G1 with 1920x1200 resolution

Hi Guys, I just received my G1 from 1 hour ago and very happy with it, I noticed that the Max. resolution is 1680x1050 However my old Dell (3 years old) can display 1920x1200 and it has much worst video card comparing to the Asus G1

Anybody know how to make the G1 display 1920x1200 ?

 

Output to a screen that can handle 1920x1200. Sounds like your laptop screen can't handle it so you are SOL.

 

External display or the built in one?

 

Screen resolution rarely has anything to do with video cards... even the crappiest of video cards can give high resolutions. It's all about the screen/monitor you have. If your monitor can support it, then you will most likely be able to have high resolution... since the G1 screen can only go up to WSXGA+. you cannot go any higher.

 

I upgraded from Dell Inspiron 8600 with 256MB ATI and 15.4" WSXGA+. I'm talking about the Laptop screen... not external one

 

The G1's screen is WSXGA+ which is 1680x1050, which is the highest it can go. I don't think there are any current notebooks with a resolution over WSXGA+ into WUXGA territory.

 

http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/thinkpad/zseries/index.html

ThinkPad Z61p
$2,849.00*

Processor
Intel® Core™2 Duo T7200 - 2000MHz

Operating system
Genuine Windows XP Professional

Display type
15.4 WUXGA TFT 1920x1200

System graphics
ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

There's one I found after about 30 secs - but its bloody expensive. Its fair to say not many affordable ones would go there, text at that res too is pretty darn small

 

There are a few out there. My friend has an older Hypersonic 15.4" that has a 1920x1200 screen. If the resolution is that important to you how come you just realized now that the G1 has 1680x1050? Didn't you read the specs?

 

There are a few but mostly are workstations. High res screens on smaller units were more popular a few years ago, but since have slowly died down.

 

Yeah. I wonder why that is. I'd certainly love for my macbook to have 1440x900. I do like the WSXGA at 15.4" though. WUXGA is nice, but from a couple/few feet away you start to feel some eye strain reading a lot of text.

 

Seems like overkill to me...I prefer my resolutions like this:

12-13" : 1280x800
14-15" : 1440x900
17" : 1680x1050
>17" : 1920x1200

 

but geez... what´s with the EXTREMELY high resolution... I mean... can u actually read text well on a 15.4"1920x1200 ? I mean... I can use a 15.4" with 1280x800 resolution anyday.

 

Some people can some people can't. It depends on the person.

 

That's why I always wonder how can people read text on the new Alienware laptop with that Screen UXGA res. I find it uncomfortable whey I use the UXGA resolution on my Dell e1705 laptop. IT's freaking small... it's even smaller when I use some skin in Windows Blinds. 1440x900 is decent in 17" laptop.

 

you can actually outfit the g1 with a uxga lcd. provided the lcd data cable supports it. it may or it may not.

 

I use this high resolution for my presentations, I need all the screen area as a working space, I know the icon places so small text doesn't bother me. I did read the specs the saw the 1680x1050 but never thought that my old dell computer will produce better resolution than the new G1

 

it is not about how old your dell is. if the g1 was made with uxga lcd most people would hate it!

 

kokowawa, I'd look at this as a glass half full. Since you didn't do the research on resolution, you could have easily purchased a WXGA 1280 x 800 15.4". Every single one I saw in every store was WXGA and so are many you could order online. Then you would probably have been stuck with a big restocking fee.

Personally I like both WUXGA and WSXGA+ in a 15". I've had both in the past couple of months and think the WSXGA+ is a nice balance. Not quite so good for Photoshop as the WUXGA, but better for web browsing. And the G1 has such excellent quality. I loved my old Toshiba UXGA, hated the two replacements I first tried (Dell d820 WUXGA matte and Compal Hel80 WSXGA+ matte). This G1 blows the Toshiba away. Whites are so much whiter, text is crisper.

It's not a matter of better resolution or worse resolution. It's a matter of what the machine is for. It can only look its best in one resolution. It was decided for most consumer models that 1280 x 800 was best - people are mostly using their computers for light gaming and browsing and this is a good resolution for that. I think Asus went with a nice compromise between WUXGA and WXGA. There is only a small market for WUXGA. There is a larger one for WXGA but Asus sells mostly to more sophisticated users online who often prefer a somewhat higher resolution. That's how they got my money.

 

thanks for your prompt reply

 

kokowawa, you just lucked out that your old dell had a high end screen. almost all 15" laptops have a standard 1280x800 screen or 1440 x900. 1650x1050 is considered high end at 15" and 1920x1080 is almost unheard of.

there is no horsepower involved in the screen resolution, almost any modern video chip can display any range of resolutions, it is the actual physical screen that limits it.

You are probably not familiar with how an LCD works, so here are a couple of primers:

1. LCD resolution is absolutely fixed...i.e there is only one resolution that it can display without scaling/stretching. 1280x800 means there are 1280 dots (pixels) across the width and 800 pixels in the vertical plane. This is called the Native resolution

2. you CAN stretch out or scale the image of another resolution onto an lcd, but it has to be modified to fit the native resolution of the screen... therefore, a 720x480 DVD movie will be stretched to fit 1280x800, with the hardware or software using interpolation between pixels to fill the missing details. A 1920x1080 image wil be compressed down to the native res and details will be thrown out to make it fit.

Finally, what kind of presentation are you doing on a 15" laptop at 1920x1080? how can anyone see anything on that at a conference table? shouldn't you be using a projector or external screen with that?

 

I hear what he's saying - he probably likes to make the slides on that display, then project them. If he can't see the whole thing on his laptop screen it does make it a bit more difficult. But that's what zoom is for.

My old G732 was SXGA+, and I have to say I prefer the WSXGA+ that my Z96JS has, I'm playing around with the WUXGA display at work with a Lenovo laptop at a little better specs than the one I mentioned earlier in the thread and it's ok for short times, nice and sharp...but the text is too small for me at least. After 5 minutes or so it really wears out its welcome imho.

Cat

 

btw the old voodoo 15.4" had 1900x1200, highest i've ever seen on a 15.4, (now i know of more lol, didnt ever think leveno would have that, neither hypersonic) never heard of a dell being that high, I'm guessing it was a 17".

I guess just make the windows smaller lol, i dont think you wouldda wanted a 15.4" w/ anything near 1900x1200, way too small stuff, very difficult to see.

 

Hi, Charlotte. Why is it that you hated the Compal Hel80? I read good things about it's display elsewhere in this forum. Unfortunately this laptop is not available here in the shops, so I can't judge for myself. I did see the G1 display and I liked it, although I am a bit afraid of the possible glare. What are your thoughts about this?

 

See my thread on it on the Compal forum, especially my last post on page 4.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=98211&highlight=screen

I have never used a glossy screen before and have no troubles with the G1. Still loving it. Occasionally the screen is black for a moment when loading a program and I get a little suprised at the reflection of myself, but other than that it's beautiful, like looking through a clear piece of glass instead of the Compal's frosted glass.

 

My old Compaq Presario R3000 notebook has a 1920x1200. It was a custom config option from HP/Compaq. It wasn't a very good screen, but then again it's a few years old.