Screenshots of WUXGA/WSXGA+

Hello. I'm trying to find out if WUXGA is too big for my eyes. What I'm doing is taking screenshots and printing them out to resemble what the 15.4in screen would reveal were I using a WUXGA and then a WSXGA+ screen.

Unfortunately, my luck with finding good comparison screenshots has been bad. I'm looking for just a decent screenshot of vista and xp running at the two resolutions with some applications open so I can get a good feel of the crowdedness of each on an actual 15.4in area.

Can anyone help me? Thanks!

Also, would my game performance be affected by my choice of WUXGA/WSXGA+ --- for example, a WUXGA screen doesn't look good running 1680x1050 because of the pixels, so when I'm playing a game at a lower resolution that 1900x1200 (because thats ridiculous, heh) will it look worse for having been on a WUXGA rather than WSXGA+?

Thanks for the words of wisdom!

 

WUXGA is a higher resolution than WSXGA+, so things will appear smaller on the WUXGA screen

I found some screencaps at http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=22029

As for the gaming part of it, when I had my N200 with a WSXGA+ screen, I would set the resolution lower for performance but I would have it centered on the display instead of stretching it.

Hope it helps

 

Yeah, I've seen those screenshots before. The thing is, they are all 1900x1200 resolution screenshots(???)... and then some just look like the fonts/ui are bigger, and then there is a comment about "blurry"ness, but the blurry factor -slash- native screen resolution wouldn't affect the screenshot would it?

 

They are clearly marked what screenshots they are... Are you sure you're viewing them at 100%? They represent how much screen real estate you would get essentially

I'm not entirely sure why it's blurry at a lower resolution than at native though

 

but if you are using firefox the resolution of each image is 1900x1200... the screen of the WSXGA+ should have been 1680x1050 :/

thanks for the help, I'm not trying to be0 obstinate

 

Hmm. Didn't notice that... That's odd

[Edit]
Google to the rescue? http://www.emperorlinux.com/systemmatrix/screenshots/

 

That's awesome. Your google kungfu is better than mine. All I could find was this thread, heh. That 1900x1200 one makes me drool but I just fear for my poor eyes...

How lenient would IBM/Lenovo be if I order a WUXGA and find out I hate it and try to send it back?

 

You should just take a walk into your local large chain computer store and browse through their laptop section before you decide. I think theres like a 30 day return or something on Lenovos. I'd probably phone and ask them beforehand.

Here are some more screenshots
http://www.bay-wolf.com/screenshots.htm

 

I've been looking all over. I like in Topeka, KS and I've ever gone all the way to KC, KS and I've still yet to find a single dealer that has ANY laptop in stock with a WUXGA screen :/
edit: another thanks, those screenshots rock also.

 

FYI. Lenovo is most likely not going to allow you to send the machine back for another res screen, unless you pay the 15% restocking fee. Dells policy on that is more lenient.

 

Have a look at this website, it shows screen size relationship in numbers:

http://www.prismo.ch/comparisons/notebook.php

I've used it to get a feel of what font/pixel size my eyes can handle without getting strained by comparing density number vs resolutions I've used in the past. 1920x1200 on a 17" display can get hard on the eyes after a few hours, I can only imagine it on a 15.4, if u can even get wuxga on a 15.4.

I've run my 17" xps notebook at lower 16:10 resolutions while gaming just because the text on some games is impossible to read at that res. I didn't think the graphics looked bad at all, even at a non-native res. Just make sure to keep the same aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, 16:10, etc).