Questions tagged [resolution]
The number of pixels in a given display or image, representing the smallest physical unit of display. One individual pixel represents a single colour value, and when combined, create a displayed image. Usually written as (width x height).
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Why does 1366x768 resolution exist? [duplicate]
I know that there's a previous question about this
but it doesn't have any real answers despite having been viewed 12,400 times, and the fact that it's been closed. With that in mind...
Why in the ...
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What is the difference between 4K, UHD and QHD? Do we agree on one official resolution?
Nowadays it seems that Full HD isn’t enough anymore and the terms “4K,” “QHD” and “UHD” are thrown around interchangeably.
At the same time, there is not just one “4K” resolution in the catalogs. I ...
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Dual monitors on Windows - How do I set a different DPI or text size on each monitor?
My laptop is a 15" wide screen running at 1600x1050, and in addition to that I connect an external 19" LCD which runs at 1280x1024. The problem with this setup is that if I increase the text size to ...
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How can I take browser screenshots at a higher resolution than my browser supports?
I need to take a screenshot of a website as it would appear on a very high resolution monitor... say 4000x3000 pixels. My laptop's screen has a native resolution of 1400x768. Basically, I need to ...
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What are the differences of watching a 1080p and a 720p version of the same media on a 720p screen?
Say I have 1280x720 pixels on my screen and the current resolution is set to 1280x720 as well. What are the differences between the 1080p version and the 720p version of the same media? Is it ...
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Change the default resolution of Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc)
Is there a way to change the default resolution that mstsc uses?
I dont want it to default to the full resolution of the client machine.
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How to merge pdf:s using Imagemagick (resolution problem)
When I try to merge two .pdf files using Imagemagick
convert pdf1.pdf pdf2.pdf temp.pdf
the resulting temp.pdf file seems to have very low resolution. How can I keep the resolution same as in the ...
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How can I get the current screen resolution from the command line on OS X?
How can I get the current display resolution from the command line in OS X?
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Make VirtualBox use full screen size in Windows 8
I'm running the enterprise evaluation (Build 9200) of Win8 and VirtualBox 4.2.4 r81684 and my actual display is 1920x1200. When I use the host-F key to enter full screen mode, the best I can configure ...
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How do I find out my screen resolution from a shell script?
How do I find out my screen resolution from a shell script?
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Windows RDP -- Possible to resize resolution on-the-fly?
I'm wondering if it's possible to resize the desktop on an RDP session on the fly
I realize you can do it before you connect, but I'm looking to resize it on the fly similar to how vmware works. If ...
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Split monitor into virtual monitors
I'm searching for a solution to split one physical monitor into two( or more?) virtual monitors.
Let's say I've a monitor (monitor_a) with the resolution of 1920*1080.
Now I want this monitor_a to ...
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How can I get VirtualBox to run at 1366x768?
I'm trying to run Windows 8 in VirtualBox. My laptop's display is exactly 1366x768. Windows 8 disables some of its features if the resolution is less than 1366x768, so I need to run the guest OS ...
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What is the difference between 1080p, 1080P and 1080i?
Many times, I have seen resolution of 1080p and I know that it means 1080 pixels but I also have seen specifications on some HDTVs to be 1080i. So, I want to know the exact difference between them and ...
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Set DPI of individual applications in Windows
Is it possible to set the DPI of individual applications in Windows?
I want to increase the DPI of one or more applications but not the entire system.
Can this be done?
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Maximum resolution through VGA/DVI/HDMI(/etc)?
I know the original VGA standard was meant to output 640x480 and that other standards over the original VGA connector are developed to output a higher resolution. (SVGA, XGA, etc.) But I was wondering ...
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Ubuntu on VirtualBox can only show resolution of 800x600 - how do I change it?
My monitor is 1920 x 1200 and the computer is running Windows 7.
Using VirtualBox and Ubuntu 10.04, the screen of the Ubuntu can only be 800 x 600 or 640 x 480. Is there a way to change that.
