Ramifications of 15.4" WUXGA?

What are the ramifications of purchasing 15.4" WUXGA?

Worst case scenario that it kills my eyes. Then I use one of following resolutions with the same aspect ratio? (8:5)
WSXGA+ 1680x1050
WXGA 1280x800

Constraints/reasoning
I am looking for purchasing two identical lenovo t61/p. One for me and one for my wife. If I do not get the same laptop then I will run into yours/mine is better--don't want to go there. She will use hers for fun, mine for work. However, I have a desktop with 3 22" screens, so if I REALLY need the desktop space, assuming I am home, I can work there. I would much rather get the WUXGA screen because I will have it for a long time. I break my laptops so often I get the 4 year protection service. Last T-series that I had was fixed 5 times over 4 years.

So, if it bothers me, can't I via software (display settings) kinda downgrade myself to a "worse" monitor. Thus, I waste the $127 upgrade price? But I have the upside of using 1920x1200 if I need it?

Thanks for your help. Sorry about the first post.

I also have tried to find 15.4" WUXGA at microcenter, costco, best buy, bjs, sams, local universities to look at--no dice.

 

The problem of downscaling your resolution to a non-native one. In LCD screens, any resolution that's non-native makes the whole display ugly and blurred. So while it's possible to lower your resolution to 1280x800, it won't be a very enjoyable experience because of the shortcomings of LCD displays.

 

Uglier than...
DOES Uglier than running in WUXGA EQUAL As "ugly" as WSXGA+ in native mode?

Assumming that your native-mode ugly scale is
ULGIEST => PRETTIEST
WXGA WSXGA WSXGA+ WUXGA

or Literally, the nice WUXGA will look worse in 1680x1050 than a native mode WSXGA+ LCD?

Sorry about the confusion.

According to wikipedia:
While CRTs are capable of displaying multiple video resolutions without introducing artifacts, LCDs produce crisp images only in their "native resolution" and, sometimes, fractions of that native resolution. Attempting to run LCD panels at non-native resolutions usually results in the panel scaling the image, which introduces blurriness or "blockiness" and is susceptible in general to multiple kinds of HDTV blur. Many LCDs are incapable of displaying very low resolution screen modes (such as 320x200) due to these scaling limitations.

So if I scale down to WSXGA+ which maintains the same "fraction". Wouldn't this work. What does "sometimes" mean referring to cripiness in non-native mode? Also, my understanding is that Nvidia software uses a scaler feature to fix this problem? Is this a real problem?

 

Here's a thought...do you really need such a high resolution like WUXGA on a 15.4" LCD (that works out to 148 pixels per inch)?

IOW do you do CAD, frequently use freaky big spreadsheets, do a lot of coding or try to count whatever few dead pixels there may be with the unaided eye?

If not your eyes will probably get strained something fierce.

 

The WUXGA in 1680x1050 will look way worse than the WSXGA+ at its native resolution.

Yeah, it is unlikely you'll find 15.4" WUXGA in stores. They're fairly rare. WSXGA+ is a great resolution though for 15.4". It is what I would recommend.

 

I contemplated the display option long and hard before purchasing a T61p widescreen. My eyes are OK but I do wear 'cheaters' once in a while if I find myself squinting. I went with the 15.4 WUXGA and couldn't be happier. Having as much real estate as a 21" monitor is fantastic and display quality is amazing.

 

Most 20" and 22" widescreen monitors are 1680x1050.

24" and up start to offer 1920x1200.

 

Even better!

 

I use WUXGA too. At first, it was a painful experience... Too small text. But after a week of use, my eyes got used to the monitor and now I don't want nothing else...

 

Any of you guys with WUXGA have any issues regarding the screen itself? Spotlighting? Bleed? Too dim? I was thinking about getting the WUXGA option but was put off seeing some of the issues people had with the quality of the WUXGA screens (this was 3-6 months ago).

 

None of the above.

Mine is just a few days old but the display has exceeded my expectations! Exponentially better than the display of the D630 it replaced.

 

Hi,

I am computer shopping and was put off by some of the complaints about the screen on the thinkpads. I am also going back and forth about whether I am willing to accept the tiny icons and fonts with the higher resolutions.

Right now, I have a 1600x1200 15.4" Dell screen and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love the quality of how my photos view but I do find I get eye strain with the smaller fonts. I have adapted by increasing the text in the browser and sometimes this is an adequate fix, but sometimes I have lines of text running into each other, drop down menus where I can't read them, etc. Not often enough to pull my hair out, but still annoying. So I keep the resolution on the screen set at the 1600x1200 but in my Firefox browser I increase text size. Problem is it is not a permanent increase and have to keep upping the size each time I get on a new website. Maybe there is a default somewhere but haven't found it yet.

So, my daughter just got a MacBook. Her resolution is smaller and her graphics is integrated and I mailed her some photos and was very disappointed with the quality of viewing them on her machine. This is an important consideration for me. So I guess it is which problem do I want to deal with I guess.

adam