Need a little help on something!!!

[bersaguy]

Most folks here know I have got cataracts and it is becoming a little difficult for me to read the computer screen and i am looking for one of those magnifier screens I can put on my monitor to enlarge the print. The only one Amazon offers has very poor reviews so not going to waste my time there. I was wondering if anyone else may know where I might be able to get one for a 17 inch flat monitor. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  thanks Bersaguy

[Caster]

Is it a Mac? If so you can just hit 'Apple command +' until it's clear enough to read. 'Apple command -' brings it right back down. I can't imagine PC's don't do the same thing.

[blueheeler47]

Control + will enlarge the screen, I don't have cataracts and still have to do that sometimes to be able to read.

[hipower]

WHHOOPPPEEE! I like this!

 

Thanks...lame old me didn't know.

[bersaguy]

Thank you very much!!! that has made it a lot easier to read and type and saved me a bunch of funds........ :up: :up: :up:

[runco]

I wish control + put more money into my account.  :(

[Caster]

I wish I could "Apple command, option, escape" when some people are talking too. Edited November 18, 2015 by Caster

[Oh Shoot]

Thank you very much!!! that has made it a lot easier to read and type and saved me a bunch of funds........ :up: :up: :up:

 

Also, FireFox on Windows remembers the last magnification setting site by site, but IE doesn't.

 

Also also, CTRL+0 returns to default size without having to step it down.

 

- OS

[runco]

I have to admit, I liked it when No_0ne like my post!  Cool name.

 

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[NextExit]

I wish control + put more money into my account.  :(

Sorry, the most it will do is make your account look bigger. :P

[Pete123]

I don't have cateracts - I just can't see.

 

I spend a lot of time looking at a monitor.  I have to use an HDMI monitor that has the appropriate cable to setup to show in HD.

[bronco302]

On windows machines if the center button on your mouse is a roller wheel hold Ctrl then roll the wheel forward for big, back for small.

[Dolomite_supafly]

If you can find someone to bring it to you from Knoxville you are more than welcome to have the biggest flat screen monitor I have that I am not using. I have 2-3 of them. Pretty sure the biggest should be in the 20" range but not positive. Definitely bigger than a 17" though.

 

Sorry, the most it will do is make your account look bigger. :P

 

Hey, I wonder if that will work for..... Nevermind, I was hoping to impress the wife.

[enfield]

On windows machines if the center button on your mouse is a roller wheel hold Ctrl then roll the wheel forward for big, back for small.

 

This works on Linux Mint also.

[R_Bert]

bersaguy, on 18 Nov 2015 - 1:26 PM, said:

Most folks here know I have got cataracts and it is becoming a little difficult for me to read the computer screen and i am looking for one of those magnifier screens I can put on my monitor to enlarge the print. The only one Amazon offers has very poor reviews so not going to waste my time there. I was wondering if anyone else may know where I might be able to get one for a 17 inch flat monitor. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  thanks Bersaguy

I certainly emphasize with you.  I have cataracts, glaucoma, and dry-eye syndrome in both eyes, along with detached-retina / optical nerve damage in one of them.  I am scheduled to start with lens-replacement in a few weeks. It will help with vision, but not the constant "rip-my-eyeball-out" feeling.

 

 

Now that I whined, here are the monitors that I use (four of them) - http://www.ebay.com/itm/K0Q34A8-HP-V241P-LED-monitor-23-6-1920-x-1080-8ms-250-cd-m2-Factory-Sealed-/331651269028?hash=item4d37f4c1a4:g:wPcAAOSwgNRV8ZJC

 

Hopefully they are within your budget.

 

They are very good for the price, includes shipping.

 

Bert