16 posts tagged with screen and computer (View popular tags)

The backlight on my 5-year-old laptop screen has just started to get dimmer and pinkish in the corners. How long do I have before it goes completely out? Days? Weeks? At any moment?
posted on Jun 13, 2008 - 4 answers

Backlight or Inverter? How can you tell? [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I safely get this glossy laptop LCD clean and free of dust without running the risk of damaging it? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 9 answers

Help! My computer screen has shrunk and I can't make it big again! [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 10 answers

Please help me fit my new monitor to my crappy old computer. [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 17 answers

What one font is the easiest to read on both on a computer screen *and* off a sheet of paper? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 30 answers

Laptop screen quality questions: [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2007 - 10 answers

Laptop screen blackout issues: [more inside]
posted on Aug 19, 2006 - 6 answers

Is there a Windows program available that'll allow you to expand/maximize a window into just half the screen? [more inside] [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2006 - 7 answers

Why does my computer keep doing this? Moving around an open window does this. The purple lines usually pop out of nowhere, independent of what I'm doing. It started this week and has been happening more often as time goes on. Restarting the computer seems to be the only cure.
posted on May 14, 2006 - 17 answers

My mother has an Acer LCD (model AL1715) hooked up to her Mac Mini. The warranty expired 3 days ago, and last night it woke up after being asleep for about 45 minutes with a black line across it - the image divided in such a way that the image has rolled - that is, the bottom is at the top and the top at the bottom, split not quite equal halves. Disconnecting and reconnecting don't work, powering off and back on don't work, changing the display mode on the mac doesn't work, and we can't find a reset button. Acer doesn't answer tech support phone calls (endless holds) or emails. Any ideas?
posted on Feb 6, 2006 - 6 answers

After searching Google and the archives of AskMe, I've come across some great suggestions and ideas for making digital photo frames. From what I can determine, however, all of these require a computer of some kind built into the frame. Supposing one only has a laptop screen? Specifically, the screen from an old ThinkPad with a blown motherboard. Could I connect the monitor to my network somehow? Hook it up to some special circuit board designed for just this sort of thing?
posted on Nov 3, 2005 - 6 answers

What LCD monitor should I buy? This thread 6 months ago recommends the Dell UltraSharp 1905FP, which is about $383 right now. Is that still the best bang for my monitor bucks? I'm not a gamer, do a little web work but nothing hugely critical, and look at my computer screen for most of the day. What do you recommend? [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2005 - 21 answers

Running WinXP, with Samsung 150s flat-panel monitor -- both about 2 1/2 years old -- never had any problem with either...but during the last week or so, after sitting idle for a short period of time (perhaps 10 minutes?), the monitor screen goes gray -- dark, charcoaly, gray. [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2005 - 4 answers

I want to use my regular camcorder for videoconferencing, and for magnifying small print on my computer screen. Do any of the videographers out there know of a camcorder arm that clamps on to a desk and swivels around?
posted on Aug 5, 2004 - 7 answers

How many pixels need to be broken for Apple to replace one of their laptop screens? (more inside)
posted on May 22, 2004 - 13 answers