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

  • From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:17:19 -0400

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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