Sony Z 1900x1080

Has anyone seen this screen? I'm wondering if it's just completely unreadable or is actually a great screen.

 

The text look fine at DPI 125%. The movie look better than 1600x900 not much i think around 5-10%

But since i'm a programmer and can't design program in that DPI when set back to 100% it very small and not comfortable. So if i have to select again think i prefer 1600x900 (with lower res you can also have more fps on games too)

 

I'm very happy with the 1600x900 screen, and I originally agonized over not being able to get the 1920x1080 screen in Canada (back then I was under the impression that it was IPS, which it turns out it's not).

Coming from an SZ with 1280x800 in 13.3", the 1600x900 is enough of a shock to the ol' eyes, and although 1920x1080 would have been a nice match to my pair of 24" 1920x1200 desktop monitors, I completely satisfied with my decision to stay with 1600x900.

 

How good is your eyesight? I have both the 1600x900 and the 1920x1080, and I use all of them at 100%. I need the real estate and the screen is actually amazing in terms of sharpness.

That said, again, how's your eyesight?

Go check out a 1920x1200 screen on a 15" and if you can't stand that, well, you have your answer. The Z is going to be worst. If you're VERY comfortable with that, then the Z could work for you.

Of course, there's always the option of scalling which seems to work quite well for a lot of people (and which is the out of the box default from Sony, 125%)

 

I have bad eyesight, and the Zs 1600x900 works quite well for me. If anything, I wish the resolution was even higher, so 1920x1080 is tempting.

The reason it works so well is, of course, that I set the DPI correctly to the actual DPI on all my displays, and then fonts of a certain point size appear the exact same physical size on all displays (and the same size on print-outs too). They will just be better defined and more readable on the higher resolution displays.

Setting the display to 125% is wrong. It's way too low for either model. Set it to the actual DPI size, and then adjust your default font size down to what's comfortable.

If you need screen real estate, get a bigger screen, not a higher resolution one. The pixel-based programs become fewer and fewer, and will one day be gone.

 

Arth1,

how do you mean that "you set the DPI correctly to the actual DPI" on all displays?
Can you do this in Windows 7? Can you also do this per monitor? As it is now, I have my 1900x1080 Vaio connected to a 1900x1200 Eizo monitor and am using DPI scaling of 125% on the Vaio - the problem is that applications look horrible on the big 24" Eizo as I have extended the display.
Any better idea on how to do this?

 

Hi Arth,

yes, as long as you do scaling, then there's not even a question: the added definition allows for a fantastic display. I've done some zooming in both Firefox and FoxItPDF, and both of them give a result close to print quality in terms of the font display. (Yes, I know we're still quite far from even the old 300 DPI of an old laser but from a subjective point of view, it looks fantastic).

That said, I'm happy to be back in the 1920 camp (in which I was since 2002 on a Dell D800 15") without having to lug around a 6+ pound 15" monster.

To each his own, right?

Cheers

 

Disagree. I go to grad school full-time, and have a full-time job. I have a 16" Dell SXPS, and recently bought a HP Envy. Both have somewhat slim form factors, and 1080p screens.

In both cases, though, it's just too much to take around, especially with the peripherals (AC adapter, extra batteries, etc).

I need 1080 so I can multitask seamlessly. I have many projects going on outside of my studies and job that require this. Having a 1080 screen makes it much easier. And yes, it does help that I have 20-12 vision, making it very easy to read a smaller text.

The selling point of the Z is 3 lbs + FHD. Everything else, to me, is icing on the cake.

 

+1

Although the quad raid 512 GB SSD makes delicious icing I must say

 

I dodnt know they made a 13.1" 1900x1080.

 

yes, 1920x1080 (or Full HD, FHD in some thread.)

In the US, so far, it is only available in the top of the line Signature Series (Z11FHX/XQ) and cannot be CTO. In Europe and Asia, it seems to be a different story.