KnoppMyth on a 320G drive

[Jamon Camisso]

Merv Curley wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 December 2006 15:43, Dave Mason wrote:
> 
> I would like to thank everyone for their comments,  all appreciated and 
> helpful.  I do understand a bit better what is happening now, and will try 
> the various hints.
> 
> As a note,  this box has a 64 bit AMD running in 32 bit mode @ 3500 Mhz;  the 
> video card is an NV6100 and my LCD in a week old, 8 ms but only 1280 x 1024 
> resolution.  Desktop, screensavers, text are all very crisp.
> 
> I was in TV Broadcasting at the CBC, in the tech. area for 30+ years so I am 
> pretty aware of NTSC theory and all that jazz.  
> 
> However a one person asked, so, DVD's look pretty crappy also.  I had never 
> tried playing a DVD on a computer,  I have SDTV and HDTV systems in the same 
> room so pretty redundant.

Check the refresh rate for your monitor. I have a new 19" LCD that
looked terrible at 75Hz (dark colours were hideously attenuated). I
switched to 60Hz which the monitor's digital input recommended, and
poof, it looks fantastic.

> Nothing like personal experiences to glean information,  program documentation 
> is never enough.
> 
> Merry, merry.. 
> 

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