Replaced CRT with 24" LCD, but now images are fuzzy

panzer948panzer948 Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
edited September 5, 2009 in SmugMug Support
Hi,

Finally got a nice HP LP2475W monitor that came recommended for photo editing. Hooked it up last night and checked out my shots on smugmug. Although I haven't color calibrated it yet (will do today), I immediately noticed that my images are now fuzzier when compared to my monitor here at work and the monitor at home I just replaced (both older 19" CRT monitors). I always upload at full resolution and have my settings set to see large files. Seems like any problems in the image are amplified since my monitor is making them larger than the resolution. Is this normal? Any hints on how to improve this. :(

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  • thaKingthaKing Registered Users Posts: 478 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2009
    link to website? best to include that in you signature so others can see what you're referring to...
  • mbradymbrady Registered Users Posts: 321 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2009
    Be sure your computer's video resolution is set to the native resolution of the new monitor.
  • panzer948panzer948 Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited September 4, 2009
    Link
    I'm pretty sure I am. But I will check. Also, it just my web images that are like that. Windows, graphics, images in photoshop, etc. look great. Here is my site: http://mtnislandphoto.smugmug.com/ Do you think mine are fuzzier than the norm?
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2009
    panzer948 wrote:
    I'm pretty sure I am. But I will check. Also, it just my web images that are like that. Windows, graphics, images in photoshop, etc. look great. Here is my site: http://mtnislandphoto.smugmug.com/ Do you think mine are fuzzier than the norm?
    Hi. We'd need a specific, precise and exact link to a photo you deem fuzzy please, thanks!
    Andy

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  • panzer948panzer948 Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited September 4, 2009
    Andy wrote:
    Hi. We'd need a specific, precise and exact link to a photo you deem fuzzy please, thanks!

    Thanks for your time. Here's one I looked at alot last night. I'm at work now so can't play with the monitor settings but I may have found the problem. My IT guy here said if I have the web based zoom controls set to a higher zoom level, that could cause it. I remember now that I went to HP's website just after turning the monitor on to download the drivers. The text was small small I had to use this function to zoom in the text (which I never do). So it may have been still set to some zoom level once i started to play with it. and look at other websites. I do remember the images were larger than the pixel sizes I uploaded. I will check the settings tonight.

    But if you think this image appears in poor quality, I would love to know.

    Thanks,

    http://mtnislandphoto.smugmug.com/Events/August-22-2009-Cosmos/9377591_9D9Lz#627806925_qMgiC
  • thaKingthaKing Registered Users Posts: 478 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2009
    looked at XL size, and it looks fine to me...
  • LPCLPC Registered Users Posts: 481 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2009
    Crystal clear at XL on my Dell 2407WFP at 1900x1200
  • photostuffphotostuff Registered Users Posts: 105 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2009
    It looks fine to me, with no fuzziness, with the XL size on my cheap old HP monitor at work here.
    Well, I just noticed this is my 100th post. How about that? Oh, I just noticed Andy has 47,641. Forget I mentioned it.
    -Terry
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  • panzer948panzer948 Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited September 5, 2009
    photostuff wrote:
    It looks fine to me, with no fuzziness, with the XL size on my cheap old HP monitor at work here.
    Well, I just noticed this is my 100th post. How about that? Oh, I just noticed Andy has 47,641. Forget I mentioned it.

    Hi guys, all is good. I found out my explorer settings were set on zoom. Can't believe that threw me off. Feel kinda 11doh.gif
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2009
    Nice big clear monitor like that deserves the color management of Firefox ;)
  • panzer948panzer948 Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited September 5, 2009
    aerialphoto wrote:
    Nice big clear monitor like that deserves the color management of Firefox ;)

    Good point. I've heard about Firefox color matching. I actually use it at work, but not for that reason. ALthough, there is something to be said about seeing images as the mainstream sees them, but I guess I can always occasionally check using explorer. ne_nau.gif
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2009
    Boy, I agree with that completely. It took a long time for me to move over into different thinking, but I think it was also because FF and Safari were getting so popular. That, plus I realized IE wasn't really showing what prints would look like.

    Anyway, right now I show about 56% of the people viewing my smugmug site are using firefox, 5% Safari, and 36% IE. On my regular website it's 79% firefox, 17% IE.

    I wasn't trying to nitpick. I just started using a 24" 1900x HP monitor and good images really look great on it. I'm still getting used to the thing.
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