-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:39:53 -0400

What does the 4:3 ratio mean please?

Christine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:17 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty


> Don,
>    You did very well, with one exception (and I think you're just trying 
> to
> test me with that).  A 17" 4:3 to a 17" widescreen would force a reduction
> in resolution since the height of the screen would be reduced.  The 17" 
> 4:3
> monitor is more comparable with a 19" widescreen (16:10 or 16:9) when it
> comes to overall screen height, so that's where the icons and text sizes
> would remain very similar in size.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask."
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:36 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty
>
>
>> Unfortunately, our electronics department does not have live displays of
>> monitors.   And the local Office Depot uses one computer to feed all the
>> monitors on display.
>>
>> But you may have answered my question...If I understood correctly.
>>
>> On a 17" 4:3 monitor lets say a desktop icon might measure 100cm x 150cm
>> and
>> a line of text might show 50 characters across the screen.
>>
>> Keeping everything the same except switch to a 19" 4:3 monitor the icons
>> might "grow" to 110cm x 165cm and the line of text might grow to 60
>> characters.  Make the 19" widescreen and the text might extend to 65 or 
>> 70
>> characters and the icons would remain 100 x 150
>>
>> Changing from 17" square to 17" widescreen would not affect any sizes but
>> would display more horizontally and a little less vertically.
>>
>> Summary:  Moving to a larger screen may allow at least a small amount of
>> increased resolution to improve display quality without sacrificing
>> visibility.
>>
>> How'd I do?  :-))
>>
>> Don
>
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