Readable, sharp display with good character contrast
A common problem with LCD displays is that the character contrast might suffer form scaling problems or bad cables. When buying a new display for your home or office it is therefore very important to analyze the need of aspect ratios before choosing a display.
Some software are designed for a certain aspect ratio and as soon as they are started they force the display into this resolution. If this resolution is not supported by the display vertical or horizontal bands of bad character contrast can occur.
How to avoid this:
- Check the supported resolutions in the specifications of the display.
- Chose a resolution that is evenly scalable to the native resolution if the display.
- Use digital interface between computer and display.
- If using analogue interface use short cable < 3m with good shielding.
- Check the connector of the graphic card to see that it’s not damaged
The native resolution is the one that corresponds to the amount of fixed pixels in the display. Every other resolution forces the display to scale the picture by merging pixels. Displays manage this with different success. The native resolution is the maximum resolution accepted by LCD displays. It is therefore recommended to use as high resolution as possible on LCD displays. If the text becomes too small to read this can be solved by adjusting the DPI settings in Windows.