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2 years, 11 months ago

Can't read Vista menus and prompts on my 42 inch screen from 12 feet away. Is there a solution?

I thought it would be neat to display my Vista laptop thru my 42 inch screen and compute from my easy chair. Can't read menus and prompts from 12 feet away. Even media center is a strain and has limited utilty. Is there a theme (or something) that would enlarge menus to usability at that range and yet could be switched away for when I was working on the laptop only? I want to be able to run Firefox and NoteTab and OpenOffice and Thunderbird and ...
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dannyjohnson | 2 years, 11 months ago
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Right click anywhere on the desktop and select “Personalize” now select “Adjust Font Size (dpi)” on the left menu.The UAC may appear just click “Continue” to proceed. The DPI Scaling window will pop up, select “Larger Scale (120 dpi)” And if the default options are not enough for you than go towards the bottom you will see “Custom DPI” button. This allows you to change the font size by percentage. Play around with that option to find the perfect setting.

You have to adjust everything back when you just want to use the laptop screen...

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dannyjohnson | 2 years, 11 months ago Report

BTW, You may not be able to change the resolution to one you can read as your TV may not support a readable resolution. I helped a guy recently and his huge widescreen (don't remember exactly but it was the biggest one I've ever seen) didn't support something that was readable..

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star_johnson | 2 years, 11 months ago
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Try changing your resolution. I had the problem with my 42" and I just found the resolution that worked best with it and now it's just a HUGE PC monitor! Gotta love it.

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lucg | 2 years, 11 months ago
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The output resolution that you select on your laptop should match the screen resolution, otherwise you'll always get extrapolated pixels and unsharp characters.

In most laptops, after right clicking the desktop and selecting "personalize" and selecting "display settings", you can select to attach a second monitor. You PC's LCD is then the primary, your TV the secondary. You can then select the best resolution for each and you can drag items from one screen to the other.

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