What resolution do you run?

Post by **Looneybomber** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:43 am

Just curious what resolution everyone typically uses. Me, I run the same resolution for everything because my monitor is small. I'd like to run higher, but 1024 is it for me.

I am in the market for another screen, either 24 or 26" so I plan on running 1920x1200.

Post by **nnorton44** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:44 am

1280x1024 until I get my new screen, prices are dropping you can get a 22" 1080P monitor with HDMI for about $170.

Post by **marlin29311** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:07 am

22" LG running at 1680x1050 on DVI.

Post by **C-Kwik** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:08 am

Depends on which computer.

I run 1680 x 1050 at work (22" screen) and on our laptop (17" screen), 1600 x 1200 (x2; dual monitors) at home (20 inch screens), and 1024 x 600 on my netbook (10 inch).

As for what you should get can be dependent on monitor size and comfort. My mom's laptop is run at one resolution tick lower than the screen's max res as she can't see that well. But I have mine all maxed out as I have no problems with it and prefer to be able to see more on the screen. If I were shopping for a monitor though, I'd probably get one with the highest resolution I can afford as it would provide the greatest flexibility. Larger monitors are of course less of an issue as a particular resolution on it will look bigger than the same res on a small monitor.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:55 pm

1440x900 on my main monitor. 1366x768 on my secondary.

Post by **szh** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:23 pm

I have a Dell 2407 LCD monitor for my laptop, both here and at work, running at 1920x1200.

Z

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:33 pm

1680x1050 through an ati 4870 and a dvi adapter because my 22" samsung lcd didnt come with DVI for some stupid reason.How much of a difference is there between DVI and the old AGP or whatever...the trapezoidal connection?

Post by **nnorton44** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:19 pm

DVI - information goes directly from your video card to your monitor. The color of each pixel on your monitor is calculated by your video card and then sent as digital information to your monitor so that no conversion is necessary. An LCD monitor simply reads this information and displays it directly

VGA - Information is converted from digital to [red,green,blue] format. Some accuracy and time is lost in this converstion. How much is lost depends on the monitor's conversion hardware.

Image Quality:

On a CRT monitor, there is no real image quality difference between DVI and VGA. This is because a CRT is natively based on the [red,green,blue] format for displaying each pixel.

On an LCD, you will notice a difference between the 2 formats if you look hard enough. Different LCDs will handle the conversion differently. You may start to see dithering, banding, "dancing pixels" and blander/incorrect colors when using vga on an LCD. The larger the LCD/resolution the more you will notice these differences.

DVI also has a faster data transfer rate, which means that the higher the resolution, the worse the input lag will be if you use VGA. This is very important if you play fast(twitch) shooter games.

Finally, VGA only contains the color information for your monitor's image. DVI includes more than that. That's why when you connect using DVI, you don't have to adjust your monitor's image position, phase, and clock corrections to sync. It contains exactly how/what your video card wants to display.

If you hook up your LCD with VGA, you will notice that several monitor adjustments become available were they were not under DVI. That is because DVI carries all the information your monitor needs to configure itself where as VGA does not.

Post by **Looneybomber** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:59 am

ScorchedNX2K wrote:1680x1050 through an ati 4870 and a dvi adapter because my 22" samsung lcd didnt come with DVI for some stupid reason.How much of a difference is there between DVI and the old AGP or whatever...the trapezoidal connection?

Hah, I too have a Radeon 4870 (1GB) which is a complete waste hooked up to my 15" 1024x768 monitor. On the down side, I am currently using my old computer which means old 6800gt video card.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:45 am

Here's a related question:Do you prefer 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen?

Post by **nnorton44** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:24 pm

Post by **Looneybomber** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:09 pm

Movies 2.35:1 on a 110" projector. TV 16:9 PC 16:10

If those 30" 2560x1600 screens weren't so expensive, I'd get one!

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:55 pm

Looneybomber wrote:TV 16:9 PC 16:10

Agreed.

Post by **RCA** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:22 am

My Laptop is 1200x800...

I have an RGB cable to my 42" 720p...What would that res be considered?

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:40 am

720p is usually about 1366x768 but varies from monitor to monitor. Has to have at least 720 lines of vertical resolution to be called 720p. Most HDTV resolutions are closely related to pre-existing monitor standards (1024x768 was a very common 4:3 resolution, and 1366x768 is the 16:9 adaptation of it).

Post by **marlin29311** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:18 am

I feel like a lot of movies are shot 16:10 as well...

I know for gaming the 16:10 on my TV seems to work really well...

Post by **Looneybomber** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:02 am

marlin29311 wrote:I feel like a lot of movies are shot 16:10 as well...

You must know something I don't, but most movies are shot between 1.85:1 and 2.4:1 (2.35, 2.39, and 2.40:1 are all the same, but 2.35 is just the old wording. 2.39 is how it's actually shot, but people round to 2.40)

Post by **marlin29311** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:14 am

I've just seen a lot of back of DVD boxes recently saying its in 16:10...i dunno, its just an observation...

