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My CRT just died on me and I just bought a 26" LCD - Samsung 2693HM.
The resolution is set to 1920 x 1200. I have two ATI 1950XTX vid cards in crossfire.
I sit about a meter away from the monitor looking straight on. I do get black bars of various sizes when I look at different videos - so I don't think the picture is being stretched.
While there were artifacts on my CRT (a 22" trinitron @ 1600 x 1200) , they were not as bad as on this LCD. I have heard that LCD monitors display more artifacts than LCD Tvs and both more than CRTs? Is this true?
I am using the VLC Player.
My computer knowledge is pretty basic. Any tips for improving my video watching? Settings for my ATI CCC? For my Vid card? New player? Download the HD versions of torrents?
Also, how do I make sure my aspect ratio always stays true without stretching?
Any help is appreciated.
The resolution is set to 1920 x 1200. I have two ATI 1950XTX vid cards in crossfire.
I sit about a meter away from the monitor looking straight on. I do get black bars of various sizes when I look at different videos - so I don't think the picture is being stretched.
While there were artifacts on my CRT (a 22" trinitron @ 1600 x 1200) , they were not as bad as on this LCD. I have heard that LCD monitors display more artifacts than LCD Tvs and both more than CRTs? Is this true?
I am using the VLC Player.
My computer knowledge is pretty basic. Any tips for improving my video watching? Settings for my ATI CCC? For my Vid card? New player? Download the HD versions of torrents?
Also, how do I make sure my aspect ratio always stays true without stretching?
Any help is appreciated.