New widescreen laptop, coins look like eggs!

Hussulo · May 7, 2012 5:11AM

I just purchased a new widescreen laptop which I'm really pleased with but when I look at coin pictures the coins appear to be oval, more egg shaped! I tried changing the resolution but that didn't help. How am I supposed to crop and tweak images now, quite annoying.

Any suggestions?

OGDan · May 7, 2012 5:28AM

What resolution are you using? What other resolutions are available? We'll find one that works.

johnrav · May 7, 2012 5:30AM

yep, screen resolution is the issue.

CoinJunkie · May 7, 2012 5:42AM

The selected screen resolution must be in the same ratio as that of the display itself.

Hussulo · May 7, 2012 5:44AM

My screen resolutions available are:

1366 x 768
1360 x 768
1280 x 768
1280 x 720
1024 x 768
800 x 600

I think I've tried them all including 800 x 600, I lost a lot of the sides (went black) but the coins looked even more elongated!

I just bought a Dell Inspiron N5110 it has a very wide screens.

My old trusty Dell latitude d620 used to work great.

johnrav · May 7, 2012 6:05AM

look for some other way to change screen or display setting, maybe a Dell app. you should have something more like 1440x900.

Peacemonkey · May 7, 2012 6:14AM

<< <i>look for some other way to change screen or display setting, maybe a Dell app. you should have something more like 1440x900. >>

Yes, those resolutions seem rather low for a new laptop unless you got a mini like a 12 inch or something?

Justlooking · May 7, 2012 6:15AM

Take it back. Whatever happened to customer service in this country?

OGDan · May 7, 2012 6:16AM

As already stated, those resolutions are tiny. Are you sure the video card drivers are installed properly?

Hussulo · May 7, 2012 6:33AM

I think the card is working fine, nothing wrong with the graphics. Video and pictures are very sharp. I wonder if the screen size isnt higher then 768? its a 15.6 inch screen.

Hussulo · May 7, 2012 6:35AM

Just found this info on the web for replacement screens:
"Dell Inspiron N5110 Replacement SCREEN Technical Information: Dell Inspiron N5110 laptop screen Size is 15.6 inch WXGA+ replacement laptop LED LCD screen with resolution of 1366 x 768 and backlight type of LED. Glossy also known as Glare Screen, Dell Inspiron N5110 screen display monitor panel."

this is the laptop specs:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6121&review=dell+inspiron+15r+n5110

steveben · May 7, 2012 6:37AM

<< <i>My screen resolutions available are:

1366 x 768
1360 x 768
1280 x 768
1280 x 720
1024 x 768
800 x 600

I think I've tried them all including 800 x 600, I lost a lot of the sides (went black) but the coins looked even more elongated!

I just bought a Dell Inspiron N5110 it has a very wide screens.

My old trusty Dell latitude d620 used to work great. >>

only 1366x768, 1360x768, and 1280x720 are widescreen. the rest are wrong for a widescreen monitor. the way to tell is to divide the width by the height. you should have 1.77 for widescreen and 1.33 for fullscreen.

derryb · May 7, 2012 6:39AM

see if this helps

or this

or this

OGDan · May 7, 2012 6:45AM

If 1366x768 is the native resolution and you're running it at that resolution, everything should look fine.

Does anything else look "stretched", or is it just your coin pictures? I'm wondering if your coins are truly round.

Hussulo · May 7, 2012 7:03AM

Thanks guys, I'll keep reading your suggestions derry.

Everything else seems perfect but pictures of coins, even other people coin on this forum now look elongated and kind of longer as apposed to widder (what you might expect on a wide screen). Very strange.

mingot · May 7, 2012 7:07AM

How do pictures of people look?

jesbroken · May 7, 2012 7:13AM

My screen did the same to all my filed pics, which is a 27". I changed the resolution to 1920x1080 and all is well.
Good luck.
Jim

OGDan · May 7, 2012 8:02AM

Another thought, try opening the pictures using a different application. What are you using to open them now?

Barry · May 7, 2012 8:34AM

<< <i>Take it back. Whatever happened to customer service in this country? >>

It moved to India.

LanceNewmanOCC · May 8, 2012 6:21AM

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just for encouragement

i have an inspiron 1545 about year -year and a half old

15.6" screen
win7 64bit
1366x768 res 32bit 60hz
3gb ram
direct X 11
1gb video

never have had an issue, even when using the external monitor option via vga

maybe remove/update video card driver

right click and image and change default program to open images - try this first
.

LanceNewmanOCC · May 8, 2012 7:29AM

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here is a temp fix for images that look like eggs to me on my desktop.

it is the way some people image/save their coin files. not sure how they do it cuz out of a quarter million images or more i've edited, i've never had it happen

mrearlygold · May 8, 2012 8:10AM

<< <i>Take it back. Whatever happened to customer service in this country? >>

Moved! India, Philippines.
Modern Customer Service

New widescreen laptop, coins look like eggs!

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