Improve panel icon quality

fixit7

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I realize that there are some tradeoffs in using a tv in place of a monitor.

My TV is set for 1360 x 768. The picture quality for a 60 fps 4K ultra hd movie is great.

But the resolution of the panel icons and background are very poor.

Can I improve that?

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Hi @fixit7 If I may ask, what distro and graphics we're talking here?
 
Ubuntu Mate 18.04

Graphics info for my desktop

sudo dmidecode -t baseboard | grep -i 'Product'

Product Name: F2A68HM-H

Onboard Graphics


Integrated Graphics Processor:
Integrated Graphics Processor:

D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
  1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 * The resolution of 4096x2160 can be supported when using an FM2+ APU; the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1200 when using an FM2 APU.
    * Support for HDMI 1.4a version.
  2. Maximum shared memory of 2 GB

    Model name: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Computer Cores 4C+6G
CPU max MHz: 3100 MHz

8 Gb RAM


Graphics info For the TV.
LG 32LK330 32" LCD TV Specs
Resolution 1366 x 768
Display Format 720p
 
It helped to increase the size of the pixels to 32 under General and change style to 21.0
Transparent -----Opaque under background.

Panel.png
 
Seems like a ghost town, doesn't it? :)

Mate in #1, you said

My TV is set for 1360 x 768.

Then in #5
Graphics info For the TV.
LG 32LK330 32" LCD TV Specs
Resolution 1366 x 768
Display Format 720p

Can you tell us which it is?

Can you give us an output from Terminal of

Code:
xrandr

Cheers

Wiz
 
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1360 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected primary 1360x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1150mm x 650mm
1360x768 60.02*+
1920x1080 60.00 60.00 59.94 59.99 30.00 24.00 29.97 23.98
1920x1080i 60.00 59.94
1280x720 60.00 59.94
1024x768 60.00
800x600 60.32
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
 
Thanks Mate gotta fly for my Oz evening, will look further tomorrow

Wiz
 

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