What is the difference between all the different laptop displays?

[MigAce312]

I want to get a laptop on which images look really crisp and games play well. Can someone please explain the different types of displays? Which are best for games?

 

[m1ke101]

bump cuz i want to know too...i dunno about xga uxga etc

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: m1ke101
bump cuz i want to know too...i dunno about xga uxga etc

AFAIK,
vga=640*480
svga=800*600
xga=1024*768
sxga=1280*1024
uxga=1600*1200

 

[Kingofcomputer]

you want active-matrix, not dual scan.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The difference (XGA, UXGA, etc.) is just the physical screen resolution. Unlike with CRTs, LCDs have a fixed number of pixels (for example 1024x768) and must "fake" lower resolutions by scaling up the smaller picture.

Scaling up can look pretty lousy since going 800x600 -> 1024x768 means every 1 pixel must be upscaled to 1.28 pixels, usually with some kind of antialising (forming the extra pixel by looking at the pixels around it).

Also note that a specific LCD screen size like 14.1" can have different resolutions from different manufacturers, so one might be 1024x768 and another 1280x1024. But both are still locked to that specifc resolution.

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: bgeh

Originally posted by: m1ke101
bump cuz i want to know too...i dunno about xga uxga etc

AFAIK,
vga=640*480
svga=800*600
xga=1024*768
sxga=1280*1024
uxga=1600*1200

and:

sxga+ = 1400x1050