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did I make a mistake? wsxga vs wuxga

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argoldst

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I went with the dell 6000d (15" widescreen) and am debating if I made a mistake going with the wsxga. I really want to go with the wuxga but was worried the screen was not big enough and I would have to strain to read things.

I can still make a change. What do you guys think?
 
I got the WUXGA, because the sales rep told me that it has a better pixel pitch and a faster response time or something like that, along with higher resolution. I dunno, but if you don't like the small resolution, can't you just change it down and it should okay as long as it maintains the widescreen aspect ratio?
 
Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer
I got the WUXGA, because the sales rep told me that it has a better pixel pitch and a faster response time or something like that, along with higher resolution. I dunno, but if you don't like the small resolution, can't you just change it down and it should okay as long as it maintains the widescreen aspect ratio?
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Running at a resolution other then the native on an LCD is doable. But it will look more blocky and whatnot since it won't be a one to one pixel match.
 
From my personal experience, I don't like running lcd's in their non native res. The quality to me is usually not as sharp and I would prefer to stay in one resolution.

It was posts like the one below that scared me away from the wuxga.


THE POST FROM ANOTHER SITE WAS (from someone else obvsiouly)

i have the 6000d and got it for the exact reason you did, web design and etc... let me say i have the sxga model and even the sxga resolution is too small, i have to bump everything down to 1200 res, then its a little blurry but still workable. also the screen does not have a uniform backlight, probably just mine but i doubt it, if you goto best buy you will see almost all the screens are non uniform, except for the sonys for some reason.. Am planning to return it as it is not that comfortable for webdesign because of the very high resolution and bad upscaling, well not that bad but id rather have a lower native resolution laptop.

As for gaming it is superb, the machine was meant for gaming , this thing can even run bf2, low settings but it can muster up the power pretty good. But sadly i did not buy a laptop for gaming, i have a rig with a 24 inch to do that. Im planning on sendin this thing back and getting something more for my needs, im leaning toward sony because as from actually going to the store and looking at laptops, sony has the best screen and most uniform and accurate. Only downside is the price.

Not sure how the 6000d xga quality is, i would rather have that if the native resolution of the xga was as sharp as the sxga. I also have learned a lesson, dont buy laptops online if you care about the screen, dell really needs a store where you can actually look at the computers.
 
The Dell kiosks in the mall usually have an Inspirion 6000 with a WSXGA+ (1680x1050) screen. You'll probably be more than satisfied with the resolution. The DPI of WUXGA on a 15.4" laptop is almost insane. That resolution is usually only available on LCD screens larger than 20".

WXGA (1280x768) on a 12.1" widescreen laptop = 123.4 DPI
WXGA (1280x768) on a 14" widescreen laptop = 106.6 DPI
WXGA (1280x768) on a 15.4" widescreen laptop = 96.9 DPI

WSXGA+ (1680x1050) on a 15.4" widescreen laptop = 128.6 DPI
WSXGA+ (1680x1050) on a 17" widescreen laptop = 116.5 DPI

WUXGA (1920x1200) on a 15.4" widescreen laptop = 147.0 DPI
WUXGA (1920x1200) on a 17" widescreen laptop = 133.2 DPI

SXGA (1280x1024) on a 17" LCD = 96.4 DPI

UXGA (1600x1200) on a 21" CRT = 100.0 DPI
QXGA (2048x1536) on a 21" CRT = 128.0 DPI

QXGA (2048x1536) on a 19" CRT = 142.2 DPI

Most people with good vision are comfortable in the 100 DPI range on a desktop. People sit closer to laptops, but not that much closer. Going over 130 DPI is a really bad idea unless you know you're going to like it. Even if you adjust your font sizes, there are still some dialog boxes that will be very hard to read, and overall it will hurt performance a little since your desktop takes more memory and the video has to do more work.

2048x1536 on a 19" CRT is only 142 DPI, and nobody uses that resolution, but it's still not as high as the 147 DPI you'd get running WUXGA on a 15.4" laptop.

A screen upgrade isn't like a memory upgrade. You shouldn't get the highest resolution "just in case." Use the laptop and decide what you want. The fact that there are usually no display models in 1680x1200 (even the 17" ones) makes it difficult to make a decision, but that should give you a hint that the resolution is just a little too ridiculous for most people.
 
Having a WUXGA 15.4" screen on my laptop, I wish I went the WSXGA route. WUXGA, while it's great for development and other things is just too hard on my eyes.
 
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