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

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:42:46 -0400

So then which is better for her (which would you do), go to a 19" non 
widescreen or to a 19" widescreen?

Christine
----- 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
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:32 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor size, resolution and visibilty
>
>
>> Don,
>>    The difference would be very similar to upgrading her to a
>> non-widescreen 19 inch monitor as far as icon and text sizes go.  In 
>> other
>> words, the same resolutions would cause those items to actually appear
>> larger, so you would need to step up to the next set of resolutions (the
>> ones designed for the aspect ratio of the widescreen) to make a more fair
>> comparison.  On the other hand, she'll have a lot less side scrolling to
>> do
>> given the extra few horizontal inches.
>>
>>    Your best bet would be to talk with one of the folks who work in the
>> electronics dept at your Walmart and ask if they could give you a quick
>> side
>> by side comparison diruing your lunchbreak.  It should only take a minute
>> or
>> so to adjust the resolutions on a couple of display systems.
>>
>> Peace,
>> Gman
>>
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask."
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:38 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Monitor size, resolution and visibilty
>>
>>
>>>
>>> My Mom needs a very low resolution on her display to make the items on
>>> the
>>> screen large enough for her to see clearly.  That makes it difficult to
>>> work on her computer and you must constantly scroll left and right to 
>>> see
>>> everything.  That is a real pain when reading text.  (thats the setup 
>>> for
>>> what comes next)
>>>
>>> If I have a 17" CRT monitor (4:3 aspect ratio) with the resolution set 
>>> to
>>> 600x480 the icons on the desktop are large.  If I increase the 
>>> resolution
>>> to 800x600 or 1024x768 the icons become medium and small.
>>>
>>> If I switch to a 22" widescreen LCD monitor, using the same resolutions
>>> will the physical size of the icons be the same as they were on the CRT?
>>> Think visibilty here.
>>>
>>> In other words:
>>>
>>> "The quick brown fox"  is visible without scrolling on the old monitor 
>>> at
>>> 640x480.  Will "The quick brown fox jumped over" be visible on the
>>> widescreen without sacrificing visibilty?
>>>
>>> "The quick brown fox jumped"  vs "The quick brown fox jumped over the" 
>>> at
>>> 800x600?
>>>
>>> "The quick brown fox jumped over the" vs "The quick brown fox jumped 
>>> over
>>> the lazy dog" at 1024x768?
>>>
>>> I want to keep the larger physical size of the items on the display to
>>> maintain visibilty and at the same time reduce or eliminate the need for
>>> scrolling left and right.  Can that be done?
>>>
>>> Don
>>
>
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