Graphic Cards :: HDMI - Getting Decent Video Quality From Typical Monitors

Most people I've seen usually have appalling (almost unreadable) quality when using an external monitor with an HDMI cable -- it's quite simple to fix really easily. Films / video are usually OK but if you are reading email or doing standard computer work then you want the monitor to give you decent results.

First ensure that the "Sharpness" setting on the monitor is set correctly -- oversharpening makes text etc look terrible.

secondly use something like "Auto size" so the picture size fits the screen properly rather than be slightly too large or small even if say 1920 X 1080 HD is selected.

thirdly use correct frequency for scanning -- in Europe should be 60 or 59HZ - use the "p" choice not the "I" one.

finally use sensibly the smart picture settings if you have one or use colour / tint / contrast / brightness settings properly.

Messing around with these controls really does turn an external monitor from in some cases having an almost unreadable screen to a pleasure to use --even on cheap 22 inch TV's.

Use the monitors own menu - don't do it from the PC display settings.

A typical laptop's video card will be perfectly ok on these types of monitors.