External Monitor not displaying correct resolution.

I just hooked up my Viewsonic 19" widescreen display (1440x900) to my MacBook Pro. Ive closed the lid of my laptop and set the resolution to 1440x900 (60hz) in System Preferences yet the external display is still fuzzy. I looked in the monitors menus and it says its currently displaying 1152x864!!!!
When i tried mirror mode it looks like it thinks the external monitor is a different size but both screens have the same native resolution.
I've tried a bunch of different resolutions but none of them seem to use my monitors native resolution. I'm using the included DVI to VGA adaptor into the monitor. The monitor works fine if I plug it into my old Dell XP Laptop or XP desktop.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Same "fuzzy" picture on external LCD attached to MacBook Pro here (2GHz, 2GB RAM, 10.4.11). Been using a mediocre NEC LCD72vx for along time and figured that was the reason, but I tried a stellar ViewSonic VG191b that I use with my Windows desktop for layout and found the same slightly fuzzy picture, despite also noting that the resolution setting was the native one. Note, I use the external display rotated 90, but I saw no change at 0 rotation. Straight DVI on both.
Half of the fun of having DVI out is its usefulness for layout in publishing. Powerful MBP, poor external display quality. I think some sort of fix is indicated here.

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[Solved] Can't get external monitor to display correct resolution

I have a laptop with 1280x800 resolution, I hooked up a spare monitor we had sitting around that has a native resolution of 1280x1024 to my laptop. When I hook it up the external monitor displays a resolution of 1024x768. I use KDE 4.5, so I tried to change the resolution for the external monitor in System Settings but 1024x768 is the highest resolution listed.
I've tried messing around with xrandr through the command line (somewhat anyway) but I'm at a loss in trying to get the external monitor to display its native resolution. I'd like to get the external monitor to possibly replace my laptop monitor as it would add another 224 vertical pixels. Anyone have any ideas?
Last edited by herrvideman (2010-08-31 02:17:48)

You had said the native resolution is 1280x1024 -- I therefore assume this is an LCD monitor.
I would not generally expect LCDs to flicker. At what vertical frequency are you driving the display? Most LCDs operate at 60Hz. This is regardless of the local power line frequency or television standard.
Many CRT monitors are driven at 75 Hz to keep them from flickering or from "beating" with ambient lighting that is flickering at the local power line frequency (50 or 60 Hz). Again, this is not the correct thing to do with LCDs.
Bottom Line: Make sure your vertical frame rate is 60 Hz.

W540 + Ultradock: External monitors not showing correct maximum resolution

I have three 20" LCD monitors and the Ultra Dock. I am connecting them as: 1 with VGA, 1 with DisplayPort to DVI cable and 1 with DVI cable.
The ones one the DisplayPort and one with DVI both show a max resolution of 1280x1024 even though the monitor has a native resolution of 1600x1200. The VGA connected monitor shows the correct maximum resolution.
When I connect the DVI cable to into the mini-displayport connection on the laptop itself, that same monitor shows the proper 1600x1200 resolution.
Is there some limitation here preventing me from using the full 1600x1200 resolution through the dock?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Solved!
My dock already had the same version as the update file. Plus, the description of item fixed did not match my issue. I had no blinking or missing screens, I had too low of resolution.
...But I have found the solution on my own.
Surprisingly I have not see it discussed anywhere on this forum. I found the answer here:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/gjde49ww.txt
It contains the following information:
In Standard mode, all dock displays uses Integrated Graphics as display output
and is limited to a maximum of 3 displays including Computer's LCD.
While in Advanced mode, all dock displays uses Discrete Graphics as display
output and it increases the maximum number of displays to 6 including Computer's LCD.
Also:
ThinkPad W540 (Standard Mode)
Intel HD Graphics
- (Computer's LCD)
- Computer's analog VGA connector
- Computer's DisplayPort connector
- Docking Station's analog VGA connector
- Docking Station's DVI connector(s)
- Docking Station's DisplayPort connector(s)
- Docking Station's HDMI connector
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M or NVIDIA Quadro K1100M
- No display is connected to this display adapter.
ThinkPad W540 (Advanced Mode)
Intel HD Graphics Family
- (Computer's LCD)
- Computer's analog VGA connector
- Computer's DisplayPort connector
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M or NVIDIA Quadro K1100M
- Docking Station's analog VGA connector
- Docking Station's DVI connector(s)
- Docking Station's DisplayPort connector(s)
- Docking Station's HDMI connector
Something about this really prevents the resolution I wanted.
I switched to advanced mode in the BIOS as such:
The procedure below allows user to select "Standard mode" or "Advanced mode"
1. Power off the computer.
2. Power on the computer.
3. While the "To interrupt normal startup, press Enter" message is displayed
at the lower-left area or lower-center area of the screen, press the F1 key.
The ThinkPad Setup menu will be displayed.
4. Choose "Config" then "Display" to show the menu.
5. Select "Video Mode on Dock" and press Enter.
6. Select "Standard" or "Advanced" for your preference
7. Press F10 key and select "Yes" to save and exit from Setup menu. Then the
computer is restarted.
After a few reboots, I have proper resolution on all displays.
Not sure if there are any downsides to advanced mode, but it certainly feels like it is my solution. This gets me back to what just worked fine with the W530 I had before this.