I ...
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Can I take a screenshot as vector graphics or at a higher resolution than native?
I need to take some screenshots of an application window. My laptop resolution is low, and I'd like to get high quality images.
Is there a way to grab the screen as vector graphics (e.g. EPS, PDF, ...
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How can I change the system font size in OS X?
I'm using a Mac Mini on big flat-screen TV for playing media. The small font size is really annoying when sitting far away. Is there a way to increase the system font size in OS X?
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What is the difference between screen with resolution 2560*1440 with zoom - 200% and screen with resolution 1280*720?
I have a laptop with native screen resolution as 2560*1440.
So that means it has 2560 pixels dot horizontally and 1440 pixel dots vertically.
I can also force the system to display as a screen with ...
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Why does text look so Horrible on my HD monitor?
I just bought a 1080p 22" Samsung Syncmaster 2333HD (connected via HDMI) and the picture and video quality is great but the text quality is absolutely horrible. This monitor has a built in HD TV tuner....
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Any way of changing Windows screen resolution via command line?
I am using Microsoft's Live Mesh program to remotely access a PC running Windows 7, running on 2 screens: one with 1920x1080 and the other 1920x1200 resolution.
I am accessing them via an old laptop ...
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How to change screen resolution of VNC server without restarting it?
Is it possible to change the resolution of the viewer specified during starting of the vnc server with the geometry command line argument? I have a vncserver configured for a wide screen monitor but I ...
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How to fix Windows 10 blurry fonts in applications?
It's kind of hard to read sometimes so I have scaling set to 125% on 1920x1080 resolution. ClearType doesn't fix this I tried turning it on and off. Everything looks great and fine (Explorer, Firefox.....
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Mouse cursor on multiple screens with different PPI
I'm using a 4K display along with a Full HD display with both almost the same physical size and it brings some mouse cursor problems to me working with it on the default Windows settings.
As the ...
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Getting 1920x1080 resolution or 16:9 aspect ratio on Ubuntu or Linux Mint
I am running Ubuntu and Linux Mint in VMWare. In the display settings, none of the 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions are available, including the commonly used 1920x1080 resolution. How can I enable this?
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Change screen resolution of Ubuntu VM in Hyper-V
Last night I was attempting to set up a Ubuntu VM on my device using Hyper-V. I had no problems with creating the VM, nor getting OS installed inside it and booted (apart from I incorrectly chose ...
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How can I find out the screen resolution and dpi on my mac book pro?
Can you please tell me how can I find out the screen resolution and dpi for the screen on my Macbook Pro? (I got it last year, 2009.)
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Windows 10 v1803: How to change "Active signal resolution" to match "Desktop resolution"
So I have a laptop with Intel HD Graphics 530 (integrated graphics), and I ran into a problem I hadn't run into before and I think the culprit is that the laptop is sending w.e. resolution my laptop ...
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How can I increase the Hyper-V display resolution?
I just started experimenting with the Hyper-V of Windows 8 and installed Ubuntu on it. However when I launch it my screen resolution is small.
How can I scale Ubuntu to the resolution of my screen?
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What is standard A4 paper size in pixels for a given resolution?
Is there a standard size of A4 paper in pixels?
Dimensions of A4 paper are 210mm × 297mm or 8.27in × 11.69in.
For 600dpi resolution, I calculate the paper size in pixels like below:
In imperial ...
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Get display resolution from windows command line
I have seen several suggestions about programs to change the resolution from the command line. However I just want to display it, not change it.
On linux I can use xrandr or xdpyinfo to get this ...
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Scale < 100% on Windows 10
I would like to set my monitor's scale under 100%, but Win10 only lets me set it to 100% or higher. Why won't Windows let me do that? Is there any workaround to do that?
I am aware of the fact that ...
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Why is vertical resolution a multiple of 360?
