Wsxga Vs Wuxga

the Wuxga is the cousin of bigfoot from what I gather.

In another thread people have been posting that it doesnt really exist. It was supposed to come out but it failed in quality testing so it never did. some sights are actually useing old info or just holding on rumor. according to Adam from this sight Cleveo was out for a while on vacation because of the Chineese new year ,but when they get back they are going to START testing on new screens since the one that originally speced failed because of a sparkling effect it could be some time before that screen ever ships

He is talking about the 3790 me thinks

There is a pretty big difference. The difference between the WSXGA and WUXGA is comparable to the difference between SXGA and UXGA. The WUXGA will have a native resolution which makes text and icons a lot smaller - but also give you more space within the physical restrictions of the screen. I have an SXGA on my 8890 and personally, I couldn't handle a UXGA - it'd just be too small. My dad has a 5690 with UXGA and he has to set it to SXGA (1280x1024).

if you work with text often, try it out first! i cant deal with it (too small) and even in some programs you can barely make out icons or text. its a personal choice, but as i said you want to check it out first, its not for everybody.

so the uxga's only advantage is that it handles dvd picture at a higher resoltion, right?

Most DVDs actually dont use a very high resolution I think,on average, it is only about 704x480. With a standard TV, which most of the world has, you dont need higher resolution. I do think, however, that DVD makers are upping that now, but then again, only so much data can fit on a DVD.

Ohhh, I thought the higher resolution of the screen the clearer the picture.

the dvd image just gets scaled larger. It will look no different on those screens. wuxga is better for the desktop, but you need really good eyes. I have great eyes so i'd prefer wuxga.

On the other hand, it's almost impossible to run current games at full res on a wuxga so you'll either have to scale the game at a lower resolution to fit the screen (which results in significant image quality degredation) or be content with black borders. In that respect wsxga is better because many laptops can now play games at 1680x1050.

You'll also want to make sure the screen is glossy. It does have reflection issues at times, but the color looks soooo much deeper that it's worth it.

-BT

Having a higher resolution screen can make images look clearer, but also smaller. Bigtrouble's right - DVD resolutions are no where near the resolutions of our screens, so they're enlarged when watched fullscreen. They use really good motion bluring techniques which make it look a lot better when watched enlarged.

WUXGA screens are useful for people that want more screen real estate. Text, icons, window borders, etc. take up space that you may want, and with a higher res screen these things are smaller so you effectively have more room.

I work as a a visual effects artist and more screen real estate and higher resolution is very important. At work I never use a resolution lower than 1600x1200 on a monitor with a standard aspect ratio (4:3). A WUXGA screen would be the exact same pixel to screen size, but wide. Another reason that this is important is that I need to look at HD frames (1920x1080), "2K" film frames (2048x1556 or close) or higher for texture maps, matte paintings, etc. More pixels means less need to scroll the picture around to see the whole thing, and less other screen elements getting in the way and taking up space.

Although I have been a heavy gamer with consoles, I have very little (i.e. next to zero) experience playing PC games (something I intend to change heh) but as far as I know, games do not run at that high a resolution...do they? And if they do, how well?

DVD resolution is either NTSC, PAL, Secam, etc resolution or close. That is approx 704x480 or so for most formats. A DVD won't look better on a WUXGA screen. However, new formats, like the so-called Blu-Ray disc or it's main competitor HD-DVD have been in development for some time and will be released sooner or later. That said, I believe the agreed upon standard res for consumer HD will not be full HD (HD itself has many standards). Obviously future games will run at a much higher res than before (I heard a rumor that MS will release Halo 2.5 with the Xbox 2, which will basically be Halo 2 with a few enhancements, one of which being some version of HD res). So getting a WUXGA may or may not improve things immediately or at all depending on your needs.

Woah, woah, woah. You mean people actually use UML in the real world?! Get out of here! I just thought they were doing that to punish us...

On a side note, any chance of a more standard text color? Those of us with the "Classic Forums" skin can't read that at all. </needless_complaining>

That's eerie you used those exact words. "Egotistical control freak" is the exact nickname of our first OOM lecturer (she introduced us to UML and we never liked it since ).

Thanks for the tip... but I'm done with computing as soon as I finish my degree. I don't know what I want to do - just not computing

Which actually really sucks when I think about it - not having any idea what I want to do

If you can sell, you will always have a job, you will always make big money, you can leave anytime you want, and starting off, you will probably make more money than McD's. If you are up on technology, try something in IT sales.

Even if you don't want to be a salesman the rest of your life, you will find that sales, like accounting or management, is part of pretty much every job you'll have.

If you are taking the idea half seriously, let me put you over the edge with this one. Take your first sales job at a successfull dealership. It is a grinder, and there is no honor. But the training program is usually effective, and the successfull guys who have been selling for 5+ years have the tools that you can pick up after being around them a year. If you can sell half as well as the polished guys, then you can sell anything. Think of it as a community college where you can get your AA degree (assoc. arts).

Just don't do retail sales, or pure phone sales. Retail sales is order taking, and phone sales sucks worse.

Thanks dude, that's a great suggestion. I know what you mean about sales people - I know a guy that could sell you the shirt you're wearing. I'm a people person and the lack of personal interaction in computing is just a total downer. One thing I had been considering was real estate. Not necessarily just sales, cos like retail, there's often not a lot an agent can do to sell a house the customer doesn't want to buy. But I was thinking more in terms of getting some capital (somehow) and getting in the whole buy-fix-sell cycle.