Macbook Pro 2011 don't recognize Monitor AOC e224eFw, hence not displaying correct resolution

Two days ago after i put my Macbook Pro 2011 to sleep with the Mini DisplayPort connected (always do the same) stopped identifying my External Monitor, AOC e224eFw showing it as "standard VGA" so i have no the right screen resolutions. I've tried to PRAM reset, SMC reset and not working.
Must say worked 2 days ago. Tried my old trusty Macbook Black 1st Gen and it's working OK with that one.
Any idea why?
Any help will be highly appretiate.
Regards!

I made a mistake, Monitor Model is e2243Fw.
Regards!

External monitor not going full resolution on extended desktop

Hello,
I have a Gateway widescreen 1680x1050 resolution monitor plugged into my 13" Macbook Aluminum computer. When I have both my external and built in display turned on extended mode, my external monitor only goes up to 1600x1000 resolution, which is obviously lower than full-res. When I close the lid of my Macbook (and run the external display only), the external display goes up to full 1680x1050 resolution. Could someone please help me solve the problem of my Gateway external display going to less than full res on extended display mode.
Thanks a lot!
Adrian

There is a clue here in what might be going on. Note that the MacBook's 1280x800 display is a 16:10 aspect ratio (exactly). Now, the external resolution that is reported by shmootz is 1600x1000 which is also a 16:10 ratio. It looks to me that the system is running as if it is in the mirrored mode. The video driver will force the displays to the same aspect ratio when running as mirrored displays.
I'd try a few things to see if you can reset the display options. First, try toggling the "Mirror Displays" option in System Preferences -> Displays -> Arrangement. Second, you may want to try a reset of your PRAM and the SMC.
Here is a link to Apple's support article on resetting the PRAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Here is a link to Apple's support article on resetting the SMC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411

External monitor not displaying full 1920x1080 (black bars around desktop), Pavilion g6

I have a Pavilion g6 notebook running Windows 8.1. I have an external Acer S232HL display hooked up via an HDMI cable. The resolution is set to 1920x1080 in Windows, and I'm only outputting to the external monitor.
Windows thinks the resolution is set to 1920x1080, but for some reason on the monitor it is scaled to something like 1734x980 with black borders (unused pixels) all around.
All drivers and OS are up to date. Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7640G via an AMD A8-4500M APU.
Somebody posted what looks to be the same problem for this AMD chipset, though for a different manufacturer:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/G505S-doesn-t-full-screen-my-External-Monitor...

(Workaround)
Since I don't expect to find a fix for this, I've resigned myself to setting the resultion to 1776x1000 and setting the monitor in a 1-for-1 pixel mode (called "Aspect" in the options). I still end up with the borders, but the graphics are nice and sharp because it isn't trying to scale 1920x1080 into a smaller resolution.

External Monitor not Displaying

My notebook display is broken. I've had an external monitor hooked up for some time now. I accidentally hit something and the external monitor will no longer display. It's an HPG60-519WM. Is there a hot key that can turn it back on?
And another problem - my son hit something and turned the screen tint pink. How do I fix that?
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for the 1st issue:
press Fn + F4 or
win logo key + P
for 2 nd issue...
which screen?? laptop or external or???
try to find a button on the monitor with "AUTO" written on it.... press and hold it...
||-Although I am working on behalf of HP, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.-||
//Click on Kudos if my reply was helpful and answered your question//
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External monitor not displaying full quality

I recently purchased a Macbook Pro 15.4" Retina. I hooked it up to my Acer External Monitor via the HDMI out on the Macbook. My display settings are set to 1080p, however the display seems very blury and pixelated. I used to have a Late 2007 Macbook that I hooked up via mini display to HDMI and that displayed in perfect, crisp 1080p HD. Hopefully someone can help me figure out how to clear things up.

