Screen Res has been a bug bear of mine too:. In the past yoiu could get decent res:- 1280x1024 or above and quite commonly 1600x1200 and at 2ms response times. However it seems that some idiot somewhere decided that we only watch videos on our computers so we only need 1920x1080 at 5ms response times, and for crappy lappies only 1366x768. Its woefully pitiful especially considering that some MS Windows configuration windows often have the OK and cancel buttons below the bottom of the screen and you have to tab to them and hope you know which one you selected. This is even worse in linux for some reason. OK I digress - the point is why are they bringing out screens that even MS Windows doesnt support?. "Corporate" or portrait monitors do support higher resolutions, but at a significantly higher cost and will eventually price themselves out of the market. I would love to see a 1920 x 1200 x 2 ms reasonably priced screen - good for games and good to watch videos with some room at bottom of screen for other items etc. Its possible that the gamers that used to drive computer improvements have been undermined by the general dweeb population who dont know any better. Its also possible that it is the thin end of the wedge encouraging us to move to tablets and phones with higher resolutions (if impossible to see the older you get) sorry for the rant, but maybe food for further discussion Murray On Monday 27 May 2013 19:04:06 Andrew McGlashan wrote:
On 27/05/2013 5:27 PM, Russell Coker wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013, Roger <arelem@bigpond.com> wrote: About 12 years ago IBM stopped selling Thinkpads with 1280*1024 screens, they went back to 1024*768 as the maximum resolution for just over a year. I presume that was because the yield on 1280*1024 screens wasn't high enough to support good profit margins at prices that customers were prepared to pay. I get sick of seeing cheap laptops with 1366x768 screens, the minimum I want to see is FHD at 1920x1080 .... anything less, then I'm not interested, especially when the screen is 15.6" or larger.
Today I see many 1920x1080 monitors (not attached to laptops) that are no good for other reasons -- poor viewing angles, poor brightness, not enough contrast.
However, the mobile phone screens are way up there with the best, why can't we have decent screens on ALL laptops and 22-24" screens.... ?