Specifications

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Resolution and Number of Colors Displayed
You can change the resolution and the number of colors displayed as follows:
1. From the Start menu, click on Settings-Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Display icon.
3. Click the Settings tab.
4. Select the number of colors from Color palette, and the resolution from
Desktop area.
Note: The number of colors in each setting is as follows:
High Color (16 bits) 65,536 colors
True Color (24 bits) 16,770,000 colors
If you set to True Color (24 bits) in Color palette:
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The drawing speed may be a little slow
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There may be some distortion on the screen when displaying video or
animation
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You cannot display video when using a ZV card compliant PC card.
The following table shows the resolution and the number of colors displayed on
each display device:
Resolution LCD CRT TV LCD & CRT (*2)
640 x 480 256
65,536
16,770,000 (*1)
256
65,536
16,770,000
256 256
65,536
16,770,000 (*3)
800 x 600 256
65,536
16,770,000 (*1)
256
65,536
16,770,000
- 256
65,536
16,770,000 (*3)
1024 x 768 - 256
65,536
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1280 x 1024 - 256 - -
1600 x 1200 - 256 - -
(*1) The number of colors is set to 16,770,000, but the actual number of colors
displayed is 260,000 in PC-9300T and 220,000 in PC-9300D.
(*2) For simultaneous display, use a monitor with more than 800 x 600 resolution
capability. A monitor of only 640 x 480 resolution cannot display simultaneously.
(*3) Actual number of colors displayed is 260,000 (PC-9300T) or 220,000 (PC-9300D)
on the built-in display, and 16,770,000 on an external monitor.