Question about screen resolution.

Hello all, I recently bought a Asus z70va but had to return it because the screen resolution was a bit too high for me. The screen resolution was WSXVGA+ on a 15.4 inch screen. I am thinking about purchasing the 14 inch T60 but am kinda worried about the SXVGA+ resolution. Do you guys think I should get the regualar XGA or SXVGA+?

Also does the 14 XGA come with an option for the X1400?

 

I'd recommend you check some out if you can. Office Depot carries ThinkPads. I am not sure if they have any SXGA+ model though.

 

okay... what are the main differences b/w xga, sxvga, and wsxvga? can anyone tell please. thank you.

 

The higher the resolution the more of the screen you'll be able to see.

 

I guess only you can answer what's best for you. I was asking the same questions all week long.

I was shopping around a few days back and realize that the SXGA+ even on a 15" was too small for me. Ended up with a regular XGA on my 14" T60. I don't get as much "screen space" as my old 14" WXGA note but its ok cuz I'm using an external monitor when I'm working.

Good luck

 

Fonts will be alot smaller and more dificult to read unless you make the at least 125 % large, I did 130% and it halped alot and keeps the lrger appearance

 

I will not list the specs, you can look up the terms in wikipedia. Instead i will try to explain the common meaning:

XGA screen means 1024 pixels wide by 768 pixels tall, regardless of the display size.

Likewise SXGA+ screen means 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels tall

W prefix means Wide-screen (wider than usual, like the TVs), and thus:

WXGA is 1280 pixels wide by 800 (sometimes 768) pixels tall;

and

WSXGA+ is likewise 1680 pixels wide by 1050 pixels tall.

Now the logic tells us that the pixels on a 17" XGA screen are a good deal bigger than pixels on a 14" XGA screen, because the resolution is the same - 1024x768. imagine this grid stretch onto areas of different sizes, then each grid cell (pixel) is different size.

So it is up to you do decide which perception suits you best. But remember, just because you think "things look small", doesnt mean its a fault or a drawback, quite the contrary: the higher the resolution, the more precise is your screen, so to speak. And you can always change the size of the software generated graphics, like font size, icon size etc in Windows and Linux.

So you have to decide what suits you. If a screen is very bright and vivid, but is an XGA, which for me is just too coarse, still for DVD it is just perfect, especially considering it is cheaper and sometimes it is hard to find a SXGA equivalent which is just as bright and vivid.

Also for those settling with XGA screens by their own will, make sure you CAN appreciate absense of extra pixels when you need it Yes, everything looks big enough, but if it looks too big, you cannot make it smaller and as readable as with SXGA, because a 5mm tall font looks much better on SXGA than on XGA.