Is my new monitor faulty?

Question

I just bought a Hannspree New York 19" monitor and I've noticed that some lines of text are blurry; when I scroll up and down the blur moves to the next line.

I'm using a VGA cable at the moment (I intend to buy a DVI cable on the weekend) but I didn't have this problem on my old 15" monitor. Or could it be a problem with my NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE graphics card?

Answer 1

Make sure that the desktop resolution is at the native resolution of the panel. For a 19" that would be 1280 by 1024 for a regular aspect ratio screen, 1440 by 900 for a widescreen.

Make sure that the refresh rate is at 60 Hz. LCDs do not flicker, so anything above 60 Hz is pretty much pointless.

Open up Notepad and fill the screen with H characters. Then press the Auto Setup button on the monitor. After that the text should be crisp and clear.


With a DVI cable you can avoid doing the last part.


Edit:

Man, so much mis-information in these answers. Overheal is the only one that comes close (IMHO). Maybe when he understands the need to run the monitor at the native resolution he can make it onto the top 10 best answers list (LOL)

Answer 2

Its probably the VGA. LCDs get a little funky in that exact manner/symptom when they are run on VGA: my one here is doing the exact same because Im running it off my computer's VGA - I really should be outputting on the HDMI (no DVI)

I have the same issue and I know its the VGA: the monitor was last used on my PC with a DVI out... when run on my newer, sexier laptop, then cometh the fuzz.

Bleh! Point being: if you feed a DVI signal into the LCD it should clean up - I assume the 7300 has a DVI out.

I can assure you with 99.9% certainty that the hardware is not faulty, and that the VGA input is your weak link. (im not a top Monitors Contributor for nothing you know :p)

Answer 3

You should NEVER use the wrong cable when you get a new monitor ... but that is PROBABLY why your monitor is 'blurry' on certain lines of text. If you get the DVI cable and it's still blurry, then it's YOUR FAULT for 'impressing' the blurs into the monitor with the VGA cable ... but the blurriness may 'disappear completely' until the monitor is 'old' and starting to 'crash' on you.

Answer 4

It is most likely a hardware mismatch between the video card and the screen. Probably the native graphic format of the screen is not exactly a match for any of the standard resolutions of the card, so it has to dither (Interpolate) the image. Take it back and exchange it for a different monitor, or ask them what the reccomended video card is, and see if they will sell it to you wholesale in exchange for not having to credit the screen.

Answer 5

Your graphics card will not be the problem. Make sure you have the latest drivers and make sure your video card is not corrupted. Sometimes my monitor would just cut out because of a corrupt video card. If your monitor is new and the problem still persists, get to the company who made your monitor and get technical support from them.

Answer 6

If you do not have the problem on the old monitor then it is defiantly your new monitor.

Just take it to the store, say there is a problem and you want to exchange it for a working one.

Answer 7

uninstall and then reinstall your drivers for your video card with the new monitor plugged in. See if that helps. Also if the monitor came with a CD, run it.

Answer 8

it sounds like its faulty to me, but id make sure its not just b/c u have the wrong cord first

Answer 9

buy the recomended cord for the moniter.

Answer 10

Sounds faulty for sure...