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WEEKEND PROJECT: Get the best picture from your flat-panel
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Step 1

Getting started

Step 2

What you'll need

Step 3

Understanding basic controls

Step 4

Stick to your native resolution

Step 5

Adjust your aspect ratio

Step 6

Monitor your refresh rate

Step 7

Dash jaggies with ClearType

Step 8

Run some DisplayMate tests

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Get the best picture from your flat-panel display

By John Woram
(March 30, 2005)

Estimated time required:
1.5 hours

Estimated cost: $80 and up

Step 1:

Getting started

When it comes to sleek setups, nothing outshines the svelte lines of an LCD. Unlike CRTs, which have fully adjustable images, LCDs allow for little image tweaking, but that doesn't mean you can't enhance your settings at all. Here we show you how to get the most from your flat-panel display. We'll start with a few basic tweaks and move on to more-advanced techniques.
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This story originally appeared in Computer Shopper magazine.
Get the best picture from your flat-panel display

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