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    Dell Edge to Edge High Definition (720p) Resolution?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dblurton, Aug 9, 2009.

  1. dblurton

    dblurton Newbie

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    I'm thinking of picking up one of the Dell XPS machines but am wondering about the screen.

    16.0" Edge to Edge High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife(TM) specifically.

    Whats the max resolution on these things? How about on the 1080p? 1920x1280 resolution is the highest I can find on the Inspirons.

    Any other high resolution screens I should be looking at on other laptops?
     
    dblurton, Aug 9, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    720p = 1366x768
    900p = 1600x900
    1080p = 1920x1080
     
    Mastershroom, Aug 9, 2009
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  3. Phil

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    Well normally 720p would be 1280*720. But Dell calls their 1366*768 display 720p, so Mastershroom's list is right.

    I like the 1080p double lamp screen on the Vaio FW.

    There are several 15" and 17" laptops with 1900*1200.
     
    Phil, Aug 9, 2009
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  4. TwiztidKidd

    TwiztidKidd Notebook Evangelist

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    The Media Player used upscales/resizes the video source no matter if it's 480 pixels or less, 720p, 1080i or 1080p to fit your laptop screen or external display connected or it simply outputs 1:1 (no upscale/rescale) full HD if your internal or external display has 1920 x 1080 or 1200 pixels (16:9 or 16:10 aspect). I never heard of 900p.

    In US 720x480 is considered DVD quality, could be 480i or 480p
    Then 1280x720 is 720p which is HD content.
    And finally full HD is 1920x1080, could be 1080i or 1080p.

    Anything in between is not a standard resolution.
     
    TwiztidKidd, Aug 9, 2009
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  5. Phil

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    Twiz57, the information you post is correct but it's not what dblurton was asking.
     
    Phil, Aug 9, 2009
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  6. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    It's not an HD standard; you're not going to find HDTVs of that resolution, but it's becoming popular among 16:9 notebook displays as a nice compromise between 720p and 1080p resolutions, much like 1440x900 used to be a nice middle ground between 1280x800 and 1680x1050 or 1920x1200.
     
    Mastershroom, Aug 10, 2009
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  7. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    i have a HD monitor on my laptop but the max res is 1280 X 800. Is this full HD?
     
    sean473, Aug 10, 2009
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  8. madmook

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    ^ The whole "HD" tag has started to get confusing (and unnecessary when talking about laptop screens, imo). In the end, its just resolution. For laptops, its entirely pointless to think of the screen as "HD" or "Full HD." Your laptop has 1280x800 resolution, and that's the important spec you should know, not whether its HD or full HD or whatever.

    When something says "Full HD", they should be referring to a resolution of 1920x1080, but this is more relevant to hdtvs.
     
    madmook, Aug 10, 2009
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  9. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    1280x800 should be able to show 720p content without scaling, just letterboxing.
     
    TehSuigi, Aug 10, 2009
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