Thanks Scott. I believe it occurs also on a warm boot, but that would
still be covered by your explanation, I believe. The docs seem to
suggest it should not happen more than three times, so we'll see. The
documentation is in about 13 languages and is doubtless equally poor
in all of them.
I will consider getting a DVI card. I had never thought of using this
computer for any sort of work for which a DVI card would be required,
but times change. The Samsung profiled quite easily and well with my
ancient Colorvision software and calibration "spyder." The monitor is
quite a revelation. I've not experienced anything quite as good as
what I am now seeing with it. Much better for critical work, to say
the least!
Joel W.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Joel,
>
> Is this on "cold start"? i.e. on power up of your system? If so, it's likely
> because Windows does not set selected analog resolution until partway
> through startup... so the monitor is complaining about the lower resolution
> Windows uses at first.
>
> Switching to DVI would solve the "problem", and might well improve your
> perception of the display overall. In my experience, the greater control
> provided by DVI means a sharper and more consistent
> display--startup-to-startup--than was acheived with analog settiings.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I picked up a Samsung 2350 monitor yesterday and would appreciate some
>> advice. In case you're wondering why I got a 23" monitor -- the
>> physical width of the monitor fits the current enclosure of my working
>> space, whereas a 24" most likely would not.
>>
>> First question: I continue to get an error message at startup from
>> the monitor indicating my setup is not optimum. The message is a very
>> dumb one. It indicates that the connection is Analog (rather than
>> digital -- my video card does not have DVI outputs) and it indicates
>> the optimum resolution. I have the display settings at the optimum
>> resolution, so I conclude that it is mad at me because my video card
>> won't allow the DVI output. Would this seem to be correct reasoning?
>>
>> Should I be upgrading my video card?
>>
>> Second question: Faststone Viewer. I can't seem to find a setting
>> that prevents some stretching of verticals. I would like it to hold
>> verticals, obviously, to an exact 4:3 ratio. It seems to want to make
>> them a wee bit wider than they should be. Horizontals seem fine.
>> Anybody run into this before?
>>
>> I will check Samsung and Faststone sites for FAQs but thought I would
>> shoot something to the list in the event that there is a quick and
>> easy answer.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Joel W.
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