Latitude D820 Screen Resolution

Question

I have a new Latitude D820 Notebook, with a 15.5' widescreen, running a max resolution of 1920 x 1200.  It has a Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Display Driver.  Font DPI is 96 (opposed to 120 which makes things look weird and causes inconsistent font sizes).  However, I'd like to be able to set the resolution a bit lower, as the 1920x1200 is insanely small for this type of screensize.  But when I set it to anything other than 1920x1200 it stretches fonts and causes all kinds of weird looks on the screen.  Is there perhaps driver-updates that can fix this?  (My driver version is 6.14.10.4543)   Thanks a million to whomever can help me solve this.

Windian · Answer

Anything other than the native resolution will not look that good. I don't think driver updates will help you.  Best to figure out how to get the most of of that nice high-res screen.   Have you tried the Font Size setting at Control Panel>Display>Appearance? Extra Large fonts might help. That is much more benign than the DPI settings. Also try the 'Adanced' button there to widen scroll bars etc.   If there a particular application that causes you problems?   If the problem is browsing web sites with hard coded font size in pixels that don't respond to IE's View>Text Size menu item, try Firefox. It's resizing (use Ctrl + or Ctrl - )is FAR superior to that in IE6.   Good luck!

Webmeister · Answer

I had this problem too.   Message Edited by Webmeister on 07-27-200603:30 AM

Art · Answer

I have a D800 with the 1920x1200 WUXGA Screen and just love it.

What Windian said about Firefox should solve the 'too small fonts' for browsing internet, Ctrl/scroll also resizes Firefox and many other apps as well.

I also use lower resolution settings and see no 'pixelation' (blocky look) when I do not need the 'extra space'.

Click on {this link}, DCF post w/ HiResolution Photos to see how it looks for me.

Important to avoid distortion is to only use resolutions that have an 8:5 ratio. These include 1600x1050, 1280x800, 1024x640 and even 960x600.

I keep all twenty desktop icons in the upper left corner of the desktop to avoid rearangement on low resolutions and have taskbar along the right edge.

Acadie · Answer

Hi SarelvdWalt,   I'm after the actual viewable screen size - top to bottom and left to right. Any chance of posting the sizes please?   Regards

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