New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

UXGA vs SXGA+

post #1 of 10
3/12/03 at 4:53pm
Thread Starter 
i understand the advantages of the UXGA monitor
but are there any disadvantages too? and are there any advantages of the SXGA+ over the UXGA

my friend said that when he bought a UXGA monitor for his compaq, he found it waaay to bright and returned it for SXGA+ which he was more comfortable with.
another word about UXGA monitors is that if you reduce the resolution to like 1024 or 800 it seems pixelated cuz the pixels in the lcd are made really small to accomodate for the high 1600 resolutions.

feedback appreciated
thanks
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 10
3/12/03 at 5:07pm

Re: UXGA vs SXGA+

Quote:
Originally posted by mackol
i understand the advantages of the UXGA monitor
but are there any disadvantages too? and are there any advantages of the SXGA+ over the UXGA

my friend said that when he bought a UXGA monitor for his compaq, he found it waaay to bright and returned it for SXGA+ which he was more comfortable with.
another word about UXGA monitors is that if you reduce the resolution to like 1024 or 800 it seems pixelated cuz the pixels in the lcd are made really small to accomodate for the high 1600 resolutions.

feedback appreciated
thanks
I think you've hit on all the complaints that I have heard of... brightness (which is corrected by adjusting the gamma in the video driver applet) and high native resoloution.

While several people here run their 1600x1200's in lower resoloutions, none have really complained of the pixelizing that occurs. The UXGA in the Sagers is a great LCD by any counts, the SXGA+ is also very good, and I would recommend it to someone who absoloutely cannot use 1600x1200 and doesn't want to use 800x600 (a very nice low-rez mode for UXGA).

It's tough to describe or read about, it's like buying a television, one really needs to go and SEE them in action, and adjust each one to comfortable levels... THEN compare.

-myrkat
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 10
3/12/03 at 8:54pm
Thread Starter 
so if i were to get the uxga monitor it would only run best at 1600x1200 res?? i am more of a 1024x768 resolution guy and ocassionaly go up to 1280 to do graphic designing (especially at work since i have a 19" monitor )

what do ya think.. could someone run the 5660 at 1024 res and let me know what they thought about the quality of the screen and whether it retained its angle views etc.

thank you
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 10
3/12/03 at 8:57pm

I will

I have the 5660 UXGA (old one) unfortunately - but the 1024x768 res is beautiful. I cant really see the text going weird unless I really peer at the screen and it is very comfortable to use this resolution.

I use 1024X768 all the time - switch to 1600X1200 when I am watching a DVD or when I am using 3D Studio Max, Visual Studio etc.

very nice - the viewing angles is not affected by resolution.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 10
3/12/03 at 9:03pm
Thread Starter 
thats awesome dude. thanks a lot for your feedback. i just totally love this forum. thats why i am gonna buy from PcTorque

u get ur questions answered quick and easy and anytime
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 10
3/12/03 at 9:06pm

Most of the time

When there are peeps around all Q's are answered pretty quickly. Its when everyone is busy playing with their laptops that you might get a little bugged Maybe a couple of hours before your Q gets answered...

Hee hee

But ya - the peeps here are gold. No doubt about that. There was talk in another forum that we are all bots generated by adam to keep saying good things about these laptops - I geuss they didnt get to read the crappy things we said which were sorted out in double quick time
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 10
3/12/03 at 9:08pm
Thread Starter 
their bad i guess
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 10
3/12/03 at 9:16pm

That's ODD, gsferrari

Quote:
Originally posted by gsferrari
...switch to 1600X1200 when I am watching a DVD...
What can you possibly gain by switching to 1600x1200 when viewing a 500-line DVD video signal?

I usually watch mine full-screen, which is an overlay mode, and it's basically taking the 500 lines of resoloution and interpolating them to the native (in my case 1600x1200).

You shouldn't need to switch resolution unless you are watching in a window and want to see more screen than movie.

-myrkat
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 10
3/12/03 at 10:18pm

Actually

I have noticed that more of the screen fills out with my DVD's when I use the higher res. At lower resolutions I get clipped picture - a little off the left and right and a little off the top.

At 1600X1200 the full picture comes on the screen. I have only widescreen DVD's. I dont rescale the screen for fullscreen DVD's - only for the widescreen ones.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 10
3/13/03 at 12:02am

Re: Actually

Quote:
Originally posted by gsferrari
I have noticed that more of the screen fills out with my DVD's when I use the higher res. At lower resolutions I get clipped picture - a little off the left and right and a little off the top.

At 1600X1200 the full picture comes on the screen. I have only widescreen DVD's. I dont rescale the screen for fullscreen DVD's - only for the widescreen ones.
Interesting... perhaps there is more to the overlay technology than I originally assumed...

-myrkat
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Sager & Clevo Notebooks