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1600 X 900 Versus 1920 X 1080 15" screen

  • 10-04-2012 11:50am
    #1
    TheIrishGrover
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    Hi folks, looking for a decent specced laptop for a friend. They have between 900 and 1100 to spend and don't want a mac. They want decent proc/RAM etc. Now, I've found a good few as you can imagine for that price range. All pretty much similar spec (i7, 6-8 gig RAM, 2 Gig dedicated graphics card etc) However some have a Blu-Ray drive but have a 1600 X 900 screen and some have a DVD drive but a 1920 X 1080 screen. They want to stick to a 15" screen max. Has anyone experience with these resolution screens on a 15 inch laptop? Is the difference in resolution noticeable on that screen size?


    Thanks for the opinions folks


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
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    Yup, 1600 x 900 is what I would consider best. I seen 1920x1080 on a 17" screen before and everything was just far too small, I imagine it would be a pain to use. Maybe changing the DPI settings would fix it but last time I tried that it didn't change the text size (this was on windows 7). So 1600x900 is great out of the box, 1920x1080 should give a crisper, sharper picture (whether you'd notice the difference is another story) but to make it usable would require tinkering. If it was me I'd take 1600x900 in a heartbeat, 1920x1080 would actually put me off a laptop.


  • #3
    TheIrishGrover
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    Cheers Almighty Cushion. That was pretty much my own thoughts aswell but, as I had only seen a Blu-Ray play on a 1920X1080 15" screen and not actual text/webpages etc, I thought I'd ask. I had already gone and ordered a 1600X900 already. While the nephew's eyesight is grand, he still would have probably lowered the rez to 1600 and, if he's going to use it at that rez he may aswell have the Blu-Ray drive to connect to his tele.


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
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    TheIrishGrover wrote: »
    Cheers Almighty Cushion. That was pretty much my own thoughts aswell but, as I had only seen a Blu-Ray play on a 1920X1080 15" screen and not actual text/webpages etc, I thought I'd ask. I had already gone and ordered a 1600X900 already. While the nephew's eyesight is grand, he still would have probably lowered the rez to 1600 and, if he's going to use it at that rez he may aswell have the Blu-Ray drive to connect to his tele.
    Running a screen at anything other than its native resolution will look horrible. You made the right decision.


  • #5
    Torqay
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Running a screen at anything other than its native resolution will look horrible.

    Not necessarily. I still have a pretty old Dell Inspiron 17" (16x10) here, some single core Centrino with a max resolution of 1920x1200. It displays 1440x900 just as clear, no difference. Can't say anything about modern laptops with 16x9 displays though.

    But of course, using a lower resolution defeats the purpose of buying a laptop with a Full HD display at a higher price. ;)


  • #6
    AlmightyCushion
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    Torqay wrote: »
    Not necessarily. I still have a pretty old Dell Inspiron 17" (16x10) here, some single core Centrino with a max resolution of 1920x1200. It displays 1440x900 just as clear, no difference. Can't say anything about modern laptops with 16x9 displays though.

    But of course, using a lower resolution defeats the purpose of buying a laptop with a Full HD display at a higher price. ;)

    I always found text just looked too blurry when not running at native res.


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