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I am a long way from being a computer nerd but when I tried 1600x1200 on my LaCie 19" monitor on my PC, things were VERY hard to read. I'd love to hear a discussion by some of you more knowledgeable folks on the pros and cons of various resolutions and in particular why you choose what you do. All this relates to digital imaging of course,
Thanks.
Eric
Eric, Lacie recommends 1600x1200, but I find that very difficult to read also.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
most modern crt's have a grid behind the screen which is fxed and dictates the optimum screen resolution. But this is not the whole story. The dot pitch is fixed and determines the design spacing of the grid. Altering resolution from the design spec does not give optimum results. You need to buy a monitor designed for the resolution you want to use.
having said that you can change resolution. Resolution is controlled by the graphics card, and setting it to 1600x1200 will work. But, the card must give a high enough refresh rate and the refresh rate must be within the spec limits of the monitor. You'll need 75Hz plus for 1600x1200. The graphics card software can also change the base font size so that you can read text at 1600x1200. Fact is that unless you have a bigger monitor, then 1600x1200 is too high res for reading text and changing it in the graphics card software is likely to make other applications look strange or unreadable.
I think your monitor is designed for 1280 x 1024 screen res and if thats what the manual says then that is what you should use.
1920 x 1200 Apple Cinema Display
1600 x 1200 Lacie 321
Where were these choices?
1600x1200 EIZO Coloredge
1920X1200 Mac...
2560 x 1600 on 30" Mac cinema display. For PS and ID.
1280 x 854 on 1.67Ghz Powerbook
PC, dual head with 1600x1200 and 1280x1024
Results so far in slightly more meaningful format:
HTML Code:Resolution Used Percent 800×600 2 3.51 1024×768 13 22.81 1120×832 1 1.75 1152×864 4 7.02 1152×900 0 0.00 1280×1024 17 29.82 1280×800 1 1.75 1366×768 0 0.00 1440×900 2 3.51 1400×1050 1 1.75 1600×1024 4 7.02 1600x1200 7 12.28 1680×1050 2 3.51 1920x1200 2 3.51 2560x1600 1 1.75
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