down the LCD panel rabbit hole

[brian]

On 08/10/2009 07:38 PM, brian wrote:
>
> I then opened System/Admin/Display again and this time, the resolution
> is set to 1152x864 (the highest it goes) and monitor type is still CRT
> 1024x768. So, now I don't know what to believe. I switched it back to
> "Generic LCD 1920x1080" and, after logging back in, the resolution has
> dropped again! Prefs/display shows 1280x854 @ 59Hz while Admin/display
> shows 1152x864.

1920x1080 -> 16:9, so I changed the resolution from 1280x854 to 
1280x720. This looks much better but is still far lower than it could 
be. I'd actually clued in about the ratio before sending but forgot to 
remove that bit.