Any particular reason why 1024 x 768 is the default screen resolution?

Originally Posted by Cless

I actually dislike CRT's in general these days. I don't game enough to care about the response times (and when I do, current 16ms LCD tech is good enough for me) and I much prefer the space saving nature of LCDs. Plus, the fact that I don't have to pay for a screen that can do a high enough refresh rate at the resolutions I want is nice. And the fact that I can buy widescreen. Fuck 4:3, 16:10 is where it's at, yo.

Yes but, running games at any resolution other than the native one will cause some weird scaling effects on LCDs. With older games, this can be a large pain in the ass. You could always try to play in windowed mode, but who does that these days?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I think it's only at 1024x768 because most people don't buy monitors above 17". Really good defaults for each size would be (balanced between resolution and ease of reading):
14" 640x480
15" 800x600
17" 1024x768
18" 1152x864
19" 1280x1024
21" 1600x1200
22" 2048x1536
23"+ Anything at or beyond this on a PC monitor is almost certainly in widescreen resoultions a or above 1920x1200)

That's how you should assess things. Anyone who runs at 800x600 on a 19" or above is really wasting the potential of their monitor. And usually I try to go for the highest resolution I can get 85Hz on (on a CRT, but considering I have an LCD now, why hold back? I pumped my resolution up to 1440x900 and it's easy on the eyes and gives me a lot of work space).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

I use a 17" at 1280x1024, and I don't have any problems with text or anything. And yes, I'm using it at the default DPI fontsize.

I don't know what your problems are, guys. You must have really bad eyes, or something.

They probably can't stand watching a screen at 1280x1024 at below 85Hz. Last time I checked, most 17" CRT screens can't pull 1280x1024 at a refresh rate above 60-66Hz, which if they're like me, would strain their eyes to the point of pain.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by BigCN401

I know some public libarary that are still on 640x480 and they're not 14 inches monitor. @_@

Generally government and business monitors tend to go for the lowest supported resolution by the OS. It's stupid, the highest resolution I've seen at a library was 800x600 on a 15" LCD, even though it probably wasn't even the native resolution.
Why buy LCDs when you're not going to run them at their native resolution?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

The only upside to using lower resolutions on LCDs is now they scale better (due to more pixels and blending).
But I have problem: I use a widescreen LCD and when I try to use 4:3 resolutions (in fullscreen programs that don't support widescreen), it stretches them to 16:10, I wish I could find a way (other than PowerStrip) to easily and quickly force 4:3 for gaming and such.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Murdercrow

Meh, I used to think the same a few days ago. Then I noticed that my eyes were starting to hurt a bit when I looked at the monitor for a long time, so I decided to up the refresh rate. But whoops, my monitor (which is probably going to die in a few months ) doesn't support anything above 60Hz at 1280x1024. I tried 1280x800 for a few days, but I couldn't stand the vertical stretching so I put it down to 1158x864 and haven't gone back since. <3

You said your monitor's going to die? What symptoms is it exhibiting?
Generally setting the screen to an unsupported resolution will not damage it, unless you switch to it frequently.

I've noticed I like using widescreen much more than 4:3, even when I had a 4:3 CRT monitor, I'd run it at 1280x768 (actually that's because it was the highest resolution it could pull at 85Hz). But on a real widescreen LCD, 1440x900 looks incredibly detailed and smooth.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Murdercrow

Red lines whenever there's something against a white background after it wakes up. It fades after a few minutes, but it's always there.

Possible, but my monitor (before it died) made a 'pop' every so often when staring up, during use and shutting down. If you hear a popping noise, chances are it's close to dying. Otherwise it could just be your picture is screwed up (much like dead pixels on a LCD), hopefully it's just a benign annoyance.

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