Monitor resolutions
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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?
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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!
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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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1680x1050 is quite common for resolutions below 1920x1200
// Steve McLenithan
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0x12 Hexadecimal (Base 16) is 18 in the decimal system (Base 10). It's an attempt at humour.
Damn message type radio buttons must have been broken and at a quarter past late at night I just missed it. Oh well.. Next?
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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 just purchased a 21.5" monitor and I'm LOVING the x1080!! Even if it could go higher, I'm still good on the 1080! Why am I so good on the 1080? Because it replaced a 15" CRT running at 1024x768!! It's like I was living under a rock for years and now I've seen the light, even if the light is only at x1080!
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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, 2001 -
1680x1050 is quite common for resolutions below 1920x1200
// Steve McLenithan
...and 1600 x 900 for cheap HP desktops :mad: