Using a non native resolution all the time?

I'm planing on getting a 8510p with the wsxga screen.
Im afraid it might be to fine for my eyes.

Is running the screen at a lower than native resolution harmfull. And does it really look as bad as people say?

If that resolution is to fine for me is there ways to make the fonts larger? Like adjusting the DPI?

Thanks, this forum has always been a big help to me.

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Hi.

It will not damage the screen, but the image will not be as crisp as on it`s native resolution.

regards

John.

 

You'd be better off upping text size and raising DPI than going to a different resolution. You want to avoid the scalar if at all possible. My gf has wsxga on a 15" though, and neither her nor I have had any problems with sizes of things on screen. I'd say don't worry until you see it for your self.

 

Try increasing DPI as mentioned.

 

question: how do you determine the native resolution of a screen? is it the maximum resolution capable or what?

 

Native resolution = Maximum supported by the PC.

 

Native resolution = the actual number of physical pixels in the screen. "Maximum supported by the PC" is somewhat misleading, as it makes it sound like it is limited by the GPU rather than the monitor. Also, though it is rare, some monitors (especially if you use a LCD TV that supports 1080i/p but has a lower physical resolution than that, for example) also support higher than native resolutions, but scale them down before displaying to screen.

 

A better of way putting it, thanks for the correction.

 

Well this is going to be my college laptop and I have good eyes, so I hope it isn't to fine.

 

Well, if worst comes to worst, you can get a cheap external monitor for your dorm room, but I wouldn't be worried. Keep in mind that even though everything is smaller/finer, it is also incredibly crisp, so things are easier to read.

 

You can get it made with a WXGA screen. That's what I did with my 8510p and it has worked out great.

For future reference, this would have probably been a better fit in either the HP forum or the hardware forum.

 

That's fine. Native resolution will make everything look sharp,but a different one won`t change but the aspect.
I use my 1920x1200 screen for desktop ,browsing and video mode ,whil for gaming I use lower resolutions.

You can create custom resolutions for that,if the video driver supports it.
In XP I had tons of custom resolutions,now Vista is giving me a hard time about making custom resolutions

 

I have WUXGA on a 15.4" and I love it, its a lot of desktop realestate and the text isn't too small at all, so I'm pretty sure yours is going to be fine.

 

I use an 8510p with the WSXGA+ screen and I find it to be great. No problems regarding too small text or anything.