Configuring Resolution and Color Depth

Screen resolution is the number of pixels displayed on the screen. High resolution makes the overall screen area large, although individual items appear small. Color quality is determined by the number of bits used to represent a pixel on the screen. High color quality displays more number of colours on your screen.

1.Select Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Change the screen resolution.

2.Make changes on the Settings tab of the [Display Properties] dialog box.

You can view the graphics chipset.

To change your screen resolution, move the slider to select an appropriate resolution.

To change the number of colors displayed on a monitor, select an appropriate colour quality.

3.When you have completed configuration, click Apply.

It is recommended setting the resolution to 1280x768, and the number of colours to Highest (32bit).

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