Post by **Looneybomber** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:27 pm

marlin29311 wrote:I've just seen a lot of back of DVD boxes recently saying its in 16:10...i dunno, its just an observation...

See, you do know something I don't. I've not bought a DVD in a while, so I've not looked at the back of them to see that. I'm sure it's probably just how they release them now when not in "widescreen" format instead of the antiquated 4:3.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:43 pm

I HATE that so many movies still come in both 4:3 and 16:9 so you have to triple check the packaging or you'll end up getting home to find you just bought a broken movie. And this is coming from a guy who still watches movies in a 21'' SD CRT. There is no valid reason for anything on DVD to have a 4:3 aspect ratio anymore.

Post by **dlucke17** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:49 am

16:9....

Post by **float_6969** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:26 am

1280X1024

I've always run the same size monitors, and that is a good size for me.

When this cheap monitor craps out and I get a flat screen, I'm sure I'll have to re-adjust to a new size, which I'm not looking forward to.

Post by **Micron** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:39 am

2560x1600 on a Dell 3008, w/ 1920x1200 on a Dell U2410

Post by **AppleBonker** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:09 pm

I guess you could call it 1920x1080, but I added the 3840x1080 option as I am running two monitors, so I guess the total would amount to that. I'm also running 1280x800 on the laptop and 1024x600 on the netbook. Computing options FTW...

Post by **asoomal** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:42 pm

480x320 on a 17".

Post by **RCA** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:03 am

MinisterofDOOM wrote:720p is usually about 1366x768 but varies from monitor to monitor. Has to have at least 720 lines of vertical resolution to be called 720p. Most HDTV resolutions are closely related to pre-existing monitor standards (1024x768 was a very common 4:3 resolution, and 1366x768 is the 16:9 adaptation of it).

You post this ages ago but I deiced to look into it...

My Comp says it is 1280x1024 but the TV is 720p?

Almost 1080p worth of vertical lines, but a 720p screen? Wtf?

Post by **positron1** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:24 pm

1920x1080.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:10 pm

RCA wrote:My Comp says it is 1280x1024 but the TV is 720p?

Almost 1080p worth of vertical lines, but a 720p screen? Wtf?

Wait...so you're using a 720p HDTV as a PC monitor and it's showing as 1280x1024? If that's the case, something is definitely not right.

1280x1024 is not a widescreen resolution. 720p and 1080p are 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions. Standard TV is a 4:3 aspect ratio. 1280x1024 is also a 4:3 resolution. It's nowhere near wide enough for 1080p, in addition to being 56 lines too short (which alone is at least 4% of a full 1080p display).BUT, 1280 is wide enough for 720p...barely. The lowest 720p compatible resolution is 1280x720 (most are slightly higher, though). So, if letterboxed, 1280x1024 can show true 720p 16:9 picture.

But if your PC is detecting your HDTV as a 4:3 resolution, something's not working right. See if it will allow you to manually change it to 1280x720.

Post by **RCA** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:42 am

MinisterofDOOM wrote:
Wait...so you're using a 720p HDTV as a PC monitor and it's showing as 1280x1024? If that's the case, something is definitely not right.

1280x1024 is not a widescreen resolution. 720p and 1080p are 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions. Standard TV is a 4:3 aspect ratio. 1280x1024 is also a 4:3 resolution. It's nowhere near wide enough for 1080p, in addition to being 56 lines too short (which alone is at least 4% of a full 1080p display).BUT, 1280 is wide enough for 720p...barely. The lowest 720p compatible resolution is 1280x720 (most are slightly higher, though). So, if letterboxed, 1280x1024 can show true 720p 16:9 picture.

But if your PC is detecting your HDTV as a 4:3 resolution, something's not working right. See if it will allow you to manually change it to 1280x720.

Yea I don't get it. Here are some specs and junk

My Monitor (as is):http://i38.tinypic.com/dgmq2e.jpg

Specs:http://i35.tinypic.com/20gmkbd.jpg

Monitor at 1280x720 (the closed option was 1280x768) and with other Monitor res options:http://i36.tinypic.com/9lk6yg.jpg

EDIT: I hope this helps MoD...

2 x EDIT:Sorry, I couldn't find a place that hosts these pictures in full res.
Modified by RCA at 8:50 AM 10/21/2009

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:56 am

Don't use the Intel dialog garbage for one thing. Windows has native multimonitor support. Just use that. That's probably half the problem right there. Right click on desktop > Properties > Settings and set resolutions there.

What resolution do you run?

What resolution do you run?

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: What resolution do you run? (nnorton44)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: (szhosain)

Re: (ScorchedNX2K)

Re: (ScorchedNX2K)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (rcabrita)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (rcabrita)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: What resolution do you run? (marlin29311)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Looneybomber)

Re: What resolution do you run? (Micron)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (RCA)

Re: What resolution do you run? (RCA)

Re: What resolution do you run? (MinisterofDOOM)

Re: What resolution do you run? (RCA)

Nissan Forums

Infiniti Forums

Datsun Forums

Technical Forums

Classifieds / Marketplace

Nissan Motorsports

General Forums