Satellite P870 *PSPLFA-01C001) display quality is dull

Hi all,
Love my new laptop but the screen /display quality is really dull.
Games aren't jagged they just aren't crisp.
The webcam video quality is shocking. It's probably a setting that can fix this, if so can you point me in the right direction to fix this please as it's annoying me
Thanks,
Maxy

Youve got this notebook:
http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/products/computers/satellite/p870/psplfa-01c001/specifications
It has been released with an +17.3 Toshiba TruBrite High Definition+ Widescreen TFT Active Matrix XGA 200NIT CSV (1600 x 900) resolution and LED backlighting+
The screen resolution of 1600 x 900 is really good (better than display with 1024x 768px) and the display brightness can be changes in 8 steps:
1 means lowest brightness, 8 means highest brightness.
level8 220
level7 170
level6 130
level5 95
level4 60
level3 40
level2 30
level1 20

Similar Messages

  • Windows 8.1 upgrade issues on Satellite P870 - PSPLFA

    Hi there,
    For better or worse over the weekend I have downloaded windows 8.1 onto a toshiba laptop (p870 PSPLFA model) that was running windows 8. Video card is NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 2GB with Optimus + Intel HD Graphics 4000
    http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/support/computers/satellite/p870/psplfa-019001/specifications
    couple of issues:
    (a) I am having a few problems getting windows 8.1 to work properly on this laptop and can't get/find new drivers from the toshiba website to sort out the video card properly.
    Any ideas of how or when I can download video drivers that are suitable for this laptop?
    Not overly keen on uninstalling and rolling back to windows 8 now that I have gone this far...
    I have a call in yesterday with microsoft yesterday that seems to be going nowhere to fix a couple of other things following this upgrade.
    (b) On the windows 8.1 machine my internet connection when running IE11
    now seems a bit flaky and suspect this is a internet explorer 11/windows 8.1 issue (other laptops on my wireless network running windows 7 and XP are working fine and not dropping out as well as can access all the info I can't on the win 8.1 machine) which seems to be a bit of a common issues looking at some other forums and
    (c) I can't download or open files from google docs (screen just freezes most of the way through the download) on the upgraded windows 8.1 machine.
    Any help appreciated,
    Ken

    Hi
    Your notebook belongs to the PSPLFA series. This series was released in Australian
    The same notebook series PSPLFE is available in Europe.
    On the Toshiba EU driver page you will find all Win 8.1 update drivers
    http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU
    _Importnat:_ the Win 8.1 drivers have to be installed in the right order!
    Check the installation instruction which is available in the driver list too and follow exact this order!

  • Satellite P870: Game The Hunter won't launch - No appropriate display modes

    Hi there,
    I have a Satellite P870 that I just just upgraded to Windows 8.1 and now a game that I play called theHunter won't launch.
    When I run the launcher it comes up with an error saying 'No Appropriate Display Modes'.
    It was working fine on Windows 8.
    The support at theHunter hasn't been very helpful and despite trying a number of different things I can't seem to solve this issue. I've also contacted Microsoft but am waiting for a call back as they were very busy!
    Any suggestions as to what might be causing this problem and how to solve it?
    Thanks.

    I dont play this game and cannot say what the problem can be. To be honest such message is not clear to me. I use Win8.1 too but until now I didnt see it on my notebook.
    Try to ask this Question on hunter forum http://forum.thehunter.com/index.php
    Maybe someone there will be able to help you.

  • Satellite P870-026 Win 8.1 - no mirror screen to TV using Intel WiDi

    I have followed the Windows procedures to mirror my Satellite P870-026 screen to a new Samsun TV with mirroring capability.
    The process is under the Charms menu and then to select Devices, Project, Add a Wireless Display. The first few times I tried, it found the TV but it usually came up with the message "No devices found".
    If it did find the TV it didn't project the laptop's screen and the connection would drop out quickly. Now, it never finds the TV.
    My Galaxy S3 phone connects and mirrors its screen very quickly and is a stable connection, so the TV is working fine. The TV is the current model Samsung UA60H7000AW.
    As I understand the issue might stem from the graphics drivers, I've updated the Intel HD Graphics 4000 drivers but that did nothing.
    I downloaded "Intel(R) WiDi Update Tool.exe" but it won't run. An error message says "Failed to launch due to network connectivity issue". I have no idea what his means as I never have trouble with WiFi.
    I did find one suggestion on the internet, but relating to a different computer, and was to delete and reinstall the graphics drivers but it also warned of the need to be very careful.
    Am I even going down the right path looking as the graphics drivers?
    Any suggestions please.
    Hans

    Thanks for the Toshiba notice. Working through the Resolution section, my laptop doesn't have "Intel Wireless Display" in its programs listing so there is noting to delete. The method to then connect a wireless display is the procedure I've been following but results in "No Devices Found".
    According to:
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-8/project-wireless-screen-miracast
    my laptop does have Miracast as I do get the Add Device option so it should work. I seem to be back to square 1.

  • Toshiba Satellite P870 upgraded to Win 8.1 does not boot

    I have a Toshiba Satellite P870 with Win 8 preinstalled. Soon after upgrade to Win 8.1 and basically successful removal of “watermark error” (secure boot activated) the machine stopped booting completely: after pressing the power button ventilator sound
    is heard with periodically changing loudness as well as clicking sound from the speakers. The screen stays black. Attempts to start the PC through pressing F2 or zero buttons did not produce any result. Neither did I succeed with recovery discs I created before:
    the system simply does not boot from the disk. It looks like I tried all options offered by Microsoft and Toshiba. I would be happy to roll back to factory settings.
    Could someone give me hint what to do next?

    Hi,
    For the issue, let us know how to remove the “watermark error".
    Meanwhile, I would like to confirm if you could access the BIOS.
    I suggest you update the BIOS version to test it.
    If you want to repair the startup issue, you should use windows 8.1 recovery discs or installation discs.
    Meanwhile, if you cannot access the BIOS, it may be caused by hardware, I suggest you contact the Toshiba manufacturer for further help.
    http://support.toshiba.com/
    Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact
    information.
    Regards,
    Kelvin hsu
    TechNet Community Support

  • Display quality in Editor

    I am a new user of PSE 8 and
    have the following problem:
    The image display quality is noticeably poorer in the Editor compared with the same image quality in organizer and a number of other jpg display programs(eg. Windows live photo gallery, Canon editing software). The effect is slightly washed out and lower contrast images. This was particularly noticeable working with old scanned black and white photos.
    I am running 64 bit windows 7, Nvidia graphics, 23 inch Samsung hi def LCD monitor.
    Any suggestions? 

    Originally posted by: d.kleinrath.inode.at
    Thanks Anthony,
    You mean that implementing a way to save higher quality image files also=
    =
    means that the resolution of the diagram needs to be changeable as a =
    whole? So one should be able to insert higher quality bitmaps into the =
    diagram once this is fixed?
    Dieter
    > Hi Dieter
    >
    > This is https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=3D139574
    >
    > Cheers...
    > Anthony
    >
    >
    > "Dieter Kleinrath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:op.ujhu5xe8pj7es5@ben-f9ea5088efe...
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> Is there any way to change the resolution of a GMF diagram so I can
    >> display and print high quality images in my editor?
    >>
    >> When I create a default editor the resolution of a Din A4 diagram see=
    ms =
    >> to
    >> be about 1000x700 pixel (~85 DPI). This is a very low quality for
    >> displaying/printing images so I'd like to use diagrams with 300 DPI o=
    r
    >> more in my editor.
    >>
    >> Thanks for your help,
    >> Dieter

  • Satellite P870 - simple image backup & restore software required

    Does anyone know of simple disk imaging software to back up and restore C: drive including the OS and every file.
    I used to use BartPE which had the shell of Windows XP on the CD and booted from the CD and allowed an image to be made or restored. It didn't matter if the PC's OS was broken was a simple OS on the CD plus Norton Ghost 8.
    My Satellite P870 can only boot from a USB (selected in the BIOS) and I've been unsuccessful getting my BartPE to boot from a USB. Similarly I installed Odin Imaging software but it doesn't boot from the USB either, though I can run it from Explorer (but relies on Windows 8 loading properly).
    I also downloaded Paragon Free Data Recovery but it wants to install the program on the laptop. I want a purely portable drive/image copying program.
    Message was edited by: Hanlen

    > {quote:title=peterk_1 wrote:}{quote}
    > How about " Regardless of your operating system, file system and partition scheme, through creating a bootable CD it can sector-by-sector copy you disk to assure you a 100% identical copy of the original one."
    > [http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/home-edition/]
    >
    > And it's free
    >
    > Just noted your comment about booting - Your P870 won't boot from the optical drive???
    >
    > Message was edited by: peterk_1
    Firstly, I have to correct where I said the P870 does not boot from the optical drive. Both USB and ODD are options. In the process I managed to create a bootable USB with EaseUS and a bootable CD with Paragon Backup & Data Recovery 2013 (free version). However the laptop would not boot from the USB or CD despite setting USB or ODD at the number 1 position in the BIOS.
    The following changes to the BIOS (version 2.30) does cause the laptop to boot from the USB or CD as the case may be, however it is not a permanent solution as the laptop will not boot into Windows even if there is no USB device attached or a CD/DVD in the ODD.
    Set Secure Boot to disable. Set Advanced System Configuration Boot Mode to CSM Boot.
    When the job is done Boot Mode will need to be put back to UEFI Boot. If there is a better way whereby the settings do not have to constantly be changed, Id be interested but its not important for my needs.
    On using EaseUS to back up C: drive, I could not see the 2 partitions I had created from splitting C drive so I put it aside and tried Paragon Backup & Data Recovery 2013 (free version). I had to download the install the program on the laptop and from there, create a bootable CD (or USB).
    That all worked smoothly as did running the program.
    There is no need to keep the program on the laptop once the bootable USB/CD is created though I have not reviewed it for other useful operations.
    The commands are relatively intuitive and the help answered one question I had along the way.
    The only confusing thing I found was when restoring the data and being confronted with a string of drives to copy the data back to. Following the process of elimination I chose F drive in my case based on the drive size. The only odd thing was the cursor; each time I touched the track pad with a second finger, the cursor flew to the left or right.
    That might be peculiar to the P870 and Windows 8 its pretty much straight out of the box with virtually no software installed by myself (yet).
    As for my old BartPE, it caused the blue screen of death twice in succession so it is relegated to use only with my old XP laptop.

