Affinity Publisher - viewing learning videos

[chasm]

Happy New Year All!

A friend connected a 19 inch screen to my 15" laptop but the highest resolution choice was only 1366 x 768 so that's not much better then my laptop's highest resolution.

Is there any kind of chart or spec sheet which would detail how large a screen resolution I can set that screen to?

Ex. If I attach a 21" screen to my laptop what would be the highest resolution I could then set that screen to? If I attached a 24" screen to my laptop what would be the highest resolution I could then set that screen to?

I'm trying to guesstimate what's the smallest (least expensive) screen I could use to get a screen resolution large enough to watch A-Pub Vimeo and/or YouTube tutorials?

I'll probably have to find a used screen at a thrift store but they generally don't stock 40 + inch screens.

Which prompts the follow up question - have you found any screens are too big for using APub?

I heard a conversation recently where someone was sharing that their 50" screen was too much for using computer applications and best left for TV/DVD viewing?

What resolution do you have your Mac/PC set to when using A-Pub and/or watching any A-Pub Vimeo and/or YouTube tutorials?

Thank you!

 

 

[R C-R]

5 minutes ago, chasm said:

Is there any kind of chart or spec sheet which would detail how large a screen resolution I can set that screen to?

As mentioned earlier, the maximum resolution you can get with an external monitor attached to your laptop is limited to the maximum resolution your laptop can use with an external monitor. So the first thing you need to do is find that in the specs for your laptop.

That will let you know what resolution(s) it can output to an external monitor. The physical screen size of the monitor is not directly related to that, so any monitor that supports the resolution(s) your laptop can output will work, although higher is generally better.

[chasm]

Hi RC-R, 

I found my laptop on sale on Amazon -https://www.amazon.com/Latitude-E6540-15-6-LED-Notebook/dp/B00E7LX8IO which states that

Display Resolution Maximum

1920x1080.

I Googled this question more and found on this site (reliable?)

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/latitude-e6510-max-external-resolution.540241/

"VGA can handle 1920x1200@60hz with no problems.

I'm running 2560 x 1600 on E6400 and E6500 systems no problem.

Yeah just about any GPU since like 2003 should be capable of doing 1920x1200."

<snip>

But, when I right click on this eMachine 19" monitor in Windows 10 and choose Display Settings it lists 1366 x 768 as the highest setting.

I then I open an Affinity Publisher video tutorial and play that with the 19' monitor it displays the words as tiny as they appear on my laptop's 15.6" screen.

So, I'm at a loss of how to best ensure I can see Affinity Publisher video tutorials with legible words on screen?

Thank you.

 

 

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, chasm said:

I then I open an Affinity Publisher video tutorial and play that with the 19' monitor it displays the words as tiny as they appear on my laptop's 15.6" screen.

For a given screen resolution, everything on a 19″ screen should be about 22% bigger than on a 15.6″ screen.

[chasm]

Perhaps, but the text in the A-Pub video still appears as tiny as my 15.6' laptop screen.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, chasm said:

But, when I right click on this eMachine 19" monitor in Windows 10 and choose Display Settings it lists 1366 x 768 as the highest setting.

This is the first time I have seen you mention this monitor (although I may have missed a previous reference to it). What are the specs for it, including both its supported resolutions & the ports it can use with each of them?

Also, how (as in what kind of port) is it connected to your laptop?

Please keep in mind that without full specs or at least exact brand & model numbers there is not much more we can do to help you with this.

[chasm]

It's a monitor a neighbot let me borrow. It's a 19 inch eMachine E181HV. I wasn't given a manual so I just plugged that 19" screen into the back of the laptop using the monitor plug where you tighten the 2 screws into the back of the laptop and it displays the same screen you see on the laptop but now also on the 19" screen.  Thank you!

[R C-R]

17 minutes ago, chasm said:

I wasn't given a manual so I just plugged that 19" screen into the back of the laptop using the monitor plug where you tighten the 2 screws into the back of the laptop

That sounds like a VGA connector. That is an analog connection, an outdated & considerably inferior connection method compared to digital connection types like Display Port, DVI, or HDMI. If you do not understand what that means, please do a little research on your own, like by googling those connection types (it is much too complicated to try to cover it all here) but the bottom line is you will never get as sharp looking a display using an analog connection as with a digital one.

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

For a given screen resolution, everything on a 19″ screen should be about 22% bigger than on a 15.6″ screen.

Bigger, but due to low resolution with a large loss of detail (poorer readability of texts).

Unfortunately, the mentioned E181HV monitor does not offer a higher resolution than the 1366 x 768 px. So, personally, I'd rather watch tutorial videos on a laptop monitor, which, while smaller, provides more detail and better readability.

