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Windows Me - Optimize your monitor with our monitor guide

November 28, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

The writing on the monitor is blurred and the image flickers. Many computer users are often powerless in the face of this eye-damaging daily routine, as the purchase of a new device is usually very expensive.

In almost all cases, a poorly adjusted monitor is the cause of poor picture quality or a low Refresh rate.

Adjust the refresh rate to the respective monitor
It is possible that the refresh rate is set too high. Some monitors display the picture with a clear loss of sharpness at the maximum values. If possible, you should reduce this to 85 HZ. Values below this are perceived by the eye as clear flickering and are just as damaging as a blurred display.

1. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties. Now switch to the tab Properties and click on the button Further options. Here you set under Graphics card the refresh rate to 85 Hzwhich is a good compromise between flicker-free picture and picture quality.

If you already have 85Hz here, you have no choice but to lower the resolution by one level to increase the picture sharpness and quality.

Check the connection cables
Check whether the connection cable to the monitor has kinks, is not plugged in correctly or is even damaged.
If your monitor has such a connection, you can access BNC (Bayonet Chell) cable, as these have a better image definition. On the back of your monitor you should 5 silver sockets to be found.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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