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    can WSXGA+ be set to 1200X800?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sublime313, Dec 19, 2008.

  1. sublime313

    sublime313 Notebook Evangelist

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    if i get the WSXGA+ and decide it's too small can i change the overall settings to 1200X800 without any distortion?
     
    sublime313, Dec 19, 2008
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    Yeah, you should be able to do that. Anything lower than the native resolution should.
     
    Michel.K, Dec 19, 2008
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    yes, you can. however, the overall sharpness of the image will be decreased noticeably.
     
    whizzo, Dec 19, 2008
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    Yeah but the appearance will be significantly worse.
     
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    Not really. There will be distortion, aliasing, and it won't look good. The only (higher) resolution that will effectively display a 1200x800 image will be 2400x1600, in which case, 4 pixels will represent every 1 pixel of the original 1200x800 signal.

    This is a natural consequence of the Nyquist-Shannon theorem.

    You'll want to use font scaling in your applications and in your OS to scale things up to fit the 1680x1050 display, and not merely just reduce the 'resolution' of the display.
     
    pitz, Dec 19, 2008
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