P. S. and when connected via analog VGA, there is another significant loss of detail display quality.

Edited January 8, 2022 by Pšenda

[R C-R]

5 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Unfortunately, the mentioned E181HV monitor does not offer a higher resolution than the 1366 x 768 px.

Which would explain why @chasm can't set it to any higher resolution than that. 

[chasm]

I'm familiar with VGA connectors but I don't see any degradation in the clarity of the words on screen - it's just that they're still tiny like the laptop screen.

So, the question remains as to what resolution I should be looking for in another monitor?

Once I know what resolution I should be looking for in a monitor/screen so the words are clearly large enough then how do I know screen size monitor will provide that?

This monitor is 4 inches larger than my laptop.

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

[Pšenda]

10 minutes ago, chasm said:

I'm familiar with VGA connectors but I don't see any degradation in the clarity of the words on screen

When you get to a monitor that can have both analog and digital interfaces, give it a try - the difference is clear.

[R C-R]

Assuming your laptop supports one of the mentioned digital interfaces, the first thing you should be looking for is a monitor that accepts that interface. The reason for this has already been mentioned. 

[v_kyr]

4 hours ago, chasm said:

But, when I right click on this eMachine 19" monitor in Windows 10 and choose Display Settings it lists 1366 x 768 as the highest setting.

That's a pretty old 19" monitor which only has a VGA connector and even at it's max only a low resolution support.

 

 

• 19 inch eMachine E181HV manual

 

You might want to use the external monitor under Win in display extend mode, aka so you can drag a browser window with a video to show then over to the external monitor, but still keep the Affinity app on the laptop display to work with ...

[chasm]

Thank you all for your kind and insightful help.

A friend has donated their Vizeo  19" TV screen Model M190VA to help me watch Vimeo and YouTube Affinity Publisher instructional videos.

I connected this Vizeo TV monitor via the RGB cord but it just seems to mirror what I see on the laptop screen.

 

The Vizeo has ports for HDMI, USB and DVI as well.

 

But, on the screen I see both on the laptop and Vizio the highest resolution listed is 1366 x 768.

 

Is there a way to reach the display settings just for the Vizeo alone?

 

Maybe there are separate settings for the Vizoe but I just see all the same screens on the Vizeo I see on the laptop.

 

Thank you!

 

[R C-R]

3 minutes ago, chasm said:

Is there a way to reach the display settings just for the Vizeo alone?

Do a web search on (for instance) "change external screen mirroring Windows."

6 minutes ago, chasm said:

The Vizeo has ports for HDMI, USB and DVI as well.

Do you want us to guess which port you are using to attach this TV to your laptop?

[chasm]

Um, I did share on the 3rd line of my post... <snip> I connected this Vizeo TV monitor via the RGB cord...<snip>

but I'm not sure if buying an HDMI cable (manufactured specifically for this Vizeo Model and a Dell laptop is necessary) or getting a special USB cord to connect the Vizoe monitor and this laptop would be better or if DVI is the best connection for watching Affinity Publisher video tutorials? Thanks.

[R C-R]

15 minutes ago, chasm said:

Um, I did share on the 3rd line of my post... <snip> I connected this Vizeo TV monitor via the RGB cord...<snip>

"RGB cord" is not the same thing as any of those digital ports. (If anything, RGB could be interpreted as a reference to an analog connection.)

If your laptop has an HDMI port, I would use that. You do not need to buy a "special" one made specifically for that TV.

One further suggestion: try going to the support website of the maker of your laptop & seeing if they offer a manual for it you can download.

[Ron P.]

Here's a PDF of the Dell Latitude E6540 Owner's Manual

[v_kyr]

2 hours ago, chasm said:

A friend has donated their Vizeo  19" TV screen Model M190VA to help me watch Vimeo and YouTube Affinity Publisher instructional videos.

I connected this Vizeo TV monitor via the RGB cord but it just seems to mirror what I see on the laptop screen.

 

The Vizeo has ports for HDMI, USB and DVI as well.

 

But, on the screen I see both on the laptop and Vizio the highest resolution listed is 1366 x 768.

 

Is there a way to reach the display settings just for the Vizeo alone?

 

Maybe there are separate settings for the Vizoe but I just see all the same screens on the Vizeo I see on the laptop.

That TV monitor also only supports a max resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels! - See it's below PDF-manual for setup, specs, usage and the like!

• m190va_user_manual.pdf
• Vizio M190VA User Manual
• Vizio M190VA User Manual (PDF download)

 

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, chasm said:

Vizeo  19" TV screen Model M190VA

Latitude e6540 is a pretty decent business laptop. Why not connect an adequate monitor with the same resolution to it? Any monitor with a lower resolution will not be better than the built-in panel in a laptop.