Monitor resolutions
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When did the switch to X x 1080 go into affect? I was at Best Buy the other day trying to get my dad a new monitor and there wasn't a single monitor with a vertical resolution higher than 1080. Granted the prices were *cheap* but when I buy a 24" monitor I'm expecting 1920x1200 as a bare minimum. Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size. On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar. We finally settled on 140% due to his monitor only having x800 vert. res.
Todd Smith
Yes, I'm in favor of having someone to monitor resolutions. So far I have broken every resolution I made for this year. Now that I got that out of the way, I can live the rest of the year in peace.
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My wife's new laptop is 1366x748. Talk about weird resolutions...
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001Maybe the designers of the monitor were having a bad day :laugh:
I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.
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It is a problem. Hell a lot of the monitors on Newegg are now x1080. Is this some sort of take advantage of the ignorant consumer that just wants to hear 1080p thing? I managed to find a suitable 1920x1200 that I wanted but still... wtf.
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I was recently on a pricing exercise for a new Monitor and was very dismayed to see that, here in the UK at least, many of the cheaper models had a vertical resolution of 1050. Now is that weird, or what?
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is that weird, or what?
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Yes, I'm in favor of having someone to monitor resolutions. So far I have broken every resolution I made for this year. Now that I got that out of the way, I can live the rest of the year in peace.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Pathetic. For new years '99 I resolved to give up making any further new years resolutions. Stuck by it for 11 years now without the help of a monitor.
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Henry Minute wrote:
is that weird, or what?
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Thank you - I didn't know that my laptop is WUXGA
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Pathetic. For new years '99 I resolved to give up making any further new years resolutions. Stuck by it for 11 years now without the help of a monitor.
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I did that in 95, beat you by 4 years... ;P
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When did the switch to X x 1080 go into affect? I was at Best Buy the other day trying to get my dad a new monitor and there wasn't a single monitor with a vertical resolution higher than 1080. Granted the prices were *cheap* but when I buy a 24" monitor I'm expecting 1920x1200 as a bare minimum. Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size. On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar. We finally settled on 140% due to his monitor only having x800 vert. res.
Todd Smith
Todd Smith wrote:
On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar.
But that's OK, because web designers say so. It's your dad who's at fault -- he shouldn't be allowed use a web browser unless his eyes meet the specifications that web devs say they should.
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My laptop is 17" 1920x1200, and it is awesome. That is all.
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There I would have to reach forward my head about 1 foot 30 cm away from the screen to be able to read the darn small texts when coding :sigh: Edit: Oh, and my new monitor is a 26" at 1920x1200 resolution (all the 27" are 1920x1080) that has a dot-pitch of nearly 0,3 mm, it just hasn't arrived yet because it was out of stock.
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My relatively inexpensive (when I bought it) Dell 24" has 1920x1200. 1080 would definitely be too low for vertical res. Btw people still shop at Bestbuy? :omg:
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When did the switch to X x 1080 go into affect? I was at Best Buy the other day trying to get my dad a new monitor and there wasn't a single monitor with a vertical resolution higher than 1080. Granted the prices were *cheap* but when I buy a 24" monitor I'm expecting 1920x1200 as a bare minimum. Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size. On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar. We finally settled on 140% due to his monitor only having x800 vert. res.
Todd Smith
I think it is down to economics of production of LCD panels - 1080 vert is 1080p for TV's - using it for monitors means they can produce the same panels for TVs and monitors and enjoy the economies of scale - I agree it isn't great for a monitor but hell they are cheap now aren't they.
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My wife's new laptop is 1366x748. Talk about weird resolutions...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001My 'new' Dell D630 laptop tops out at an oddball 1280x800 - when we loaded W7 on it, the OS popped up and said "Many applications may not display properly at this resolution". WTF? Jim
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When did the switch to X x 1080 go into affect? I was at Best Buy the other day trying to get my dad a new monitor and there wasn't a single monitor with a vertical resolution higher than 1080. Granted the prices were *cheap* but when I buy a 24" monitor I'm expecting 1920x1200 as a bare minimum. Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size. On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar. We finally settled on 140% due to his monitor only having x800 vert. res.
Todd Smith
I use 1920x1200 on my 17" dell laptop screen. That size and a small font are good for seeing two pages side by side when programming. I just bought a 1920x1200 28" Hannspree monitor from Costco for $299. It is FANTASTIC and priced great. PLUS - it is also a HD TV. Get One !
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Wider is cheaper because the total area is less for a given diagonal length.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Todd Smith wrote:
On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar.
But that's OK, because web designers say so. It's your dad who's at fault -- he shouldn't be allowed use a web browser unless his eyes meet the specifications that web devs say they should.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When did the switch to X x 1080 go into affect? I was at Best Buy the other day trying to get my dad a new monitor and there wasn't a single monitor with a vertical resolution higher than 1080. Granted the prices were *cheap* but when I buy a 24" monitor I'm expecting 1920x1200 as a bare minimum. Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size. On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar. We finally settled on 140% due to his monitor only having x800 vert. res.
Todd Smith
Todd Smith wrote:
Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size.
Changing the font size causes havoc with all kinds of apps, not just wep pages. Better to get a larger monitor with larger pixels. Also switch him to Opera or some other browser with true canvas magnification (not just font size changing, like IE does). That's what I found myself doing until I had my cataracts fixed (now reading the small text is no problem again). You might also consider that he has beginning stages of cataracts. They are not just about cloudy vision and blindness. They cause the eye's lens to have spots of higher and lower density. This causes a moasic focus effect -- different parts of the image are in focus at different distances. There's no distance where everything will be in focus. It is most noticable with the small text on the flat surface of a computer monitor. Just something to consider.. maybe read up on the symptoms and, if it sounds like what he's experiencing, have his eyes checked.
patbob
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Henry Minute wrote:
is that weird, or what?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
Happy New Year to all.
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Until then, please insert them manually.
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When did the switch to X x 1080 go into affect? I was at Best Buy the other day trying to get my dad a new monitor and there wasn't a single monitor with a vertical resolution higher than 1080. Granted the prices were *cheap* but when I buy a 24" monitor I'm expecting 1920x1200 as a bare minimum. Since pops is getting old his vision is getting worse so he likes to run windows at 150% font size. On a lower resolution monitor that causes most web pages to have a horizontal scrollbar. We finally settled on 140% due to his monitor only having x800 vert. res.
Todd Smith
In my opinion it's a symptom of the growing use of computer monitors to view video content, and (my opinion only) idiots who just can't stand letter boxing of video. Full HD is 1920 x 1080 (16:9), to watch that full screen on a 1920 x 1200 (16:10) monitor you get black bars on the top and bottom. I discovered months ago when I was searching for a new monitor myself that it's very hard to find a large format monitor that's not 1080 lines, or some other version of a 16:9 aspect ratio. I managed to find a 23" Samsung (2343bwx) that while still 16:9, at least it's 2048 x 1152 so I get enough vertical space to make it convenient. The manufacturers probably save money (make more profit) and use it as a marketing tool (Full HD!) while the average consumer doesn't realize they're actually getting less and meanwhile pissing off those of us who still use computer monitors for.. gasp...computing!
