Acer 19 under mag shows ghost letters

[Bishop]

May be a strange question, but my wife's 19"Acer LCD has the typefont ghost, or double type, like eye glasses out of focus.

If you look at any font type closely you can see a double image or side by side of the letter.

Not just in the type like Word or Word Perfect, any type from any source if you look close, you will see a double image.

Any relationship to the electronics or maybe the lcd screen itself is out of focus.

The color is great and the images are clear, only the font type face is ghostly.

Any Ideas?

[Scenic]

Re: Acer 19 under mag shows ghost letters

crappy VGA cable?
the ones that come with the screens are usually useless..

[Radio Fox]

Re: Acer 19 under mag shows ghost letters

crappy VGA cable?
the ones that come with the screens are usually useless..

Yep. That's what I was thinking.

Many years ago I had a monitor that had an integral lead that didn't quite reach the pc. I bought a VGA extension lead & I got the same effect as the OP, ghosting on text.

[Bishop]

Re: Acer 19 under mag shows ghost letters

I replaced the VGA cable with a another heavyer cable from a 15" DELL LCD that did not have ghost, but there is still ghost in the 19" ACER.
This is my first ACER LCD and so far I'm not impressed. The two 15" DELL I have and the 17" Viewsonic LCD have a clear typeface, maybe it's the 19" size or because it's a Acer, either way I'm not impressed.

Could it be the video board enhanceing the ghost, or the second VGA cable is as crappy as the first one.

Thanks

[el3ctroded]

Re: Acer 19 under mag shows ghost letters

It's not just because it's an acer... Ghosting is simply not normal. The problem may be that you are not using the screen at it's native resolution.