bigger resolutions?

[mynameisjesse]

im sure this is a stupid question, but is there anyway for me to make my resolution bigger than what apple allows? my second monitor, which is a ****** old crt, lets me choose way bigger than my rev. b 20" imac. is there an application i can use?

 

[liketom]

switchres is what i use but it will cost

http://www.madrau.com/

 

[Danksi]

How hi-res does the Spanning Doctor hack allow?

My second LCD is running at 1280x1024, but I noticed newer monitors going up to 1600's+ widescreen.

 

[mad jew]

LCDs have a finite amount of pixels so no app can physically make a bigger resolution for you. Check the System Preferences' Display tab to make sure it's at the maximum though. 🙂

 

[killmoms]

im sure this is a stupid question, but is there anyway for me to make my resolution bigger than what apple allows? my second monitor, which is a ****** old crt, lets me choose way bigger than my rev. b 20" imac. is there an application i can use?

The internal LCD, due to the way LCDs work, is limited to its maximum resolution. 1680 x 1050 isn't a small screen though, honestly. You could always use the screen-spanning hack to attach another monitor if you wanted...

 

[mynameisjesse]

im currently using screen spanning doctor app for my second monitor. i was just hoping i could match the resolution of the second monitor with my imac, but i guess i cant cause its lcd. 1680x1050 is good but i just wish i could make everything smaller. thanks everyone.

 

[Danksi]

im currently using screen spanning doctor app for my second monitor. i was just hoping i could match the resolution of the second monitor with my imac, but i guess i cant cause its lcd. 1680x1050 is good but i just wish i could make everything smaller. thanks everyone.

Just to clarify, you have the 20inch iMac, running an external monitor, via screen spanning docter. What resolution are you running the external monitor?

 

[OutThere]

I can confirm that, on my 14" iBook, running at 1024x768, I have run a 22" CRT at 2048x1536 with the screen spanning doctor. Just play with your monitor control panel settings. 🙂

 

[Danksi]

I can confirm that, on my 14" iBook, running at 1024x768, I have run a 22" CRT at 2048x1536 with the screen spanning doctor. Just play with your monitor control panel settings. 🙂

Nice! Well at least I know that if I get a better external screen, I'll be able to support a higher resolution. 🙂

 

[plasticparadox]

Just curious - is there any way to increase the resolution on the 14" iBook? My friend has one, and going from my PB to her iBook really is a shock to the eyes.

 

[mad jew]

Just curious - is there any way to increase the resolution on the 14" iBook? My friend has one, and going from my PB to her iBook really is a shock to the eyes.

Nope. 🙁

Unless you're already running below 1024x768...

 

[JonHimself]

I can confirm that, on my 14" iBook, running at 1024x768, I have run a 22" CRT at 2048x1536 with the screen spanning doctor. Just play with your monitor control panel settings. 🙂

I have a 15" lcd that I used to use with my windows pc and have recently started using it again with my iBook... mostly as a mirror but occasionally with the screen spanning hack. I can't, however, get the resolution on the lcd over 1024x768 (either while mirroring - which I don't think is possible anyways - or by using the hack) No settings have been changed and if I hook it back up to my PC I can get much high resolutions. Could you explain how you were able to get yours up so high? Did the larger resolutions just show up in the Display preferences?

 

[mynameisjesse]

my 19" second monitor is at 1400x1050 while my 20" imac is 1680x1050. i love how os x looks when my second monitor is at 1600x1200 and was just hoping i could match my imacs resoultion to that.

incase you dont understand, i want my main displays(the imac) resolution bigger, changing the resolution of the second monitor is no problem.

 

[mad jew]

Your iMac has an LCD which is the same technology as most other flat screen monitors. Now, these LCDs have a finite amount of physical pixels (dots that make the colour) which means there is no possible way of increasing the resolution of an LCD. 🙂