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    20" 1600 x 900 vs 23" 1920 x 1080 LCD monitor

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Inukami, Jun 30, 2009.

  1. Inukami

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    Get the 23". You can always run games at a lower resolution, but never a higher one.
     
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    Do they have anything to do with Sony?
     
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    oh i forgot to add that i would be connecting it to my Sony Vaio FW VGN-FW465J/B
     
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    True but wouldn't it look weird playing games on lower resolution on such a big LCD monitor? People who i talked to said it's best to play on native resolution.
     
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    Not too much. If anything you'd get some nearly free pseudo-antialiasing. Monitors are smart enough now that if they detect a lesser resolution, they'll sort of blur the image during scaling so it doesn't get all 1980's video-game-blocky.

    You'd probably notice a non-native resolution more with text and aliased edges than with antialiased edges and textures in games. Try playing a fullscreen game on your laptop below native resolution (800x600 or something)-- you'll see what I mean. Imagine that on a bigger screen and voila, that's what you'd get.

    Besides, when you do 1080p movies, you could run them full res on the 23" monitor.
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Jun 30, 2009
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