Articles tagged: resolution

A Hacker on TV

How Tech Mistakes in Media Harm Us All

Please don’t base your understanding of technology on what you see in TV and movies.

Increasing Text Size

How Can I Make the Text on My Screen Larger?

There are several ways to adjust the size of text and items on your screen.

Size

How Pixels, DPI, Resolution, Picture Size, and File Size All Relate

Photographic images have a number of characteristics that we often don’t consider or understand. I’ll review how digital pictures are constructed and stored, and what you need to keep in mind when sharing or publishing.

Changing Size of Displayed Items

Tip of the Day: the Size of Things on Your Display

Windows 10 has made controlling the size of items on your display easier and more obvious.

Full Resolution Puppy

How Do I Print Pictures from Websites So They Look Good?

Printing pictures displayed on screen so they look good turns out to be surprisingly difficult, if not downright impossible.

VGA Connector

Will My Old CRT Work with a New Computer?

Of course it depends, but you may be able to get that old monitor working with a new computer.

Camera

Is There Software that Will Transform Poor Quality Images and Videos?

You can’t add data to an image to make it better, but there are some tricks that can make it visually more appealing.

External Monitor

Why Does My Monitor Stretch and Distort My Display?

To get the clearest image possible it’s important to have a graphics card that can produce the native or prefered resolution of your monitor.

Troubleshooting Computer Monitor Problems: the Sideways Stretch

Stretched or horizontally elongated screen are a common computer monitor problem. We’ll look at the most likely cause, and resolution.

External Monitor

My window is too large and wider than my screen. How do I resize it back?

A window that is too big for your screen can be a real problem. Let’s fix that.