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I have a crappy screen at home. It's washed out, has a terrible viewing angle, and the colours drastically change as you change the angle at which you are viewing. It's a Samsung and I had assumed it would be pretty good but caveat emptor.
I was in the Display Properties dialog in Windows 10 - again - and decided to give the display tuning wizard a go. I've used this in Win7 but completely forgot about it. 2 mins later and my screen is now actually usable. I'm impressed that seemingly small tweaks, guided by that wizard in such a sensible, intuitive way, have made such a huge difference.
Nice one.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Always done that with the buttons on the front-bottom of the monitor...
(I too have Samsung and more than happy with)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Always done that with the buttons on the front-bottom of the monitor...
Chris is a techno-geek. He is possibly challenged at using hardware buttons. He's gotta have software options. 
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They occasionally get things right... 
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Let me guess...
The wizard sugested to use the good old CGA color scheme. Nothing beats cyan text on a magenta background. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Chris Maunder wrote: It's a Samsung and I had assumed it would be pretty good but caveat emptor.
You assumed, ah yes. I'd have thought you'd have investigated it's capablilities before the buy, but just because that is the sensible thing to do musn't let me assume everybody would do that.
Chris Maunder wrote: terrible viewing angle
I don't see where a wizzard would change anything about the viewing angle and, except of course if said wizzard advised you to throw out the old display and buy a new one.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Well, sometimes one makes assumptions on the quality of an item by it's brand, especially when one's in a damn hurry. Call me human.
Manfred Rudolf Bihy wrote: I don't see where a wizzard would change anything about the viewing angle
It can't. IT did, however, help me simply, quickly and effectively make the best of a bad setup. Good enough, in fact, that the issues with the monitor aren't anywhere near as noticeable.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Call me human.
Hello human! 
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Chris Maunder wrote: Call me human.
Why thank-you and you .......![^]
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There are places (like banks) where they put hardware filters over the screens to deliberately narrow the viewing angle. Obviously they don't want to deal with snoopers.
Fletcher Glenn
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And this has to do exactly what with my response to OP's post?
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Manfred Rudolf Bihy wrote: And this has to do exactly what with my response to OP's post?
You made a comment indicating that a narrow viewing angle may be a "bad thing"tm.
I was commenting that sometimes a narrow viewing angle is a desired characteristic.
Fletcher Glenn
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fglenn wrote: You made a comment indicating that a narrow viewing angle may be a "bad thing"
You'd have to quote me for that, as I said no such thing. You may be referring to OP's post.
fglenn wrote: I was commenting that sometimes a narrow viewing angle is a desired characteristic.
Captain obvious strikes again!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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They need immediate consulting in how to approach possibly interested people 
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I'd be more than just a little suspicious of that email, although with all the recruiting emails that flood my inbox, it would just be another one that gets ignored (recruiters tend to be pretty bad at their job).
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: and should be responded to in the mot urgent manner
You go ahead with the mot urgent matter, I'll be the one laughing out loud in the lobby.
With the speakers on.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: for the purposes of current status please again your:
Name: P. Pleased
Skill: pleasure
Availability: now please
Hourly Rate: extremely pleased
Citizenship: yes please
Location: Pleasantville
I've sent you my pleased again status.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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How seldom the statement, "I'm not stupid", is made by people who actually aren't?
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Of course! I'm not stupid!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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How many mothers that have children who say "My momma ain't raised no fool!" have fools for children?
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My momma raised six children; the probability that all or none are fools is pretty close to zero.
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I prefer... "I'm not that stupid"... adds a sprinkle of honesty to the proclamation.
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Probably because the 'non-stupid' population of people learn from their 'stupid' mistakes and know that they are capable of stupid mistakes in future - while the "I'm not stupid" crowd are probably incapable of learning from their stupid mistakes.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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