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To: Elroy who wrote (64974)	9/10/2009 1:48:23 AM
From: Ian@SI	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

Elroy, If you use something like 1280x1024 resolution on a 16:9 monitor, you will have the 2 black bars on either side. 1280x1024 is 4:3 not 16:9. So you'd use 1280x768 to get 16:9 and use the full width of your widescreen monitor. The higher the resolution, the smaller your fonts will appear. So go to the highest 16:9 resolution that your PC supports. If that doesn't do the trick, with Firefox or with IE8, you can just hit CTRL[and]+ to increase font (and image) sizes; or CTRL[and]- to reduce font and image sizes. You can also find commands in the VIEW menu of most browsers labled FONT SIZE or ZOOM or such like that achieve similar ends. Ian. PS It took me almost a week to figure out why I couldn't use the full width of my monitor; and a call to the supplier didn't help. :(

To: Elroy who wrote (64974)	12/31/2009 9:03:21 PM
From: Ian@SI	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

Elroy, I bought myself a Christmas present - 9 GB HP Pavilion with an ATI 4650HD 1GB GDDR5 graphics card running Win7. Without doing anything other than connecting my old 16:9 monitor to the new PC, I have 1920x1080 resolution and full use of the full width of the screen. My guess is that the graphics card would have been sufficient - I just bought it with a "nice case" surrounding it. ;-) In any case, the upgrade is worthwhile. Happy new year to all, Ian