pretty low for a 21", lower than my 19" even. Then again, TNT's had pretty sucky 2D quality at high resolutions. My GF2GTS was pathetic at 1280 compared to my r8500.

 

[bassoprofundo]

TNT based cards' 2d quality is absolutely horrid. Put that monitor on a g400 and prepare to be amazed.

 

[Budman]

<< TNT based cards' 2d quality is absolutely horrid. Put that monitor on a g400 and prepare to be amazed. >>



A nice Radeon card would do nicely too.

2D on ATI cards are very nice.

 

[MWink]

In my experience the thing that makes the most difference is the refresh rate. Higher refresh rate = blurry picture. Lower refresh rate = sharp picture.

 

[popo]

Thanks to all those who replied.
I found the solution.

The H-STATIC setting on the monitor

Thanks

- Alex

ps Does anyone have a definition of H-STATIC ?

 

[rbV5]

H-Static or H-static Conv = Adjusts the horizontal alignment of the red, green and blue beams.

 

[AluminumStudios]

Matrox or ATI have great quality, while Nvidia's older products haven't been to great.

Another thing that can affect it is if you have a VGA loopthrough cable like the Sigma designs Hollywood+ hardware MPEG2 decoder comes with. I have a Hollywood+ and the VGA loop-through cable made a noticable quality impact on my run of the mill 17" CRT monitor (I wound up not using the cable because of this.)

 

[dkozloski]

Brightness and contrast settings that are too high cause a focus problem in any monitor. In extreme cases the malady is called blooming, where the size of the image increases as the brightness is turned to max and the quality goes to hell. The first thing to do is to search the Web for a monitor adjustment program to get the brightness and contrast properly set, then see where you are. If you are compelled to experience a vivid image then turn down the ambient lighting.