The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Highest Resolution Screen

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sug0rt, Jul 10, 2013.

  1. Sug0rt

    Sug0rt Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    43
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I was just wondering which laptops have the highest resolution screen, also if there are any mid-range laptops with resolutions greater than Full HD.

    Thanks

    Sug0rt
     
  2. Idarzoid

    Idarzoid Guest

    Reputations:
    0
    Quite a few.

    There's MacBook Pro Retina with 2880x1800 (at default settings it's just 1440x900 with much smoother texts and edges, scalable to 1680x1050 and 1920x1200, you can run 2880x1800 natively but everything becomes tiny, really tiny.)

    MSI GT60 3K Edition with 15" 2880x1620 screen

    HP Envy TouchSmart 14 with 3200x1800 screen

    Some 13" Samsung laptop with 2560x1440 screen (I think)

    And then there are older ThinkPads (and not just them, other makes too) with 1920 x 1200 and even fewer with 2048 x 1536.
     
  3. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

    Reputations:
    5,036
    Messages:
    12,168
    Likes Received:
    3,133
    Trophy Points:
    681
    I wouldn't exactly call those mid-range laptops (well, maybe the rMBP, but it certainly isn't priced like one...). But those *are* the options for above-1080p laptop displays, though you forgot the Toshiba KIRAbook (13", 2560 x 1440).
     
  4. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

    Reputations:
    7,588
    Messages:
    10,023
    Likes Received:
    1,077
    Trophy Points:
    581
    The soon to be released Samsung Ativ Q (3200x1800) should be mentioned as well as the Asus Zenbook infinity (no release date yet).
     
  5. baii

    baii Sone

    Reputations:
    1,420
    Messages:
    3,925
    Likes Received:
    201
    Trophy Points:
    131
    chrome pixels
     
  6. Raidriar

    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

    Reputations:
    1,708
    Messages:
    5,820
    Likes Received:
    4,311
    Trophy Points:
    431
    I have a MSI GX720 from 2008/2009 I no longer use that has a 1920x1200 screen.
     
  7. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    706
    Messages:
    4,653
    Likes Received:
    108
    Trophy Points:
    131
    You won't see a lot of difference in those just as you can't tell between 720 and 1080 in these small displays. In my experience, cranking up the pixels without regard to quality is just a gimmick.

    A better criteria would be a higher bit debt which is way more valuable then resolution alone. At least for those involved in media creation. For the rest of us it won't matter since anything over HD--the media limit--is inconsequential anyway.
     
  8. Can Not

    Can Not Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    81
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Wrong, this difference between 720p and 1080p is HUGE on any device not smaller than 7" and it's killing me that the 15" market is still stuck on 1080p, not even to mention that 75% of the market is still stuck on 720p.

    So, where can anyone get bigger than 1080p laptop with dedicated graphics and not Macbook Pro?
     
  9. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    579
    Messages:
    3,537
    Likes Received:
    488
    Trophy Points:
    151
    That's a big iffy one...there.... Here another quote

    And