what is this 1 1/2 inch black band around the screen? does re sizing make pic look worse?My graphic card is intel hd 3000 with resolution 1080
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yes, there is a 1/2 inch black band around the screen, the resizing is ok up to the HD resolution of 1920 x 1200, that's pretty much the limit and why they stop at 27 inches
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Only problem I had with it was not being able to lower it further than shown in the picture but since I put a sound bar under it I've gotten used to looking up higher, its actually more comfortable that way. Screen resolution with an Nvida 960 is great!
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The screen is not that fancy. But is off center. I have not seen the customer picture but mine is off center and it is a tan background with black letters.
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That first picture is deceiving because it doesn't look like that at all, the second picture is what it really looks like and I installed it on a DELL XPS ultrabook. Hope that helps
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You may be viewing in the full-screen mode which distorts things. Try using a different setting like actual size I believe.
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As far as look..the picture looks much more natural that my other lcd tvs that tend to be extra bright making the people look "too" colorful. This is most likely due to the micro dimming feature that makes the blacks more black. It gives everythign a little more depth. Cant give you info on gaming..I dont play games. It does not firefly as much as my old Samsung probably because its 240hz vs 120. Mine is the 65 inch so not sure if small models are even smoother...That would probably make gaming better if you want to play on a big screen. Good luck.
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This isn't caused by the monitor, it is caused by video drivers.I have an ATI card that did the same thing to it. Updating to the latest Catalyst drivers and setting the overdrive to 0% got rid of the letterboxing over HDMI. Everything looks awesome now!
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The resolution of the screen is unacceptable. Also is you're buying a laptop from Amazon, make sure it is not a third party purchase, or you could be stuck with a restocking charge.
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I had the same issue, as well as it size being way off. I ended up just going with a Ram mount. They cost more but are worth it in the long run.
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Its a lottery from ASUS...so like screen bleed intensity ( because almost all asus screen come with different bleed screen degree)
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No, the highest res that I get with the screen is 1366 x 768 and it is a hard cover glossy screen... I was a little disappointed when I turned it on and found out it had a glossy finish, it causes glare... oh well it's better than a big hole in my original one...
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Yep. It's like a halo around the characters, especially on grey or blue background. No difference between vga / dvi / display port (have not tried hdmi)
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If your laptop has an Intel processor with Intel HD graphics and you use HDMI to HDMI, your monitor will be treated like a television and sent "Limited RGB" signals. This can cause things to look washed out. The only way I could get this fixed was to use an HDMI to DVI cable which caused my monitor to be called "Digital Display" instead of "Television" in the Intel graphics control panel.
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I have excess screen at the bottom, picture has the screen on tight. Did I install it incorrectly
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I use a displayport cable for the best quality. When reduced to 1920x1080 it still takes up the whole screen and somewhat stretched the image out. I dont think its possible to put black bars on the side
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Thank you for your reply. I was wondering if there's some problems with my video card hardware, now it seems to be the driver's problem. Luckily other programs works normally. I submitted this problem to ASUS support 1 month ago but get no responce. All we can do is just wait ASUS to update the graphic driver and hope the new driver can fix this problem.
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the band is use to work on the inside of the pc and its just as a safetly messure to make sure you dont fry the motherboard while changing the graphics card or the psu if your not working in a grounded enviroment. its not a safetly messure for short-outs
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Hi RonThe CPU is what governs the Display. Intel HD Graphics range from 2500 thru 4500It is much better than it use to be, I compare a i3 or i5 HD2500 to a 8400 Nvidia Card.It will display 1480x900 very nicely.Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, let me knowParis SettlePAXCOM Marine Computerspaxcom@comcast.net