Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:54:49 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Chris <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor Tuning Message-ID: <ef10de9a050815185466dc7a2b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4300D39A.7040806@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> References: <42FCFDED.5050404@comcast.net> <20050815023141.GI61392@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4300D39A.7040806@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
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On 8/15/05, Chris <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >=20 > > On Friday, 12 August 2005 at 15:52:13 -0400, Sean wrote: > > > >>My display is not very sharp and I was looking for a few tips that migh= t > >>help to cure things. I tweeked a few things and no luck. Still a soft > >>dull image. Little annoying on the eyes. > >> > >>Is anyone running a NEC Multisync XV17+ with an Nvidia 6500 ultra and > >>getting a sharp display? > >> > >>Excerpts from my xorg.conf will give you my monitor and graphics card. > > >=20 > There is an online guide at >=20 > http://www.nec-mitsubishi.com/coremedia/download/76118/MSXV17+-UsersGuide= -english-german-spanish-italian-french.pdf >=20 > I made my monitor (a different make) sharper with a Convergance control > which I think makes the red blue and green electron streams land at the > same point on the screen. There is a reference to convergance in the > guide but only in reference to de-gaussing. Still that might help if you > haven't already done it. >=20 If your monitor looks blurry or you have a hard time getting your eye's to focus on the monitor then the convergence is way off. If you have a convergence control, sean's monitor doesn't have one, you can play with it and notice if you look closely at text or hard lines a red or blue shadow ether on the sides (V convergence) or top/bottom (H convergence).
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