Have you had any luck fixing this issue Marcello? I had the same problem and found that the following fix worked for me somewhat:
http://ireckon.net/2013/03/force-rgb-mode-in-mac-os-x-to-fix-the-picture-quality -of-an-external-monitor

Xrandr dual monitors not displaying correctly.

When I use xrandr to try and run a dual monitor setup instead of having them mirror the screen turns into a mess of pixels. The mouse behaves correctly but I can no longer see windows or anything like that.
I am using the radeon driver and OpenBox. All software is running the most up-to-date versions.
ed ~ $ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 720, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-0 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 476mm x 268mm
1920x1080 60.0 +
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1280x800 59.8
1152x864 75.0
1280x720 60.0*
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
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800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 70.1
LVDS connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
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1280x720 59.9*
1152x768 59.8
1024x768 59.9
800x600 59.9
848x480 59.7
720x480 59.7
640x480 59.4
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Any attempt to use xrandr (for example to set the correct resolution) results in my entire screen turning into a mess of pixels and I have to restart X to get things back to normal.
I don't have an xorg.conf file at the moment.

I think I have narrowed down the cause to Cairocompmgr, when I turn that off I can switch between my monitors and operate at the correct resolutions.
I don't have any 10-monitor.conf at the moment and even simple xrandr commands like xrandr --output LVDS --auto --VGA-0 --right-of LVDS were making things go crazy. I haven't tried doing dual head yet without cairocompmgr, mind.
Edit: Confirming that with cairocompmgr disabled, everything works as expected.
Last edited by spamuel (2011-12-05 23:38:45)

KVM and UltraDock not displaying correct resolution

Hi All,
I have a 2 computer settup at my work station by using KVM setup to be used on one Screen, keybord and monse.
My desktop is connecte to the KVM along with my work Lenovo W540 (through UltraDock) to same monitor. Both comptuers are running Windows 7. Dektop is Home Premium version wile Laptiop is Enterprise.
The issus I have are following. When I am running my Desktop i have no issues with the resolution, however when I switch to my Laptop my resolution goes down to 1280x1024 even though the Montior can handle as much as 1920x1080. But if I plug in my KVM directly to the Laptop (bypasing UltraDock). I get maximum resolution that screen can handle, however i get flicker lines across the screen. But If i plug in my monitor directly to the Laptop (No KV) I don't have any issue. The screen resolution works fine. I alos dont have probmes when I plug in screen in to UltraDock directly as well.
I have tired everyting to get this issue resolved by I cant seem to find correct answer anywere. I tryed updting fimware from here http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht081248, and that id not work. So I am out of options.
Could someone plase help me with this issue.
P.S. i have Intel HD Graphics 4600 as my grphics card.

Same "fuzzy" picture on external LCD attached to MacBook Pro here (2GHz, 2GB RAM, 10.4.11). Been using a mediocre NEC LCD72vx for along time and figured that was the reason, but I tried a stellar ViewSonic VG191b that I use with my Windows desktop for layout and found the same slightly fuzzy picture, despite also noting that the resolution setting was the native one. Note, I use the external display rotated 90, but I saw no change at 0 rotation. Straight DVI on both.
Half of the fun of having DVI out is its usefulness for layout in publishing. Powerful MBP, poor external display quality. I think some sort of fix is indicated here.

External Monitors Dual Displays not supported

External Monitors Dual Displays not supported!
Yikes!
Why do I download BUGGY BETA OS? When will I learn ? DON't DO IT!
(sorry for shouting...)
There are no short cuts, no work arounds, no simple solutions...only updates
Please Apple code monkeys ..tear down this problem.
Thanks.
I feel better already .
--Marconi

Try this: Use the [√]Mirror displays oprions, choose your resolution, then desect the [ ]Mirror displays.
It shouldn't supossed to be like this, but until they send an update, this workarround will work.

Management studio dialogs not displayed correct in high resolution

I am using a Lenovo Yoga2 with 3200x1800 screen resolution, and some dialog boxes are not displayed correct, like the Select backup file dialog that doesn't display directory and the file list. Is there any fix for this?

