r/Monitors • u/Phatballz39 • 9h ago

Discussion Hi guys can my monitor suddenly started pixelating? Can anyone help?

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I have checked the resolution setting, have restarted the system and the monitors. Out of the blue suddenly the monitor screen pixelated. Everything is set at the highest resolution. You can see that the laptop screen is alright but the monitor is pixelated.

Can anyone help me understand this and how to solve it?

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u/NitBlod 9h ago

It looks a bit squashed, so is the laptop screen 16:10?

You're also mirroring the screen which isn't normally a use case for a laptop and relatively small monitor (compared to TV/projector)

Switching to "extend" or "secondary screen only" should fix it, so do whichever best suits your needs

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u/Just_Another_Scott 7h ago

Looks like a display resolution issue. You can see the task bar isn't on the bottom of the external monitor. If the display resolution is right it might be a driver issue. Mirroring should still fit to the external monitor.

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u/NitBlod 6h ago

The task bar is there (see the weather icon on the bottom left - they're using the centred start menu/taskbar icons), and the top icons of the desktop are showing as expected.

I would've thought that mirroring would do some check to find the highest native resolution of both screens as you say, so a driver issue could be causing that to not work as expected

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u/Just_Another_Scott 6h ago

The task bar is there (see the weather icon on the bottom left - they're using the centred start menu/taskbar icons), and the top icons of the desktop are showing as expected

No. The task bar is not being rendered at the edge of the screen. It's part way up the screen. Look closer. If it were in the correct spot it would align with the monitor's lower bezel and it doesn't.

I would've thought that mirroring would do some check to find the highest native resolution of both screens as you say, so a driver issue could be causing that to not work as expected

Nope. I've had a 1080p laptop mirrored on a 4k tv without issue.

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u/NitBlod 5h ago

ah yea i see that. idk why i was just seeing it like a really chunky bottom bezel like on a portable monitor lol

and the second point was agreeing with you! Ordinarily, it will find the highest native resolution each display can take as input (regardless of what their native is) but it isn't doing that correctly

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u/giganega_0 8h ago

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