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[Solved] Windows 7 Proxo AutoStart
Aug. 21, 2009, 12:29 PM
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On a CRT monitor black is black be it a letter or an image. On a LCD monitor black is gray be it a letter or image. This is why LCD tvs are crap compared to plasma. I did see a brand new Samsung LCD at $4000 in Sears the day before Christmas last year that actually showed black as black. It was fabulous and after looking at it you would never want any other tv except maybe a Plasma but that was the only LCD in the store that was any good. Who knows when it will ever be a price I could afford. There were a bunch of folks standing in awe in front of it and no one wanted anything else after seeing it. My point being that LCDs are finally being improved now where black is black and the same problem is seen on LCD monitors. Black is not black. Maybe your eyes are very sensitive to colors. Mine are very sensitive to black and how black black actually is on the screen. The difference between black fonts on my Trinitron CRT monitor, and this rated number 1 by Consumer Reports and PCWorld tests the year I bought it LCD, is astounding. There is no comparison between how weak black is on LCD's as compared to CRT's. So, for me the problem is the monitor more than anything else. Even setting an LCD using Clear Type to the lowest contrast still does not give you anything like the black on my Trinitron. Set at the contrast level Microsoft recommends, I can't read the text as it appears pale gray. My LCD will be 6 years old November 1 and I'm sure newer ones can handle black color better but then there is the problem of finding one with antireflective coating. The reflection/glare is also a huge problem with plasma tvs. Some idiot decided to make LCDs which normally don't have that awful glare/reflection now have so much glare you can't see much on the screen besides your reflection and lights, etc. So, the new LCDs it doesn't matter about the pixels and color or fuzziness as all you see is reflection and glare. UGH.

Your problem appears to be high sensitivity to colors while mine is high sensitivty to the degree of black on a screen. That Wikipedia article said that blurriness is seen at 96DPI. I use 125DPI, and have for years on both monitors, and I use a large font. The examples on that Wikipedia page looked the same so I couldn't see any examples actually. All the text on that page was the same size and all looked the same. My eyes are definitely aging and I notice I can't see the difference between dark navy blue and black now sometimes unless I put what I think is probably dark navy next to black or go over near a window so the light is really good. (That, of course, is the cataracts which I am having taken care of soon). So, maybe I am not seeing colors as well as I used to but images are sure gorgeous on this monitor. My complaint is the fonts are not black enough unless I bold them. Bolded black on an LCD monitor looks just like regular, unbolded black on my Trinitron CRT.

So, I think the problem is at least partly the monitor and monitor type and the video card. Red is horrible on my CRT. It is not a true red but a darker dull brickish color. Green is also sort muddy, grayish looking.
I have a ATI card on it. I didn't know how gorgeous and true colors could be until I got this LCD with an nVidia card (7800GTX) and turned on digital vibrance and turned off everything else. I won't upgrade the driver because the new nVidia screen doesn't have (or didn't for a long time but might now) digital vibrance setting.

I suppose it is all very individual what looks good on a computer screen and even a tv as folks buy sets I think have horrible colors and pictures.
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[Solved] Windows 7 Proxo AutoStart - Ralph - Jan. 16, 2009, 07:31 PM
RE: Windows 7 - bugger - Jan. 16, 2009, 08:42 PM
RE: Windows 7 - ProxRocks - Jan. 16, 2009, 09:01 PM
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RE: Windows 7 - Mele20 - Jan. 17, 2009, 01:02 AM
RE: Windows 7 - Ralph - Jan. 17, 2009, 01:28 AM
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RE: Windows 7 - bugmenot - Oct. 23, 2009, 11:02 PM
RE: Windows 7 - ProxRocks - Oct. 27, 2009, 11:44 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 18, 2009, 12:55 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 18, 2009, 02:03 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 18, 2009, 02:55 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 18, 2009, 03:30 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ardarby - Aug. 18, 2009, 09:52 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 19, 2009, 01:41 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 19, 2009, 10:15 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - bugger - Aug. 19, 2009, 11:17 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Ralph - Aug. 19, 2009, 12:13 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 19, 2009, 01:00 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ardarby - Aug. 19, 2009, 01:17 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 19, 2009, 01:19 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 19, 2009, 01:32 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 19, 2009, 10:49 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - bugger - Aug. 19, 2009, 11:19 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 19, 2009, 11:42 PM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 20, 2009, 12:13 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 20, 2009, 01:29 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ardarby - Aug. 20, 2009, 03:24 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - bugger - Aug. 20, 2009, 04:02 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 20, 2009, 08:59 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 20, 2009, 11:34 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 21, 2009, 09:02 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - ProxRocks - Aug. 21, 2009, 11:21 AM
RE: Windows 7 Proxo doesn't work! - Mele20 - Aug. 21, 2009 12:29 PM
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