  • Satellite P870 - Touchpad scrolling issues

    I have a P870 (PSPLFA-019001)
    I have been having trouble with the touchpad. If I move the touchpad anywhere the screen scrolls vertically (not just on the right scroll bar) and the mouse is stationary. When I touch the trackpad underneath the clickable buttons it somehow disables scrolling so I can move the mouse.
    I have gone to control panel mouse options and:
    * can not take off vertical scrolling [Pic|http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd152/_Rebeccabec_/MouseProperties_zps7d8e2841.png|Pic][Pic|http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd152/_Rebeccabec_/MouseProperties_zps7d8e2841.png|Pic Vertical Scrolling]
    * have disabled scrolling and most other trackpad gestures. [Pic|http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd152/_Rebeccabec_/MouseProperties2_zps40a5d713.png|Disabled Options]
    * I have tried F5 to disable/enable the mouse. no change
    I don't know what to do now. Please Help! I also uploaded a (bad) video to show you what's happening. It was hard to show one handed. [Video link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MEikPtlgcQ|Touchpad]

    The main thing is that problem is solved. Thanks for the feedback.

  • Poor full screen display quality

    I am in a dual-display environment. One display I have set up as a full-screen display for images as I edit them in Aperture. They show up in a dismally poor quality; a grid-like low resolution. When I zoom in on them, the issue goes away. It's just when an image is displayed in its entirety. This is a 20" Cinema display. Note that there is no display quality issue with Photoshop. Thanks.

    Which picture is the refence picture?
    I have been noticing that the same image in different programes does look different, colour and tone.. Now I understand that as each programe reads the data differently. BUT with Aperture I have noticed this is the case within aperture and this is crazy.
    The photo is different in the loupe again different in the full frame version and yet again with in the grid. So when using the loupe is it possible to compare images enlarged from the grid and so on! and on. and the exported images look diferent again when viewed...
    Strange as it is all on one monitor!
    Or am I the only one to notice this?
    icu2

  • Display quality changed

    This is weird... My iPod nano spontaneously reset while I was using it, and after that I noticed that the display quality seems to have gone down. Pictures that previously had smooth color transitions now appear dithered. It almost looks as if the bit depth of the display decreased. Has anybody seen anything like this?? Am I going nuts here??
    Resetting the iPod didn't fix this. Replacing the images did not fix this. Help?

    Agreed, reset the Nano but use the iPod updater to get fresh code back in. A clickwheel+button reset continues reusing corrupted code.

  • Image display QUALITY controll bar/change/modifi

    Hello
    the bridges display quality of jpegs and raw images is awfull!!!
    i see blockiness in all of my images, how can i watch my photos like this??
    there is no crispness!
    u should made a picture display quality controll bar like speed-------quality
    so the user can select!

    Frosti,
    This request has been made many times. The development team are aware of the need for 100% previews. However, such a feature, if provided, will not be available until at least Bridge 2. Based on previous upgrade cycles that would be late 2006, at earliest. In the meantime you might consider providing more information on the type of images you're trying to preview (i.e. Raw, JPG, etc).
    Also, I would suggest that you soften the tone of your comments otherwise you'll find yourself with Read Only access.
    IanLyons
    Forum Host