I'm having the same issue. Let me try to elaborate a little, providing you with more details.
Laptop, Dell Precision M3800
Resolution, 3200x1800 (getting more common on new high-end laptops with 15+ inches)
OS, Windows 8.1
Application, SSMS aka SQL Server Management Studio - version 2014 (earlier version has same issue)
SQL Server Engine irrelevant (tested with 2014 and below - all the same)
I understand you want to see a screenshot, but really, it doesn't make sense as you won't be able to reproduce the error if you are watching on e.g. a FullHD screen. therefore, I've taken a screenshot and resized it to a FullHD size so you get a better feel
of the issue - however, I have to mention text will look a lot more crisp on a 3200x1800 screen (that's kind of why you want a screen with high PPI). That said, it's still way too small to look at.
If you view below image on a 15.4 inch screen with FullHD, you get a feel of how I work with SSMS today.
http: // i.imgur.com / TwOmzjr.png (remove spaces)

JPG images not displayed correctly in Bridge and Photoshop (Mac OS)

(Note: I have copied the content of this query from the Creative Suites forum where I originally opened it.)
I am using CS4 under OSX 10.4.11 on a PowerMac G5 Quad with 23" Apple cinema display. Images which have been captured as JPG are displayed fine by Preview, but when opened in Bridge, Camera Raw or Photoshop. the colours are all "washed out". The attached screen capture should give an idea of the difference, with the upper being Camera Raw (image settings) and the lower being Preview. My monitor has been calibrated and I'm using sRGB IEC61966-2.1 colour space in Camera Raw and Photoshop. The colours displayed by Preview are pretty close to "real life". I find it virtually impossible to adjust the colours in Photoshop to get back to anything similar.
After opening the image in Photoshop without adjustment, and Save As JPEG with embedded color profile, Preview displays the new image the same as Photoshop. Save As JPEG without embedded color profile, and Preview displays this copy just like the original. It seems that Photoshop is making different (incorrect) assumptions about what color space to use when there is no embedded color profile. Shouldn't it assume sRGB like virtually everything else (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB)? Or is its interpretation of sRGB incorrect? How can I fix this?
Re: JPG images not displayed correctly in Bridge and Photoshop

