Sometimes, the native resolution of a newly purchased monitor can make it hard to read for those who do not have 20:20 vision. And then there are those who like to see more on their monitors and have good enough eyesight to cope. I have to use reading glasses for working on the computer anyway, so I have my two 19” CRTs set for UXGA 1600 x 1200.
The table below shows the alternative resolutions which will work for the most popular aspect ratios.
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Screen type |
NTSC TV |
Standard CRT |
Standard LCD |
Wide LCD |
Wide LCD |
Wide LCD and HDTV |
Acer Aspire Eee PC |
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Aspect |
3:2 |
4:3 |
5:4 |
5:3 |
16:10 |
16:9 |
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1 |
NTSC 720 x 480 |
QVGA 320 x 240 |
SXGA 1280 x 1024 |
WVGA 800 x 400 |
WXGA 1200 x 800 |
WVGA 854 x 400 |
WVSGA 1204 x 768 |
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2 |
1152 x 768 |
VGA 640 x 480 |
QSXGA 2560 x 2048 |
WXGA 1280 x 768 |
1440 x 900 |
HD 720 1280 x 720 |
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3 |
1280 x 854 |
PAL 768 x 576 |
WSXGA+ 1600 x 1050 |
1366 x 768 |
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4 |
1440 x 960 |
SVGA 800 x 600 |
WUXGA 1920 x 1200 |
HD 1080 1920 x 1080 |
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5 |
XGA 1024 x 768 |
WQXGA 2560 x 1600 |
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6 |
1280 x 960 |
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7 |
SXGA+ 1400 x 1200 |
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8 |
UXGA 1600 x 1200 |
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9 |
QXGA 2048 x 1536 |
That was a while ago. I have a better graphic showing screen resolutions, but can’t edit it into that post.. 🙂