# Blurry Monitor. Help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 23, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227 "2010-12-23T22:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/1 "2010-12-23T22:44:29Z")
My HPw1907 monitor’s image has become blurry. Cannot figure out why. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/2 "2010-12-23T22:48:25Z")
Has the resolution been changed to something that does not match the actual pixel count? (also, are your glasses clean?) ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/3 "2010-12-23T23:06:32Z")
Since this appears to be an LCD monitor, either you don’t have the right resolution configured on your OS (most likely - LCD screens work best on one single horizontal/vertical pixel count) - as far as I can quickly find, it should be set to 1440x900 pixels - or there’s physical crap on your screen. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/4 "2010-12-23T23:39:41Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Since this appears to be an LCD monitor, either you don’t have the right resolution configured on your OS (most likely - LCD screens work best on one single horizontal/vertical pixel count) - as far as I can quickly find, it should be set to 1440x900 pixels - or there’s physical crap on your screen. How do I reset it?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/5 "2010-12-23T23:40:43Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Has the resolution been changed to something that does not match the actual pixel count? 😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/6 "2010-12-23T23:54:32Z")
Is the whole image blurry or just the text? Is it DVI or VGA? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/7 "2010-12-23T23:54:57Z")
All the text seems to have a shadow. And auot reset doesn’t seems to help. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/8 "2010-12-23T23:56:28Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Is the whole image blurry? Is it DVI or VGA? Don’t know what those terms mean.Problem was not there this AM. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/9 "2010-12-23T23:57:03Z")
What operating system? DVI connector or VGA connector from the card to the monitor ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/10 "2010-12-24T00:00:04Z")
Windows XP. Dunno what those terms mean. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/11 "2010-12-24T00:02:45Z")
[![](http://wb4.itrademarket.com/pdimage/98/397298_27397517_o.jpg) ](http://wb4.itrademarket.com/pdimage/98/397298_27397517_o.jpg) The top is DVI, the bottom is VGA. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/12 "2010-12-24T00:03:53Z")
XP doesn’t use Clear type font so that’s not the problem then. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/13 "2010-12-24T00:04:20Z")
Right click the desktop, properties, go to resolution, set it at 1440x900. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/14 "2010-12-24T00:05:16Z")
Okay, XP, let me see if can remember this off the top of my head. Right click on your wall paper. Chose the item that has something to do with your display, tab over to monitor and click Advanced. That should bring up the option to adjust your resolution. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/15 "2010-12-24T00:06:21Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Right click the desktop, properties, go to resolution, set it at 1440x900. Can’t, it doesn’t have that setting. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/16 "2010-12-24T00:07:21Z")
And now, the problem vanishes, just after I move the computer to look in back.:smack::smack::smack::smack: Does this mean I have a short in my cable? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/17 "2010-12-24T00:08:27Z")
Here is the HP monitor [support document](http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=3709665&prodTypeId=382087&objectID=c00183633) on resolution and blurriness. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/18 "2010-12-24T00:13:48Z")
Either your video cable is loose at one end, one of the plugs has a problem, or … you’ve just moved it further from a source of interference such as an air ioniser or air conditioner. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/19 "2010-12-24T00:19:54Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Either your video cable is loose at one end, one of the plugs has a problem, or … you’ve just moved it further from a source of interference such as an air ioniser or air conditioner. Checked #1, no. And #3 does not apply. And problem has not returned. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227/20 "2010-12-24T00:26:05Z")
Do I need to replace the monitor cable? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurry-monitor-help/565227.md?page=2)