  • Dynamically Changing Display Quality for Children

    I am interested in changing the display quality for a child SWF that is loaded in at Runtime, and changing it's Display quality based on user interaction.  Anyone know if this is possible?
    I have the following below, however it changes the entire application, not just the dynamically loaded SWF
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                      xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                      xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600"
                      applicationComplete="init()">
         <fx:Declarations>
         </fx:Declarations>
         <fx:Script>
              <![CDATA[
                   private var mc:*;
                   private function init():void{
                        var loader:Loader = new Loader();
                        loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, handleComp );
                        loader.load( new URLRequest( "my/swf/file.swf" ) );
                   private function handleComp( _event:Event ) :void{
                        mc = (_event.target.content)
                        av.addChild( mc );
                   private function changeQuality( _q:String ):void{
                        switch (_q){
                             case "low":          av.stage.quality = "low";          break;
                             case "medium":     av.stage.quality = "medium";     break;
                             case "high":     av.stage.quality = "high";          break;
              ]]>
         </fx:Script>
         <s:VGroup>
              <s:HGroup>
                   <s:Button label="low" click="changeQuality( 'low' )" />
                   <s:Button label="medium" click="changeQuality( 'medium' )" />
                   <s:Button label="high" click="changeQuality( 'high' )" />
              </s:HGroup>
              <s:SpriteVisualElement id="av" height="300" width="100" />
         </s:VGroup>
    </s:Application>

    Sorry i talked to fast...
    In fact I think there is only one instance of the Stage object in a running player. So the only way to do this would be to rasterize your Sprite and store it in a BitmapData object, changing the quality of the stage juste before rasterization and then restoring back after. There is something in the doc that talk about this kind of thing: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/mobile/WS4bebcd66a74275c36c11f3d612431904db9-7ffb.html
    Hope this is helpful...

  • Where are display quality pref's in CS6 AI?

    What happened to the display quality preference in AI CS6? I've got banding in a blend on screen, and can't tell if it's artifact of display or truly a problem with the blend.

    rexprints wrote:
    But my question was about rendering of gradients, not necessarily in the EPS file format.
    That sounds different in #2.
    Anyway: Banding on screen will not necessarily mean banding in print. Talk to your print service provider, because it depends on their equipment and of course on how exactly your stuff is printed. There are lots of different techniques and machines around.

  • Ps CS6 Request: User control over display quality versus performance (modified request)

    It would be great if there was user control of the zoom threshold at which display quality is sacrificed for performance.
    I mean the threshold which determines the maintaining of bit-depth in the calculation of the composite which is displayed when working with 16-bit documents, and the accuracy of displayed layer effects in documents with any bit-depth.
    The threshold currently seems to be approx 64% zoom - not much of a zoom out when dealing with large images destined for print.
    Please provide a control for that threshold in Preferences > Performance.

    Thank you for posting, conroy. I have an example of the inconvenient effects of Photoshop CS6 allowing the zoomed-out composite to be innaccurate.
    Here's a real-world application for everyone to see.
    In my below example you're not seeing a 16-bit doc, just 8-bit, BTW.
    Top C has Layer Styles. Bottom C is a copy that's been merged with a blank layer, to effectively "collapse" it's Layer Styles into a normal single pixel layer.
    The difference is staggering. This file is a massize 28x36 300DPI (8,400px  X  10,800px) poster.
    So on something like this, while working and tweaking everything you work worked zoomed out so you see enough of the document to be able monitor it's evolution.
    I was working at 25% zoom (depisted above) for a quite a while. Got everything good, but then zoomed in only to see that each letter actually looked like pretty bad compared to what the zoomed composite was telling me.
    I had to revise all letters.
    For hi-res print I guess I better get used to zooming in and out constantly, so I know what to trust.
    I wonder if this issue will ever be rectified. Like Conroy suggests, maybe a setting that allows users to voluntarily sacrifice performance in favor of a more accurate composite?

  • Nikon .NEF file iPad display quality

    Hello,
    I have added some RAW .NEF Nikon photos to my iPad and notice the display quality is pixelated somewhat and terrible to look at. I read somewhere that the iPad apparently takes the thumbnail image and not the actual photo when importing.
    Can anyone tell me if this is the case or am I doing something wrong? JPEG photos are displayed correctly, I really don't want to convert all my photos to .JPEG before adding to my iPad.
    Thanks

    Same problem here:
    I use the ipad alot for photo editing. It used to work fine with .nef files before I 'upgraded' to Ios 5.0.
    It all sounds nice, syncing your photos to iCloud, but it downsizes your .nef files to 500k in the process now when syncing to the iPad. So worthless for photo editing or for me even just viewing photos on the ipad. When importing from the camera directly it seems fine, untill you want to sync with a pc or iCloud and sync back again. Only option I found is to not sync with iCloud for photos and convert all to .jpeg. This is a downgrade for me not an upgrade. I do not use iCloud because it can't handle my needs and now I am forced to convert all to jpeg. Photogene worked fine with .nef, for photo editing .nef is of much better quality than .jpeg. Why have a 64gb drive if your not allowed to have big .nef files on it?
    Can I somehow get back to Ios 4.x?
    Or someone knows if other devices like samsung (sorry Apple) handle .raw pics?

Maybe you are looking for