1920*1080 display okfor reading on F or FW?

Hi
I am planing on buying a Sony Vaio F or FW.When I saw a Sony Vaio FW in Full HD in a store, I felt it hard to read text on it as my eyes started to hurt and I felt it was too bright.Is it just me ? or is it something you get used too ? Are there any improvements in the display of Sony VAIO F ?

 

I think both laptop displays are the same. But you can reduce its resolution to 1600x900 for larger font size easily. Go for Full HD option for better display quality, I really dont like XBRITE-ECO because its view angles are more limited than Full-HD.

 

I have the F series with the 1920x1080 Full HD Display and love it. Go for it, you won't regret it.

 

1920x1080 can be a strain on the eyes for people with glasses, as my father just bought an F with the FHD screen. Really simple though, just look for the Windows 7 DPI settings in the control panel, and it will make things bigger without changing the resolution, in turn making the text more defined and larger, but you also won't miss out on the FHD resolution for pics and movies.

 

I have never get used to it. I had to change the DPI to make it readable. But bear in mind that changing the DPI isn't a perfect solution. Depending on the application, especially old applications, you may have a problem. This is why I keep my FW1. The only model from FW family that offers 1600x900 with HiColor.

 

1600x900 is IMO the perfect resolution. That or 1680x1050. Either are great. 1920x1080 is only good for like 18-20in notebooks... unless you have really great visual acuity. Personally I can read my Vaio P's 8in 1600x900 screen perfectly with no DPI changes, but I wouldn't want to have it as my only notebook.

 

There really should be no reason to have to "get used" to a tiny screen with high DPI set to "normal" system settings, as that goes against the very purpose of DPI.

A standard system DPI value at 100% is 96 - that's 96 pixels per inch. The F's 16.4" screen measures 14.29" wide and 8.04" high. With 96 pixels per inch, the screen's resolution "should be" 1372x772. So when it's at 1920x1080, it should be EXPECTED that you will need to raise the DPI value to make everything comfortable versus a normal desktop monitor - in this case to 134dpi. However PCs traditionally have not worked well with custom DPI values, and even Windows 7 has not improved ENOUGH to make custom DPI a foolproof and perfect experience.

I read this rather long article from Microsoft's Windows 7 development team explaining why they didn't take the opportunity to make things perfect as regards screen DPI values - and it basically boiled down to a combination of continued backwards compatibility with the old broken system, and the prevalent use by users of the DPI setting in a manner that it was never intended for (specifically, making fonts larger or smaller than the default values). The true solution would have been two separate customization values - the first being a true DPI setting so that one inch in a program always showed as one inch on a screen, and the second being a percentage over standard that GUI fonts/elements should be drawn larger or smaller. However that was deemed too complicated for programmers to deal with.

Personally I'd like to see a new standard where monitors reported to the system exactly what their DPI value was (based on the resolution) and then the system merely had a single customization value for "comfort". Maybe with Windows 9... (because we all know due to Microsoft's history that Windows 8 will have to be a dud!

 

I have the FW285, 1920x1080 - sharp & clear display - like the extra "real estate" I get especially with Excel files. I like the screen, wish my work one was same.
But screen resolution is very much a matter of personal choice - go compare at a brick& mortar store - modify the DPI & screen brightness. The keyboard & screen are what you'll use the most - so get one to your liking.

 

Thankx for the replys
Tell me what is DPI so I can go to the shop and compare it,oh and I do wear glasses so is it bad for me because of my glases ?

 

Not because of the glasses.. but my father has an astigmatism and he has to wear bifocals, with the screen resolution and the bifocals, I had to bring his DPI up to about 120... anyways, it can be found in the control panel --> Display --> Set Custom Text Size on the left side bar...