1920 x 1080 vs 1920 x 1200

[Idcurrie]

Azn has no clue whatsoever what's going on and I feel terribly embarrassed for him.

 

[chizow]

LOL. Anyways I think the OP has plenty of feedback about the pros and cons of the different resolutions. I guess we can add "not being horribly confused by scaled resolutions" as one of the benefits of just going with a 1920x1200 monitor.

 

[BassBomb]

1920x1200 for me because I use my PC's for general work first and gaming a close second.
Gaming @1920x1200 would be great (1680x1050 is already fun). Movies will always have black bars so why not get 1920x1200 so you are not limited in Windows or Gaming at all!

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
1920x1200 for me because I use my PC's for general work first and gaming a close second.
Gaming @1920x1200 would be great (1680x1050 is already fun). Movies will always have black bars so why not get 1920x1200 so you are not limited in Windows or Gaming at all!

yeah but the 16:9 ratio can give you a little more on the sides while gaming which i really like. I didnt really mind giving up the 180 vertical lines but I realize that most people would.

 

[alcoholbob]

If its shot in IMAX then true 16:9 will be available. Also HD is in 16:9. It's not a huge amount of real estate to give up. Of course if you are going 16:9 I recommend a larger screen.

You can always increase/decrease size of icons and text so the real estate issue is not that big.

 

[Pacemaker]

Who would have thought that a simple question would turn into such self ownage. Oh well, thanks for the opinions guys. I think I'm going to go with the 1200 as I don't plan on watching movies on it, and I like the fact that I can 1:1 scale at 1600x1200 for older games.

 

[Painman]

Good call. What will display a lot, will display a little bit less if you want it to.

Having been stuck in 16:9 for the last few days (monitor slightly borked and being RMA'd) I've discovered that 16:9 gaming is pretty nice, but I prefer a 16:10 desktop. I would also rather hold onto the ability to do 1600*1200 with native 1:1 pixel mapping for older games as well.

 

[AzN]

ROFL.. You kids are too funny.

It's like a domino effect. 1 person say 1 thing and everyone needs to agree. :laugh:

Anyway my monitor supports 1600x1200. It even says so in my manual. The original point was for 4.3 aspect ratio game. I never implied it wasn't scaled or whatever.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Azn
ROFL.. You kids are too funny.

It's like a domino effect. 1 person say 1 thing and everyone needs to agree. :laugh:

Anyway my monitor supports 1600x1200. It even says so in my manual. The original point was for 4.3 aspect ratio game. I never implied it wasn't scaled or whatever.

what monitor do you have?

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Azn
ROFL.. You kids are too funny.

It's like a domino effect. 1 person say 1 thing and everyone needs to agree. :laugh:

Anyway my monitor supports 1600x1200. It even says so in my manual. The original point was for 4.3 aspect ratio game. I never implied it wasn't scaled or whatever.

what monitor do you have?

I'll scan a copy of resolutions my monitor supports in a minute.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Azn

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Azn
ROFL.. You kids are too funny.

It's like a domino effect. 1 person say 1 thing and everyone needs to agree. :laugh:

Anyway my monitor supports 1600x1200. It even says so in my manual. The original point was for 4.3 aspect ratio game. I never implied it wasn't scaled or whatever.

what monitor do you have?

I'll scan a copy of resolutions my monitor supports in a minute.

im just asking a simple question....what monitor do you have as in what model??

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Azn

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: Azn
ROFL.. You kids are too funny.

It's like a domino effect. 1 person say 1 thing and everyone needs to agree. :laugh:

Anyway my monitor supports 1600x1200. It even says so in my manual. The original point was for 4.3 aspect ratio game. I never implied it wasn't scaled or whatever.

what monitor do you have?

I'll scan a copy of resolutions my monitor supports in a minute.

im just asking a simple question....what monitor do you have as in what model??

Asus VH226

supported resolution

 

[Juked07]

Originally posted by: Azn
1080p monitors can't do 1600x1200? :laugh: My monitor supports all 4.3 resolution and 16x10 resolution except for 1920x1200.

For movies you get bigger viewing space with a 16x9 monitor over 16x10 however you look at it. With 16x9 you get no bars in all the HDTV shows while you get bars with 16x10 monitor.

What you're missing, Azn, is that while your monitor "supports" 4:3 (Don't know why you keep using 4.3, nobody does this), it does not "do" 1600x1200.

This is because of convention. When 99.9999999% of the tech community says that a monitor can "do" a resolution, it means it has the native resolution to display all of those pixels one at a time.

When you use a word in a way that is not in accordance with convention, you must be VERY clear in your language, or you will be misunderstood. We understand what you mean to say: that your monitor can take a 1600x1200 input and scale it to fit on the screen, but you have NOT said it. You need to learn to be clearer with your language, or people will continue to think you are wrong about this, and probably many other things when you do not convey your ideas clearly.

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

Originally posted by: Juked07

Originally posted by: Azn
1080p monitors can't do 1600x1200? :laugh: My monitor supports all 4.3 resolution and 16x10 resolution except for 1920x1200.

For movies you get bigger viewing space with a 16x9 monitor over 16x10 however you look at it. With 16x9 you get no bars in all the HDTV shows while you get bars with 16x10 monitor.

What you're missing, Azn, is that while your monitor "supports" 4:3 (Don't know why you keep using 4.3, nobody does this), it does not "do" 1600x1200.

This is because of convention. When 99.9999999% of the tech community says that a monitor can "do" a resolution, it means it has the native resolution to display all of those pixels one at a time.

When you use a word in a way that is not in accordance with convention, you must be VERY clear in your language, or you will be misunderstood. We understand what you mean to say: that your monitor can take a 1600x1200 input and scale it to fit on the screen, but you have NOT said it. You need to learn to be clearer with your language, or people will continue to think you are wrong about this, and probably many other things when you do not convey your ideas clearly.

I think you "may" have hit the nail on the head... I read this thead in full because it was so entertaining.... it was without a doubt the most anally intensive argument where both parties were correct by the english language however as you say above 100% true... when we say a monitor can do X res WE MEAN IT CAN SHOW EACH AND EVERY PIXEL! Not use Digital UGLINESS to trick the monitor to display it by combining pixels. DUMBEST argument ever.

 

[yh125d]

Oughta clear things up