Blurry Wallpaper

[stephen65]

I got this new computer with Windows 7 about 3 weeks ago and I've never been able to get a clear wallpaper picture other than with what was already loaded on the system.

Anything I try and load on there is just very blurry.

Also with Windows 7 are the icons on the desktop supposed to be much larger than with XP?

 

[PooMan UK]

Hiya pal and welcome to the forums

Any chance you could take a screen grab and post it in here .... if the images are to small and low in quality they will look poor when "stretched" or set to "fit"

 

[Petey7]

Hello Stephen. To fix the icon problem, right click the desktop, go to view in the menu, and options will appear next to original context menu. Select small icons.

For the wallpaper problem, what is the resolution of your screen? What is the resolution of the wallpapers you are using? If you use a wallpaper with a resolution that does not match that of the screen, it will enlarge, shrink, or stretch the wallpaper to fit the screen, which may result in blurriness.

 

[Lordbob75]

As said, it is probably a smaller picture than the resolution you have on there now.

~Lordbob

 

[stephen65]

Hiya pal and welcome to the forums

Any chance you could take a screen grab and post it in here .... if the images are to small and low in quality they will look poor when "stretched" or set to "fit"

This is what I'm using now.


This is what I was using with XP. I've also tried it here and it's blurry as well.

 

[Petey7]

Those pictures are kind of small (1280x839). Plus the images are most likely being stretched. The pictures have an aspect ratio of 1:1.525...
1920x1080 is aspect ratio of 1:1.77777... (16:9). The aspect ratio of the pictures don't match that of any computer monitor/tv (16:9 or 16:10 [1:1.6]).

One option you have is right clicking the desktop and going to personalize. Go to the menu to change the wallpaper. I believe the "fill" option is the one to zoom into the picture, instead of stretching it one way or the other.

 

[stephen65]

Those pictures are kind of small (1280x839). Plus the images are most likely being stretched. The pictures have an aspect ratio of 1:1.525...
1920x1080 is aspect ratio of 1:1.77777... (16:9). The aspect ratio of the pictures don't match that of any computer monitor/tv (16:9 or 16:10 [1:1.6]).

One option you have is right clicking the desktop and going to personalize. Go to the menu to change the wallpaper. I believe the "fill" option is the one to zoom into the picture, instead of stretching it one way or the other.

But why did they work with XP? I tried the fill option but that left too much black screen. It didn't look very good.

 

[Petey7]

Okay, where was the black? Fill shouldn't leave any black bars.

 

[Anthony]

Hello Stephen, any image below your screen resolution is going to degrade, pixelate, blur, whatever you want to call it!!
I have posted one of the images at your screen resolution 1920*1080, Let us know if its still 'Blurry'

Thanks.

 

[stephen65]

Okay, where was the black? Fill shouldn't leave any black bars.

My bad, it was Fit that left black bars on the sides. Fill is what it's set on now.

 

[stephen65]

Hello Stephen, any image below your screen resolution is going to degrade, pixelate, blur, whatever you want to call it!!
I have posted one of the images at your screen resolution 1920*1080, Let us know if its still 'Blurry'

Thanks.

No that is not blurry. But that is also below my screen resolution of 1920 x 1200.

Is this just a change from XP to Windows 7? Because I never had any trouble picking a wallpaper picture with XP.

 

[Anthony]

Hello Stephen, any image below your screen resolution is going to degrade, pixelate, blur, whatever you want to call it!!
I have posted one of the images at your screen resolution 1920*1080, Let us know if its still 'Blurry'

Thanks.

No that is not blurry. But that is also below my screen resolution of 1920 x 1200.

Is this just a change from XP to Windows 7? Because I never had any trouble picking a wallpaper picture with XP.

Sorry Stephen, In your system Spec's it says 1920*1080?

I do know that when you use a png (high quality) wallpaper as a background Windows 7 converts it to a jpeg (lower quality) wallpaper.
I have no idea what WinXP used to do with Wallpaper images.

 

[logicearth]

Is this just a change from XP to Windows 7? Because I never had any trouble picking a wallpaper picture with XP.

Did you have the same monitor when using Windows XP?
Ie. a screen with a resolution of 1920x1080?

 

[Petey7]

Okay, where was the black? Fill shouldn't leave any black bars.

My bad, it was Fit that left black bars on the sides. Fill is what it's set on now.

I figured as much.

Also, please fix your system specs to show the right resolution.

 

[stephen65]

Is this just a change from XP to Windows 7? Because I never had any trouble picking a wallpaper picture with XP.

Did you have the same monitor when using Windows XP?
Ie. a screen with a resolution of 1920x1080?

Yes this is the same monitor I was using with XP.

 

[stephen65]

Okay, where was the black? Fill shouldn't leave any black bars.

My bad, it was Fit that left black bars on the sides. Fill is what it's set on now.

I figured as much.

Also, please fix your system specs to show the right resolution.

Sorry about that. I just figured how to get 1200 resolution yesterday afternoon and I forgot to make the change.