My Samsung LCD Monitor looks blurry

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 1551 LCD monitor.

I paid a good amount for this monitor when I got it 6 months ago, but
I?v never been happy with it.  It looks ver soft, almost blurry, not
crisp like some of the LCDs and most CRTs that I see in the office I
work in.

I tried different resolution, no luck.  I tired using Windows XP?s
cleartype and other settings in the Display control panel, but no luck
in achiving a good look.

The monitor is 6 months+ old now, and I threw away the box.  

Is there anything that I can do to resolve the situation?

thanx in advnce,

There should be an auto-adjust feature on your monitor (usually
holding down a button on your monitor) that adjusts for crisper
details.  Have you tried that?

If this was what you've felt since the beginning, I would look into
purchasing an LCD monitor with DVI:

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html

skermit-ga

Hi sherpaj-ga,

The obvious last resort here is that if you're not happy with it, then
return it. Most monitors come with at least a one year warranty, so
six months shouldn't be a problem. If you bought it used, then
consider it as a lesson learned.

However, that's a last resort. There are a few things to check first,
including the worthy suggestions from my colleague skermit-ga and the
above commenter.

Flatscreen monitors tend to look very crisp at the resolution they
were designed for (or exact multiples) and often very bad at any other
resolution. I'd recommend checking your manual to see what the
recommended resolution is. If it's 1024x768 then it should look good
at 1024x768 and good at 2048x1536 (if that's not too high for it to
cope with), but pretty awful at any other resolution.

Try reseating the cable that leads from the monitor to your PC, and if
possible replacing it. Flatscreen monitors are less likely to suffer
interference than CRT monitors but the cables are just as prone.

I've seen this problem occasionally on monitors that are connected to
two or more PCs via cheap KVM switches. If you're using one of these,
unplug it and connect the monitor directly into your PC. This may
solve the problem.

Check the refresh rate by looking in Display Properties | Settings |
Advanced | Adapter | List All Modes and selecting a higher refresh
rate than before. Try 75 Hz instead of 60 Hz, for instance. Be very
careful here as if you go too high then the screen will go black. If
this happens, don't press anything at all and just wait for ten or
fifteen seconds until Windows XP assumes that it didn't work and
changes the rate back for you.

Hope that helps.

poe-ga
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