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[Mark]

http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/B009JT0KOE

Quoted resolution is
800*480

But everything on the screen seems stretched.

It's as though it isn't running the native resolution. Circles become ovals, squares become rectangles and text is quite clearly taller than it's supposed to be.

Any ideas how to fix this? Even if it means rooting it and editing some files?

[airedwin]

"cheap" "android tablet" <- there's your problem

[+littleneutrino]

can you provide a screen shot?

Just press and hold the Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time.

[Mark]

littleneutrino, on 27 December 2012 - 14:30, said:

can you provide a screen shot?

Just press and hold the Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time.

The screenshot will most likely look correct because it will be displayed at your display's native resolution, therefor looking correct

[arachnoid]

Modify it to look like a Nexus 7
https://www.youtube....h?v=oMsxhMZz9Fw

[Mark]

Oh and it seems that the problem is more pronounced in portrait mode

[Mark]

Looks fine on other screens see!

So the display is either:

Higher resolution than they state and it scales the UI down, or the opposite... Hmmm....

arachnoid, on 27 December 2012 - 14:36, said:

Modify it to look like a Nexus 7
https://www.youtube....h?v=oMsxhMZz9Fw

Already did this btw, I didn't intend to make mine look like a nexus 7 but with that launcher, I thought it sort of did

[RatherLargeBear]

Take a photo of it with a digital camera or phone?

[Detection]

Factory reset ?

[Mark]

RatherLargeBear, on 27 December 2012 - 14:53, said:

Take a photo of it with a digital camera or phone?

Perspective correction applied to photo, next to screenshot:

[nik louch]

And you've not messed with DPI settings or such?

[Mark]

nik louch, on 27 December 2012 - 15:10, said:

And you've not messed with DPI settings or such?

No, but I have just looked into it, not sure if it would fix anything.

[grabageek]

Maybe your tablet exists in a different space and time and things appear different there to the human eye...................

"Come on guys work with me here I am making this S#!T up as I go along"

[arachnoid]

Did you have a look through the settings menu for a stretch image or similar option?
EDIT or in the viewer software that your using.

[nik louch]

^ Raises a good question: Is it just in this app, or throughout?