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| Author: | remf [ 19 Nov 2004, 11:50 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
all the 17" monitors i've seen advertised use 1280x800? :? |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 19 Nov 2004, 14:04 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
Now, that's the problem: both 1280x768 and 1280x800 are considered 'WXGA'... The only ultraportable laptop I've seen with a widescreen (from Rock Direct) uses a 1280x800 panel, albeit 12.2". :) It's quite a nice laptop, actually. If only it wasn't Intel Integrated 'Extreme2' Graphics. ;) Laptops that are WXGA are 1280x800... Desktop screens that are WXGA are 1280x768... The only widescreen res's that seem to remain the same are WSXGA+ (1680x1050) and WUXGA (1920x1200)... |
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| Author: | remf [ 20 Nov 2004, 16:00 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
i have to disagree there. most desktop (as opposed to LCD-TV's) that i have found are 1280x800. panasonic and sony both have ultra-notebooks using 1280x768, but as you say; most laptops use 1280x800. these split standards really bug me! first their is WXGA which can be either 1280x800 or 1280x768 then there is WSXGA/WSXGA+ which is either 1600x1024 or 1680x1050. incidently, of the latter, which is the more common? |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 20 Nov 2004, 19:11 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
WSXGA is a lot less common than WSXGA+, as far as I can tell. As for the confusion between 1600x1024 and 1680x1050, one is WSXGA and one is WSXGA+, so there shouldn't be much to get confused about... unless a reviewer doesn't know what he's talking about. In which case, you're in trouble. ;) 1400x1050 was considered SXGA+, not SXGA... Am I confusing anyone else apart from me? :lol: But yes, split standards are annoying in the extreme. Can you provide a few links to desktop screens that are 1280x800? I've not found any. :?: |
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| Author: | remf [ 21 Nov 2004, 13:36 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
i stand corrected. :) |
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| Author: | SEMC [ 24 Nov 2004, 10:08 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
How's this one: My Sager 8790s uses a 17" WXGA screen at 1440x900. |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 24 Nov 2004, 14:24 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
1440x900 is supposed to be WXGA+. Given that both 1280x768 and 1280x800 are WXGA, however, there is some confusion. The rules only seem to apply to the higher resolutions. ;) |
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| Author: | probedb [ 29 Nov 2004, 14:36 ] |
| Post subject: | half life 2, custom? |
I seem to remember from reading Home Cinema mags that 1280x768 is 15:9, it's still silly. 1366x768 is 16:9 and what some manufacturers of LCD TVs seem to be moving to :) |
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