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Offline tomgallagher

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Screen Resolution
« on: August 24, 2011, 11:49:38 AM »
What screen resolution do you guys use on your computers.? Just got a new one and can't decide.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2011, 12:06:50 PM »
1680x1050 is what I have mine set to. When someone is looking at it over my shoulder they say "How can you read that," but it works for me.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2011, 01:56:53 PM »
1680x1050.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2011, 02:28:39 PM »
NO, you need 640x480. Then you can REALLY read it!  LOL.

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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2011, 02:39:04 PM »
Quote from: mrzed on August 24, 2011, 02:28:39 PM
NO, you need 640x480. Then you can REALLY read it!  LOL.

Remember those days?

I don't think they even have that setting anymore.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2011, 02:41:30 PM »
Quote from: BillOnBass on August 24, 2011, 01:56:53 PM
1680x1050.

I don't even know how you guyz read that.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2011, 03:13:34 PM »
Laptop screen is at 1680 x 1050

Work monitor: 1920 x 1200

Home monitor: 2560 x 1440
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2011, 09:26:04 PM »
Assuming an LCD/LED monitor, I always use whatever is native for the screen because that's what looks best. So, 1680x1050 on my desktop and 1366x768 on my laptop. My laptop screen is only 13" in size :P
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2011, 07:27:54 AM »
Quote from: ronthejazzcat on August 26, 2011, 09:26:04 PM
Assuming an LCD/LED monitor, I always use whatever is native for the screen because that's what looks best. So, 1680x1050 on my desktop and 1366x768 on my laptop. My laptop screen is only 13" in size :P

Doesn't that make the text size look like chicken scratch.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2011, 08:32:31 AM »
Ronthejazzcat is correct.  Whatever is native to the screen your are using is the correct resolution.  I have a 24" and it is set to 1920 x 1080.  If you use something other than the native resolution, you can make text look bigger but you sacrifice a lot of clarity.  When choosing an alternate resolution, you also have to be sure to get the correct aspect ratio if you decide to change the resolution.  Otherwise the display will look stretched or shrunk.  This aspect ratio parameter will severely limit the alternate resolutions you can choose and still have everything look proportional.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2011, 02:21:00 PM »
Quote from: Tom Gallagher on August 27, 2011, 07:27:54 AM
Quote from: ronthejazzcat on August 26, 2011, 09:26:04 PM
Assuming an LCD/LED monitor, I always use whatever is native for the screen because that's what looks best. So, 1680x1050 on my desktop and 1366x768 on my laptop. My laptop screen is only 13" in size :P
Doesn't that make the text size look like chicken scratch.
If icons and texts are too small for you with the native resolution, you can try increasing the DPI setting.
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Re: Screen Resolution
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2011, 05:12:57 PM »
My 24" Samsung LCD is at 1920 x 1200, its native resolution. My 14" laptop uses 1366 x 768.
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