xxxxyyyyz wrote:
…If there is someone out there who has experience of obtaining decent colour management in CS4 on a Power PC, I would really like to know how you achieved it.
That would be yours truly, and I hasten to reply because I may have some insights that can help you too.
Just get it it out of the way, here's my setup:
Photoshop 11.0.2 ("CS4"); VersionCue disabled and uninstalled.—2.5 GHz Power Mac (PPC) G5-Quad; 16GB RAM; mutant, flashed 550MHz nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 1,700MHz 512MB VRAM; ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP SCSI card; Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 and Leopard 10.5.8 boot drives; Spotblight, Dashboard and Time Machine permanently disabled; dual 22" CRT monitors; USB wireless 'n' available but connected to the Internet via wired Ethernet; 1 FW flatbed scanner; 2 SCSI scanners (one tabloid-size transparency scanner and a film scanner); various internal & external HDs; FW Epson 2200 and Ethernet Samsung ML-2850ND printers; 2 X Back-UPS RS 1500 XS units.
I can unambiguously and in good faith represent to you that my color management, from capture to print, is as spot-on as anyone with any kind of setup can hope to achieve. Unequivocally and without qualifications.
Now, first things first: Forget about trying to synchronize color management across the point applications lumped together only by Adobe marketing fiat into a variety of meaningless "creative suites". Concentrate on Photoshop. Do not try to use Bridge to synchronize anything.
The "suites" are a totally artificial construct created by Adobe bean counters and marketing types. The point applications (i.e. the individual programs clumsily bundled together, e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) are developed independently by separate engineering teams that are not only not in the same building, but in different cities, different states of the American Union, and even in different countries. They have very little communication among them, if any, as evidenced by repeated posts in these forums by Photoshop engineering staff urging us, the end users, to let the other teams know in their own forums that a given problem exists and is actually affecting our work.
Enough said about the cause of the problem. The end result is that Color Management is at very, very different levels of progress and sophistication in each individual point application, with only Photoshop fully entitled to be considered state of the art.
Secondly, a disclaimer: I have been hanging on to my CRT monitors and take care of them as Jascha Heifetz used to take care of his Stradivarius. I don't know what I will do if I manage to outlive the usefulness and accuracy of my CRTs (unlikely at this point). I have despaired in futile efforts to bring the luminosity of any LCD monitor down to where I would feel comfortable calibrating and profiling it. I believe my monitors are the foundation of my color management efforts.
Especially if you have one of the extreme wide-gamut LCD or LED monitors, you'll face an uphill battle.
Be careful to avoid any version 4 icc profiles, whether canned or generated by your calibration software. Stick to version2 icc profiles. Ask the manufacturer of your calibration software/hardware if in doubt.
Here are some not-too-recent, but thoroughly representative screen shots of the calibration results I obtain with my monitors, which I calibrate and profile often and regularly (I validate the calibration at least several times per month).
In a nutshell, my color management practices and settings mirror those described by Bruce Fraser, Jeff Schewe, Andrew Rodney and Gary Ballard's site. I have learned from all of them.
My working color space is ProPhoto RGB. I choose to work with PSD and PSB files. As a long-time, rabid JPEG hater, I only rarely deal with JPEGs, using them sporadically to illustrate a point in this forum or elsewhere in the web. My main output consists of prints.
I only deal with tagged image files (files with an embedded color profile) and often recommend beating up with a baseball bat any moron that hands you an untagged file—figuratively of course, but I find the expression gets my point across unambiguously.
Following is a screen shot of some of my pertinent settings:
Note that I have never bought into the "suite" concept myself. I do have and routinely use Adobe Illustrator 10.x, InDesign 2.x and Acrobat Professional 8.x, but they are all older, independent versions of each point application, licensed at different times.
Be further advised, that the answer to many problems offered by Adobe engineers often is not to install VersionCue, or uninstall it, or at least disable it.
Also, as outlined at the beginning of this post, concentrate on Photoshop, not on synchronizing applications that can't really communicate with each other, despite the claims of Adobe marketing hacks to the contrary.
One big caveat, do not fall into this trap:
xxxxyyyyz wrote:
…I believe my problem has nothing to do with my monitor profile, for several reasons, but…
…It seems extremely unlikely to me that…
You either want to learn, or you don't. You either want to solve your problems, or you don't.
When you start arguing instead of studying, questioning advice instead of following it and detecting where you went wrong, you're on the right track to nowhere. That attitude will get you there fast. Remember you are the one with the problem, and only you can acquire the discipline to learn how to solve it.
Go ahead and ask me anything that is not clear, just don't argue with me please, and don't tell me why you think Fraser, Rodney, Ballard and I are wrong. You see, I am not experiencing any problem that needs fixing. I have an interest in helping you, but not in hearing about your speculations, theories or conclusions.
Good luck.
Wo Tai Lao Le
我太老了

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New MBP.
hooked it up to a VGA projector tonight ( Apple store folk told me to use the same minidisplayport adapter I used with my older MBP which did fit the Thunderbolt port.
Monitor and Mac saw each other but my MBP did not project correct resolution or dimensions
MBP still seemed to think it was connected to my 27" monitor at home.
Is this an adapter issue? a MBP issue? a Mountain Lion issue
Something was amiss
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Doesn't work that way with the Retina display
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b) The preference does not allow choices of resolution as in the past
Look at how differnt this preference is
If I chose Scaled I get a few choices of larger or smaler text.
There may be some options in the main menu bar which Ineed to look at when connecting a monitor ( based on some other posts elsewhere in this Apple discussion area.Dunno... I am sure I am overlookign something but the old auto adjust is gone, I think

Color gradients not displaying correctly

I'm having an issue with my color gradients in type and objects not displaying correctly in the content viewer. For the last app I created, I made sure the colors were RGB and that seemed to fix it. With the current app I'm working on, that dosen't seem to fix the issue. Actually, when I test in the viewer on my iPad, it shows the correct gradient in the split second that it's loading the update but then once it's loaded, it goes to a gray white gradient (the correct gradient is from a yellow to a gray; attached a pict for referrence).
Anyone know why this is happening? Thanks in advance!
UPDATE: It seems to view fine if I preview the page via the foilo overlay but when I preview the folio, that's when it's no viewing correctly.

The Color Picker is unreliable for choosing colors based on what you see because it is not color managed while Color panel and Swatches are.
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