Widen screen laptop - Toshiba Satellite A35-S159 Notebook

Some TV's have a zoom function others do not. The program you're watching controls whether the top and bottom of the screen have black bars and is not the fault of the TV. Widening the picture cuts off a lot of the viewable picture and distorts the image. Circles tend to be oval. If your TV has a zoom function, use it.

I am unsure what you need o do. is it changing the resolution to make it fit? If not, then you can widen the screen by the monitor settings on the menu

Hi Ruth, right click on the screen in an open area and select properties.
In the dialogue window that opens, select the settings tab listed across the top.
Then in that settings tab go to the resolution bar and slide it so the numbers go lower that will increase the size of the screen display items. Hope this is what you are looking for.
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Change the screen resolution, go to Control Panel - Display - Settings tab and change the screen resolution to 1024 X 768 or higher.

To get a wide screen. change its aspect ratio to 16:9, instead of 4:3. Refer to its user manual for details.

Widen border on what? A document, if so go into page setup. If you're talking about the whole screen, go into the Desktop under the Control Panel and change the screen resolution.

Wide screen monitor distortionDepending upon the screen resolution that has been set inDisplay, the image will be distorted on these large wide screen monitors.
Create a large circle image using a draw program such as Paint (hold down theShift key as you create the circle as it will draw a perfect circle).
Open Control Panel - Display - Settings tab and adjust the Screen resolutionslider, increase or decrease the screen resolution then bring the circle imageto the front and check the image, if the circle is still distorted then changethe screen resolution and check the circle again until you are satisfied withthe image of the circle. When you are satisfied then click apply.If you cannot change the screen resolution then most likely the incorrect video driver has been installed.

Right click on your desktop and click screen resolution. Increase your resolution. If you are not able to then you need to download your display driver. Search for device manager and go down to your display. If it has a broken or missing driver then go to hps website download and install the driver.

Just set your Display setting horizontal or vertical where you feel need, it is easy and simple.

Good Luck

Try changing the screen resolution in the display properties. If this doesn't work, then uninstall the video drivers from the device manager and reboot. The machine will automatically find the video and reinstall the drivers. Then readjust the resolution again. If the problem persists, then your screen may be going out and need replacing.