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    Ideal monitor size for 1920x1200 or 1920x1080

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hendra, Aug 2, 2008.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    What is the ideal monitor size for 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 in your opinion? If you cramp that much resolution in a small size monitor, the font will be too small to read. You can crank the DPI but that sort of defeat the purpose of having a monitor with large resolution. Besides, not all older software is DPI friendly.

    Has anyone seen 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 with a 24" or 30" monitor?
     
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    For me, I really like 1920X1200 on my 17" widescreen, but I would definitely NOT advise anyone to use it on anything smaller.

    As for which would be better, I think that 1920X1200 would be great on a 24" monitor too, but you may want to look at something higher if you get to the 30" range... Just my $0.02.

    Hope this helps!
     
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    It significantly depends on how close you normally sit to your screen. I tend to sit quite close, so a 22" - 24" panel at that resolution is fine for me.
     
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    You have two questions happening here. As far as fonts and the like goes. There is NO difference between the two you ask of.

    If 1920 is fine for you I would say the 1080 is for movies. The vertical space for computer applications is very important. I would not reduce it.

    A 1920X1200 can display a 1920X1080 but a 1920X1080 cannot display the other?

    16:10 is better for computer users than 16:9 but well all opinion.
     
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    Gaming doesn't really become as applicable at that resolution though.

    Is that resolution mostly for bluray movies atm? Will I notice much a difference at WXGA...?
     
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  6. shoelace_510

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    Which resolution are you talking about?? Because I have 1920X1200 and a LOT of games have 1920X1200 support... as for 1080, that's just so that you have full 1080p support for HD movies...
     
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    By Applicable I mean frame rate wise; with a mobile gaming card that is.

    Maybe worth it for Bluray movies only.
    If for media like anime, current .mkv files that most fansubbers use for anime are about 1280x720; so you'll only be up-scaling at full screen anyways.
     
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    Framerate depends upon the Resolution, and has NOTHING to do with how large of a screen it is running on...
     
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    I didn't say it was relative to screen size. I just said a laptop, at that resolution, is not going to do a smooth job with a game.
     
    Infoseeker, Aug 3, 2008
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  10. shoelace_510

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    Hm... well from my over 1 yr. of experience with my laptop running 1920X1200 (and mine isn't even near it's max hardware-wise) I would have to STRONGLY disagree with you here...
     
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  11. Phil

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    24" 1900*1200 seems ideal to me.
     
    Phil, Aug 3, 2008
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