YouTube recently added 1440p functionality, and for the first time I realized that all (most?) vertical resolutions are multiples of 360.
Is this just because the smallest common resolution is ...
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Monitor not displaying native resolution
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After updating my graphics driver to the latest version from NVIDIA (downloaded direct, not using Windows Update), my third monitor which is an Acer V226WL is not displaying the proper and ...
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How to adjust screen resolution?
I've installed Debian testing from netist image in a AMD Radeon system. I am using Xorg and awesome wm. The default screen resolution is 1024x768 while my screen supports 1366 x 768.
I've tried xrandr ...
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Change Server 2012 display resolution inside of a Hyper-V VM?
Running Server 2012 inside of a Hyper-V VM, clicking on "Display Settings" to try and change the screen resolution, but it says "The display settings can't be changed from a remote session".
Anyone ...
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My monitor's screen resolution has dropped from 1920x1200 to 1919x1200
I noticed this happen right around the same time I noticed a stuck red pixel in the middle-lower section of the panel. I don't think the two things are related but they may be since it was about the ...
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Change resolution from command line in virtual box
In virtual box, how can I change the screen resolution from the command line? (Or if there's one for any type of computer, that might work too).
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How do I make Windows scale the taskbar correctly after I switch to monitors with different DPIs?
I have a laptop that has a native 3200x1800 15" high-DPI display, and a docking station connected to two 1920x1200 23" monitors.
If I sign in while the external monitors are disconnected, the task ...
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How do I change my resolution on my Mac to a custom size?
I want my Macbook to be 1280x720 for a certain thing I need to do, yet all the programs that do this cost money.
Is there a free way to do within on Lion?
NO: SwitchResX or whatever is not free.
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Force native resolution to Non-PnP monitor in Windows
I've got a 22-inch, 1680 x 1050 monitor. Brand X2gen, model MW22U. Connected by DVI cable to my NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT graphics card.
Several days ago my monitor stopped working. It displayed ...
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Fixing a guest screen resolution in VirtualBox
I was required to develop a Windows app UI for a fixed resolution - it doesn't matter if it makes sense or not, the customer requires it. I'm using a Windows Server 2003 VirtualBox VM as the ...
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How can two laptops have the same resolution and screen size but different pixel densities?
According to this comparison:
http://laptops.specout.com/compare/6734-7129/ThinkPad-X250-vs-ThinkPad-X260
Lenovo's X250 and X260 have the same native resolution (1920x1080), the same screen size of ...
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My browsers won't use my full screen resolution and also use different resolutions between them
My screen resolution is actually 3200x1800, but when I'm in a browser it acts like I have a smaller resolution. How do I get my browsers to use my full resolution?
On Chrome it's using 1280x720, and ...
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Finding Image resolution in PDF file?
I have a problem of having some users creating very large PDFs. On the other hands I have PDF sent from our fax machines that are really small in size and totally printable. My question is
Is there ...
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Can a laptop with 1080p native resolution output 4K signal to an external monitor?
I am completely new to Windows. I have bought the Alienware M15 laptop.
It has a 1080p display. Now the question is, if my laptop has a native 1080p display, can it ever output 4K digital signal to ...
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Windows 7 display profiles shortcuts for switching monitor setups
I have 3 monitors attached to my 8800GTS, which can only use 2 at a time. I use 3 different setups:
single screen (1)
dual screen (1+2)
single screen + TV out (1+3)
having to click screen resolution ...
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Laptop showing resolution beyond its normal maximum, when plugged into a screen
My laptop currently has a maximum resolution of 1366x768, when not plugged into an external monitor, as shown here:
I have a monitor with 1080p display capabilities. Oddly, when I plug it in to my ...
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How can I confirm the "change screen resolution dialog" in Windows 10 using keyboard only?
As in previous versions of Windows, a user can change the screen resolution or the monitor setup in Windows 10 using the control panel. However, the dialog that asks for confirmation ("Do you ...
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