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It's sad to see that people are actually stupid enough to run LCDs at non-native resolutions for work. Kinda defeats the purpose of getting such a display in the first place. Aside from the obvious saving of space.
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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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). I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
Last edited by Kaiten; Apr 8, 2006 at 11:04 PM.
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well I've been following this thread and I decide to try to go higher then 1024x768. I tried 1280x1024 and really I don't like that, the text is SO small!! but from the reply of sega, I have a 18" monitor so I guessed
that the perfect resolution should be between 1024x768 and 1280x1024, I tried 1152x864 and really I think it's perfect XD so I guess I'll stay with that ^^ ( I may even try that in game if my comp can XD) I was speaking idiomatically. |
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1280x1024 on a 19" LCD produces small text for me, and even smaller on a 17" hence why I'd rather get a 19" even though you get the same resolution. Sure it's finer on a 17" but for people doing anything with text, I think it's a bad idea. Probably is good for gaming though.
Having said that I have a 19" set at 1280x1024 and with 120dpi fonts. Sure everything looks big but I don't want to be inches away from the screen just to read the damn text. And dual monitors for the productivity. At work I sometimes work on workstations having 4 or more displays with 1600x1200 on each What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
You can make the text bigger no matter what resolution you are using.
It may look fugly though. Most amazing jew boots |
I don't know what your problems are, guys. You must have really bad eyes, or something. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Personally I prefer higher resolutions because of the sheer workspace available. (Though whenever I step up a resolution, it eventually feels small.) At the moment it's running 1600x1200 at 75Hz. The computers used in my school are capped at 800x600 and isn't user changeable. Though the refresh rates are fine, the workspace is far too small to be efficient. Most amazing jew boots |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
How ya doing, buddy? I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
I know some public libarary that are still on 640x480 and they're not 14 inches monitor. @_@
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Why buy LCDs when you're not going to run them at their native resolution? I was speaking idiomatically. |
Amen to that. Saving space doesn't count for crap when your display is unreadable because of tearing.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I have users who have 19" LCDs running 800 x 600. This is not a joke. They had been using 15" LCDs, then we moved their department into a new building and one of the people who already worked there went by their area and was like "LOL how do you people use those postage stamp sized monitors, get them to order you some 19" ones". So the right person approved the purchase and I ordered them. Immediately had to lower the resolution to 800 x 600. I was saddened greatly by this, especially considering that my monitors in my office are only 17".
FELIPE NO I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
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. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
You can set some of them to 4:3 on the monitor. For example, I can set mine to 4:3, 16:9, or 1:1.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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So yeah, I'm one of those using a 17" monitor with a resolution of 1280x1024. Is that bad for the monitor? Because it looks fine to me.
Then again, my dad is one of those people who has the 19" monitor but has a resolution of 1024x768....yeah should be switched, but he likes the large size of the monitor for watching movies, etc. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
I still don't see how people find 60Hz so bad. But I'm a person who has been using computers since monochrome displays. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
But like I said, with LCDs 60Hz obviously isn't a problem. And considering that my PC is on just about never (now that my damn Radeon 9700 seems to be fried), I'm looking at LCDs most of the live-long day. As soon as I have money, I'm re-buying myself a 20" widescreen LCD (had to sell my Dell for cash... being a college student sucks). I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
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I was speaking idiomatically. |
i actually like 1152x864 a lot. i used to have my 17" crt at 800x600 for a LONG time. people would come into my room and switch it to 1024 because they thought my computer had defaulted to 800x600 on accident. then i switched to 1024, then to 1280, but 1280's refresh rate was 60hz, so 1152 had a refresh of 75, which is better on my eyes.
on another note, i really hate 800x600 now. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
How ya doing, buddy? |
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, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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