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    Noticable Diffrence in the Screen?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by TxEclipse01, Mar 21, 2007.

  1. TxEclipse01

    TxEclipse01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™
    or
    15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WXGA+ Display with TrueLife™


    Is the Top one just WXGA without the "W" ?
     
    TxEclipse01, Mar 21, 2007
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    Zmanattack Notebook Consultant

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    XGA is 1024x768

    WXGA is 1280x800

    Higher resolution is the key.
     
    Zmanattack, Mar 21, 2007
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    TxEclipse01 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok so is Dells trademark name for the WXGA line Ultrasharp? thats what threw me off i think.
     
    TxEclipse01, Mar 21, 2007
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    drk Notebook Consultant

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    Ultrasharp is for the higher resolution screen where as the Wide Screen XGA (WXGA) is only at a resolution of 1200X800
     
    drk, Mar 21, 2007
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    Iceman0124, Mar 21, 2007
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    jemroc Newbie

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    The link you gave only shows the 1280 x 800 and 1680 x 1050 options. I'd like to find out for sure too. I called Dell support and they told me they don't offer 1440 x 900 for the E1505. Maybe they just added it and the rep didn't know about it or maybe it's a typo on their site.

    Does anyone actually have a E1505 with a 1440 x 900 resolution screen?
     
    jemroc, Mar 23, 2007
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    Those are standard definitions, xga,xga+,sxga+,uxga, are industry standards, Dell just recently started using wxga+ for its 15.4" models, they can be slow at updating their more info messages.
     
    Iceman0124, Mar 24, 2007
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    for some reason the epp site doen't have the upgrade to wxga+ as an option on the e1505. i guess only personal and small business users need that resolution :)
     
    chiguy2891, Mar 27, 2007
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    schleeb Notebook Consultant

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    I've got a e1505 and the "default" resolution is 1440 X 900. It's about 6 weeks old...
     
    schleeb, Mar 28, 2007
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    Thanks, I confirmed it with someone else too. I wish Dell would be more informative about this on their website. I don't understand why they don't just list the resolution on their site to avoid any confusion instead of making us look up acronyms.
     
    jemroc, Mar 28, 2007
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