windows 8 - New Samsung monitor looks blurry connected to my PC

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2014-07
  • Jack Marchetti

    I just setup a new Samsung LED Monitor. The T24C550 model.

    I installed the driver that came with it (which is the latest). I updated my video card drivers to the latest edition. I'm connected via HDMI.

    And it looks like crap.

    It's somewhat blurry and the colors are faded/washed out. Text is very blurry. The resolution (1920x1080) extends beyond the monitor.

    What am I doing wrong? I've attached an image to maybe give you an idea of how poor this looks. You can't see the desktop being cut off in this screen capture, but it is getting cut off at the edges. Rightn ow I only see about the top 60% of the taskbar. t

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  • Shiki

    If you use an AMD GPU, go into Catalyst Control Center, and check the "Scaling options" settings.
    It only happens with HDMI.

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  • Joshkunz

    Just got a brand new Samsung SyncMaster 2233sw, a welcome change to my super old crt I used to have. The problem is that the recomended screen resolution is 1920x1080 and any other resolution looks squished and blurry, But if I set it to 1920x1080 about a half an inch on both sides is cut off. The strange thing is, that if I plug in my old CRT and set the resolution to 1920x1080 and then unplug it and plug in my new monitor, everything is fine. But every time I restart my computer I have to do this which is a big pain. Also I am running on an onboard video card if that has anything to do with it. Anyway to fix this?

    Update: The only time when it displays properly is when I trick my computer into thinking that the monitor I am currently using is the old CRT, If I have windows (yes it is MS windows) detect that the monitor I'm using is the SyncMaster it stretches out horizontaly and cuts off a half inch at both ends even if I press the Auto button on the side. (Tried updating my display driver (ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES) and windows manager said that it was up to date), Also updated my monitor driver, also no help, one interesting thing though when I do the hack and convince windows that its the CRT and then detect my monitor type, the screen resolution defaults to 1280x1040, but still says that 1920x1080 is recomended.


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  • harrymc

    I would suggest to try and find an update to your video driver.

    See if Windows Update doesn't have a suggestion, but even better is to check on the Samsung site.

  • CarlF

    If you're using the X Windowing System or its descendants like Xorg, xvidtune would work.

    If you're using MS Windows, is it detecting your monitor correctly?

  • quack quixote

    Is there a button on the monitor labelled "Auto"? Press it. It should auto-center the display.

    Edit: So the monitor's auto-tune doesn't help. I assume you've also tried the monitor's manual controls.

    I have to agree with harrymc, it sounds like a driver issue. Check for an updated video driver, and you might also check that Windows is using the latest driver for the monitor as well. Here's Samsung's support site, and this may get the driver directly.