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Wxga, Wsxga+, Wuxga

post #1 of 9
6/8/04 at 9:08pm
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Hi - just a quick question.

I got my 3rd replacement laptop - still the Hitachi screen and it still looks like first gen hitachi screen. So, I'm now returning 3 laptops.

The question that I have is this.
Are there any Hitachi/Samsung problems with the WXGA and/or the WUXGA? I'm leaning to go towards the WUXGA due to the fact that more screen real estate is always a good thing.

Also, if I do the WUXGA, and I put the screen at 125% (I think the icon size and such) will it look 'comparable' to WSXGA+?

Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
Dave.
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post #2 of 9
6/8/04 at 9:58pm
Thread Starter 
Edit for above -

I was looking around the forums and I couldn't find any.
Are there any screen examples of the WXGA and the WUXGA? I'm just curious how different it will be before I order.

Thanks (again)
Dave.
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post #3 of 9
6/9/04 at 1:30am
The WUXGA is not that bad. there is a little bit of difference between it and the WSXGA but it's not that bad.

If you have problems with it, you CAN turn up the DPI to 120 instead of 96 and the fonts are much larger, it is like you are using windows with a lower resolution screen with a few differences.

With XP theyve really tried to make it so you avoid the problem with the buttons and fonts not being visible in higher DPI settings, but it still happens occasionally. I would actually use the 120 dpi setting if I had issues reading the WUXGA screen. (I don't, and i thought I would. But the text is really very clear at 1920x1200).

If the prices were the same, I would get a WUXGA screen - they're really nice, actually. And there are no Hitachi-style problems with either WXGA or WUXGA.
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post #4 of 9
6/9/04 at 2:07am

which is better?

wsxga+ or the wuxga?
the wuxga is more expensive..what is the diff? thanks..t
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post #5 of 9
6/9/04 at 3:55am
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Originally Posted by timc
wsxga+ or the wuxga?
the wuxga is more expensive..what is the diff? thanks..t
There is no "better" It is all personal preference. The specs between WSXGA and WUXGA are identical, they have the same response time, contrast ratio and viewing angles, etc. However the difference is in the maximum native resolution. The higher the resolution the more that fits on screen, but the smaller the icons and text.
WSXGA: 1680 x 1050 pixels
WUXGA: 1920 x 1200 pixels
As I said, its personal preference which you prefer. I actually like the WSXGA the most, I had the WUXGA on my old i8500 but found it too much of a strain on the eyes, and increasing DPI caused problems in some of the programs I had to use. So for my new i8600 lappy I chose the WSXGA whic I now think is the perfect size for me much preferred over the WUXGA.

DaveyDave: Look on the Dell Photo Gallery board, there are some pics of various resolutions in threads there.

stu
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post #6 of 9
6/9/04 at 4:30am

hi Stu

And thanks..

I guess what I was asking is that I had read a post that said that with wuxga the native is 1900x...and the lower from the native you went with wuxga you lost crispness and sharpness....
I use 1024x and was just wondering which one then would I lose the less crispness and sharpness.thanks.t
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post #7 of 9
6/9/04 at 8:36am
Thread Starter 
Very kool - thanks guys.

I just wanted to make sure that there was none of the samsung/hitachi headaches for the 'other 2' resolutions and from these responses (plus others on the forums) that seems to be the case.

I'll check out the forum galleries (can't believe that I missed that - duh!)


Dave.
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post #8 of 9
6/9/04 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by timc
And thanks..

I guess what I was asking is that I had read a post that said that with wuxga the native is 1900x...and the lower from the native you went with wuxga you lost crispness and sharpness....
I use 1024x and was just wondering which one then would I lose the less crispness and sharpness.thanks.t
If you lowered the resolution on a WUXGA from its native, then it would not look as clear and crisp, this is a limitation of LCD technology. I could give you the whole speil that has been seen several time here if you wish....

But basically, say the WUXGA is running at 1280 x 800 (the WXGA resolution), it will not looks as clear as the WXGA running that same resolution because that is its native.... Basically, if you are used to and only want the lower resolutions such as 1024 x 768, then your best bet is the WXGA desplay as it is the closest to this size.

stu
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post #9 of 9
6/9/04 at 1:31pm
timc:

For more info on resolutions and sizes, see Tommi's site

http://www.hut.fi/~tgustafs/screensize.html
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