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Optimum Screen Resolution Settings
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If you believe that your Notebook or Desktop Computer comes factory-fitted with the best Monitor Screen Resolution, think again. For, your Screen Resolution is your personal choice. Moreover, it is a fact that people change their Computer's screen resolution - temporarily or permanently, for one reason or the other. Some of the reasons why you might want to change your screen resolution are;
With Computers, you can always revert to your earlier choice, without having to reformat your Hard Drive and re-install all applications, mercifully! Ease of viewing Computer Screens depends on the following:
Currently, the largest number of Monitors (both CRT and LCD put together) have
the 15" size. For a 15" Monitor, a screen size of 1024 x 768 would suit most
users. However, there is no single screen resolution that fits every user, every
screen size and every Graphical Processing Unit. Hence, the best way to find out
the settings that suit you best, we recommend you experiment with the settings,
checking the most likely ones. Screen Resolution is expressed in Pixels. Each of the dimensions - Length and
Breadth - are assigned Pixels. The higher the number of Pixels, the smaller will
be the text and image sizes. However, since the size of the displayed text and
images are smaller, more text and images can fit into the same screen size. Here
are some typical Screen Resolutions:
640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 960
All these are screen resolutions that are found in the older Square screens.
Note that the ratio of Breadth to Depth is 4:3 in all the above cases. The
Breadth to Depth ratio is called Aspect Ratio You would also have come across Wide Screen Computers. These have different
Aspect Ratios, like 16:9 and 16:10. There are different technologies at play
here, with each having a different name, depending on the Aspect Ratio. Here are
some of these technologies, along with their Screen Resolutions, Aspect Ratios
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Terminology |
Screen Resolution |
Aspect Ratio |
Technology | |
WXGA |
1280 |
768 |
5:3 |
Wide Extended Graphics Array |
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1280 |
800 |
16:10 | ||
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1366 |
768 |
16:9 (approx) | ||
WXGA+ |
1280 |
854 |
3:2 (approx) |
Wide Extended Graphics Array Plus |
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1440 |
900 |
16:10 | ||
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1440 |
960 |
3:2 | ||
WSXGA |
1600 |
900 |
16:9 |
Wide Super Extended Graphics Array |
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1600 |
1024 |
16:10 | ||
WSXGA+ |
1680 |
1050 |
16:10 |
Wide Super Extended Graphics Array Plus |
WUXGA |
1920 |
1200 |
16:10 |
Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array |
WQXGA |
2560 |
1600 |
16:10 |
Wide Quad Extended Graphics Array |
WQUXGA |
3840 |
2400 |
16:10 |
Wide Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array |
Although your Computer may be able to display very high resolutions, the display may prove to be too small for you to view comfortably - and view comfortably for long periods of time. On the other hand, too small a resolution (meaning, larger size of text) is not recommended either: to view a page, you will need to scroll that much more, be it a web page, Word document, Spreadsheet, whatever... Here is a link that tracks Browser Resolutions and Screen Color Settings on a yearly basis. It is difficult to capture the screen resolution or color settings used by a Computer user while he/ she is working on, say, a Word processor, but relatively easy to do these while the user is browsing. Moreover, it is unusual for any user to change screen resolution or the color settings for browsing alone. Therefore, these statistics apply very well to to Screen Resolution and Color Settings trends worldwide. Here is the link that tracks Screen Resolution and Color Settings on a yearly basis: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp To experiment with your Screen Resolution settings and arrive at the optimal one, follow the steps outlined below:
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