Solve : Is 1680x1050 a significantly sharper resolution than 1600x900?

1.	Solve : Is 1680x1050 a significantly sharper resolution than 1600x900??
Answer» Thinking of buying a new widescreen LCD monitor - wondering if anyone has an opinion as to whether the 50 to 150 extra pixels of RESOLUTION in a 1680 x 1050 make any real difference in the sharpness of your images, as opposed to a 1600 x 900 screen. 1600 x 900 is the native resolution of the 20" HP S2031 I've been using, and it's quite satisfactory. Still, now that I need ANOTHER one, I'm looking at various options like a 20" Dell 2009W with 1680 x 1050 resolution. All other things being equal, is there a noticeable difference between the two resolutions? Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter.I would look at them in person...i doubt the difference is noticeable...1680 x 1050 will, of course, give you a little more space for having multiple windows open at the same time and dividing your screen AMONG them. For example, if you want to have a browser window open and also have an email client or word processing window displayed on your screen at the same time, you'll be able to keep a little more of them in view than will the 1600 x 900 screen. But, on the other hand, text will look a bit smaller with the 1680 x 1050 resolution. Ask you eyes what they think about this. sharpness has nothing to do with resolution, and everything to do with Dot Pitch.How come better screen resolution makes more space on a screen I'd have find out yet...hmmmmmQuote from: Broni on August 12, 2011, 08:50:12 PM How come better screen resolution makes more space on a screen I'd have find out yet...hmmmmm It's quite simple really. If you have a screen which is 500 x 500 pixels, then an application window which is 500 x 500 pixels will take up 100% of the screen area. If you have a screen which is 1000 x 1000 pixels, then that same window would occupy 25% of the screen area. Of course, if the monitor screens were the same size physically then that window would look a lot smaller on the higher resolution monitor but that's a different issue. Hmmm...Maybe I need another coffee since it doesn't make sense to me...Quote from: Broni on August 13, 2011, 09:27:00 AM Hmmm...Maybe I need another coffee since it doesn't make sense to me... it doesn't make more physical space, obviously, but it means that the pixels are smaller and therefore more pixels will fit on the screen and therefore most screen elements will be "smaller" and thus give you more screen real estate. A larger (physically) screen won't give you more screen real-estate- unless you use a different resolution. regardless of the size of the monitor, for example, 640x480 will always be 640 horizontal pixels by 480 vertical pixels; the only thing a large screen will do to that is make the pixels physically larger.I was ready to post and saw the notice that someone else had just posted. BC_Programmer said basically what I had typed but I'll go ahead and post. Here's what I had typed: Quote from: Broni on August 13, 2011, 09:27:00 AM Hmmm...Maybe I need another coffee since it doesn't make sense to me... Let's assume you're working with a spreadsheet file and you keep your spreadsheet window maximized. For any given size monitor, you'll see more of your spreadsheet, i.e. more columns and rows, with a higher resolution setting than a lower setting. Let's assume a 17" monitor. A resolution of 1024 x 768 will result in more of your spreadsheet file being visible on screen than a resolution of 800 x 600. That's what I meant by creating more space. Perhaps space is not the best choice of terms but I don't how else to make it more clear.

Solve : Is 1680x1050 a significantly sharper resolution than 1600x900??

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Thinking of buying a new widescreen LCD monitor - wondering if anyone has an opinion as to whether the 50 to 150 extra pixels of RESOLUTION in a 1680 x 1050 make any real difference in the sharpness of your images, as opposed to a 1600 x 900 screen. 1600 x 900 is the native resolution of the 20" HP S2031 I've been using, and it's quite satisfactory. Still, now that I need ANOTHER one, I'm looking at various options like a 20" Dell 2009W with 1680 x 1050 resolution. All other things being equal, is there a noticeable difference between the two resolutions? Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter.I would look at them in person...i doubt the difference is noticeable...1680 x 1050 will, of course, give you a little more space for having multiple windows open at the same time and dividing your screen AMONG them. For example, if you want to have a browser window open and also have an email client or word processing window displayed on your screen at the same time, you'll be able to keep a little more of them in view than will the 1600 x 900 screen. But, on the other hand, text will look a bit smaller with the 1680 x 1050 resolution. Ask you eyes what they think about this. sharpness has nothing to do with resolution, and everything to do with Dot Pitch.How come better screen resolution makes more space on a screen I'd have find out yet...hmmmmmQuote from: Broni on August 12, 2011, 08:50:12 PM

How come better screen resolution makes more space on a screen I'd have find out yet...hmmmmm

It's quite simple really. If you have a screen which is 500 x 500 pixels, then an application window which is 500 x 500 pixels will take up 100% of the screen area. If you have a screen which is 1000 x 1000 pixels, then that same window would occupy 25% of the screen area. Of course, if the monitor screens were the same size physically then that window would look a lot smaller on the higher resolution monitor but that's a different issue.
Hmmm...Maybe I need another coffee since it doesn't make sense to me...Quote from: Broni on August 13, 2011, 09:27:00 AM

Hmmm...Maybe I need another coffee since it doesn't make sense to me...

it doesn't make more physical space, obviously, but it means that the pixels are smaller and therefore more pixels will fit on the screen and therefore most screen elements will be "smaller" and thus give you more screen real estate.

A larger (physically) screen won't give you more screen real-estate- unless you use a different resolution. regardless of the size of the monitor, for example, 640x480 will always be 640 horizontal pixels by 480 vertical pixels; the only thing a large screen will do to that is make the pixels physically larger.I was ready to post and saw the notice that someone else had just posted. BC_Programmer said basically what I had typed but I'll go ahead and post. Here's what I had typed:

Quote from: Broni on August 13, 2011, 09:27:00 AM

Hmmm...Maybe I need another coffee since it doesn't make sense to me...

Let's assume you're working with a spreadsheet file and you keep your spreadsheet window maximized. For any given size monitor, you'll see more of your spreadsheet, i.e. more columns and rows, with a higher resolution setting than a lower setting. Let's assume a 17" monitor. A resolution of 1024 x 768 will result in more of your spreadsheet file being visible on screen than a resolution of 800 x 600. That's what I meant by creating more space. Perhaps space is not the best choice of terms but I don't how else to make it more clear.

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