Question about Screen resolution!

Hi I have question about screen res. If I have a 1400 x 900 display, does that mean that I have 900 pixels going vertically in a line then 1400 going across the screen. Kind of like the permitter of the screen?

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is that correct?

If this is so then i have 1,200,000 pixels or 1.2 megapixels. That mean digital cameras have way more pixels than computer screens correct?

 

Yes, absolutely.

A 7.1 Megapixel camera can take photographs of over 3000+ x 2000+, I don't remember the exact maximum size as my camera is missing, but yeah, cameras take HUGE pictures, far larger than the current screen resolutions.

And Dell111, you have a MBP if I remember correctly...the MBP screen resolution is actually 1440x900, not 1400x900 .

 

Only if you aren't using teh IBM T221. Talk about tiny text =P

 

Cameras are much higher resolution to facilitate printing the photos.

While its not technically correct you can use the same terms for printed photos...
Photos have a smaller dot pitch than any display. The grains on the paper are much smaller than a displays pixels. This means they are much higher resolution at a given size. To have an actual print that does not look grainy you need alot more pixel data when you print it out.

Another way to look at it is DPI. Default for most monitors is 96 dpi and to get a good picture you need to print at least 230 dpi.

What kind of apple psycho are you Sam?? You keep a database of all the people who own MBs and MBPs? Or do you just commit thier stats to memory.

 

This isn't really off-topic... should be in the hardware forum.

btw 1440 x 900 = 1,296,000 = 1.29 megapixels... so it's not that far from your camera's resolution.

 

Haha, more like, I remember dell111, because he also lives in Vancouver, and I remember he got a MBP .