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Geek Culture / screen res

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Inspire
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2009 20:45
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Quote: "1920x1200 on both pc and mac1920x1200 on both pc and mac"


Same here.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2009 21:10
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My computer: 1024x768 32 bit

My wife's computer: 1024x768 16 bit

Computer at work: 1024x768 32 bit

My MP4 watch: 160x128 24 bit


Apparently I like 1024x768.

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da power pwnerer
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2009 22:13
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1400x1050

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Mahoney
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2009 22:59
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Quote: "Why 16:10 and not 8:5?"


It is referred to as 16:10 to make its relationship to 16:9 clearer.

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Clbembry
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Posted: 4th Aug 2009 00:01
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Is my 16:9 resolution not normal?

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Mahoney
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Posted: 4th Aug 2009 02:07
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Quote: "Is my 16:9 resolution not normal?"


4:3 is (or was, at least) the most common. 5:4 was extremely common with gamers for awhile (1280x1024), but I think 16:9 is becoming the most widely used.

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Aurum Knight
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Posted: 4th Aug 2009 02:13
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I've got 1440x900
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gamerboots
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Posted: 4th Aug 2009 06:49
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I find it hard to read text at higher resolutions and if a person doesn't have a huge monitor, things can get really small at the higher settings

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 4th Aug 2009 06:58
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1920 x 1080 on my main and 1680 x 1050 on my second

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Gunn3r
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2048x1152. It's a pain in the rear to find wallpaper that size... Stupid 16:9.

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Dude232
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1280 by 1024

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 6th Aug 2009 10:52 Edited at: 6th Aug 2009 10:52
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1680x1050 on 20.1'' Widescreen Dell.

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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 12:47
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here's my list...

kirk: 1440 x 900

Chekov: 1024 x 768

Server: 1024 x 768

Janeway: 1280 x 800

What I usually do with screen rez when i'm writing a game is put every rez the pc can handle into an array, and let the user pick.

Remember to scale 2d stuff using the y measurement tho to help with different aspect ratios.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 13:13
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I'm having a spot of bother with the resolution on my new system. I've kept my old screen which I know is a 1280x1024, but when I set it that high in the Display Settings the monitor goes out of range. Everything from 640x480 to 1280x960 works but not the full resolution. 60Hz across the board. I'm using 1280x960 for the moment and putting up with the blurry image... :/

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 15:08 Edited at: 7th Aug 2009 15:10
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Quote: "I'm having a spot of bother with the resolution on my new system. I've kept my old screen which I know is a 1280x1024, but when I set it that high in the Display Settings the monitor goes out of range."


Interesting. I'd never encountered problems changing display settings via Start/Control Panel/etc until yesterday when I decided to change the setting on the laptop (don't ask).

I changed it from 1280x800 to 1280x1024 and expected to see a change in screen resolution - I didn't, all that happened was the extra 224 rows of pixels were out of view which made using the simplest applications very awkward (they became visible when I moved the mouse over the edge of the screen).

Wierd. I'd always assumed that the new image would be scaled and filtered to fit the screen but apparently not.

Edit To keep this on topic, my new "Cyborg" uses 1680x1050 and my old "Dinosaur" uses 1024x768.
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 15:17
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My Eee does that too unless I use a hacked driver to scale the screen but that's so slow and unreadable I prefer scrolling.

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bond1
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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 15:23
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1920x1200

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Toasty Fresh
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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 15:57
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1680x1050

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 7th Aug 2009 21:19
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Quote: "Janeway: 1280 x 800"


I would never name my computer Janeway. Even though I love all Star Trek shows every time I watched Voyager I hoped for Janeway to die. Of course I finally got my wish on the last episode... but it was a future version of her so it was semi-disappointing.

And why no Spock computer?

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 8th Aug 2009 01:49
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What you got against Janeway?

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kaedroho
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Posted: 8th Aug 2009 02:14
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1600x1200

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mm0zct
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Posted: 8th Aug 2009 02:58
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desktop: 1920x1200 + 1280x1024 (24" + 17")
laptop: 1440x900
netbook: 1280x768 8.9" (yes that is correct, it is NOT 1024x768 or 1024x600 or 1280x800, the hp mininote 2133, i love it. excellent keyboard, excellent screen (if a little reflective) and excellent sound, also very well built.xp/lightweight linux runs like a dream on the via c7 (1.2ghz) no matter what the crap reviews say. i advise browsing with noscript, but without stupid cpu killing scripts it easily handles my browsing habits (aka lots of tabs, probably even by people here's standards))

wouldn't bother writing a dbp game for the netbook though, s3 graphics aren't up to more than quake3 really.

AMD AthlonX2 5000 black edition @2.8ghz, 2gb pc5400, AMD/ATi hd3850, creative xfi music, 24" hp widescreen 1920x1200, ECS KA3 MVP mobo
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Herakles
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Posted: 8th Aug 2009 03:24 Edited at: 8th Aug 2009 03:24
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1600 x 900

I didn't think Janeway was bad at all. The only character from Voyager I didn't like was Kes (or however her name is spelt). I loved it when she left, and when they brought in 7 of 9.

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Posted: 8th Aug 2009 04:36
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@Grog Grueslayer:
My ex-wife took Spock with her.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 8th Aug 2009 05:22 Edited at: 8th Aug 2009 05:24
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It's only because she kept missing opportunities to get the crew back home. I realize it was just a plot device to keep the show going and that is VERY good but she stuck to the Federation rules a bit too closely for my comfort 99% of the time. Every other Captain broke rules every once in a while... not her.

The coolest character on Voyager for me was the holographic doctor with Neelix a close second followed by Seven of Nine. The coolest badguy was Species 8472. Why nobody can remember that number is beyond me.

Sorry to hear you lost Spock to the Romulans.

Oh... screen res 1024x768 still.

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