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On February 13 2009 04:32 Puosu wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2009 08:31 Chuiu wrote:On February 12 2009 08:19 liger13 wrote:
their adding widescreen?... No. They're adding widescreen. Does this mean that the widescreen users will be able to see more than the smaller monitors or just that they see the same but differently?.. I mean, like, everything is fat as hell or? ehh ._.
Take a look at the two closely related resolutions:
1280x1024 and 1440x900
Now when you compare them...
1280x1024 = 1310720
1440x900 = 1296000
Now as you can see square resolutions show more of the screen. However widescreen shows more of the sides than the surrounding top and bottom areas so the only real difference is that you're getting a wider view of the battlefield not a larger view. And since this is Blizzard we can be sure that higher resolutions won't show more of the game.
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
1280*1024, perfect resolution!
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haha no one uses 800 600 anymore
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1680x1050, I'm surprised by how many people still use 1024 ;_;
I don't browse full screen most of the time.
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1280x800
widescreen ftw!! 
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
1280x1024 until my screen broke down last summer
1680x1050 since then, so much better!
I don't understand why 1680x1050 isn't in the poll..., since it's probably the most common desktop resolution by now (at least it was in a poll a couple of weeks ago on one of the private torrent trackers I use).
edit: I usually don't browse in full screen tho
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1920 x 1200 (widescreen). What option should I click?
P.s. - I've heard the widescreen resolutions were based off the golden ratio. Is this true?
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Complaining about widescreen in gaming is like complaining that games only come on DVD instead of CDROM
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1680x1050 widescreen on a 15.4 inch laptop
I luv it. web browser only takes up like 2/3 the screen, rest i have media player/irc/aim to the side
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United States17042 Posts
On February 13 2009 06:30 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
1920 x 1200 (widescreen). What option should I click?
P.s. - I've heard the widescreen resolutions were based off the golden ratio. Is this true?
Im pretty sure that they're based off of industry standards as well as the size the mother glass can support. 4:3 was an old old standard, and was orignally used on tube tv's. movies were 16 , which is where we see the widescreen monitors. you can probably google for a list of all the common screen dimensions/screen ratios.
Which golden ratio were you refering to?
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On February 13 2009 06:41 GHOSTCLAW wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2009 06:30 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
1920 x 1200 (widescreen). What option should I click?
P.s. - I've heard the widescreen resolutions were based off the golden ratio. Is this true? Im pretty sure that they're based off of industry standards as well as the size the mother glass can support. 4:3 was an old old standard, and was orignally used on tube tv's. movies were 16 , which is where we see the widescreen monitors. you can probably google for a list of all the common screen dimensions/screen ratios. Which golden ratio were you refering to?
~1.6180339887:1
I found what I was looking for. It's WUXGA's 16:10 aspect ratio that I was thinking of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA
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This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009:
I'm in the yellow  .
Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...
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There's a Karune Q&A session that indicates that Blizzard has worked it out so that no user will have more than a 5% screen real estate advantage over any other user in SC2. Seems satisfactory to me. Tournaments can always mandate a resolution if they want to go that far.
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1280 by 800 on my laptop and I forget on my desktop
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On February 13 2009 07:09 R1CH wrote:This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009: + Show Spoiler +I'm in the yellow . Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...
I've found that if you're into customizing or otherwise modding your desktop it's easier to do it on resolutions like 1280x1024. I don't know why this is exactly but it's easier to do what you have to do at that resolution, switch to your preferred one and make little adjustments that way.
Things like to screw up for me if i start modding my desktop at my preferred 1600x1200. In addition to that anything above 1600x1200 starts to look funny for me, so I never really go above that unless I have my second monitor hooked up. In that case I wouldn't really go above 3200x1200~~ Odd preferences I guess.
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i'm currently using 1680 (wsxga+) but thinking of dropping down to wxga+ for my next lappy to run games in native res. Does it actually matter though? I've heard stuff is suppose to look blurry on an lcd not running in native res but hell, this one can't run anything at 1680, and i've never had a problem?
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1680 X 1050 holla atcha boyyy
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1440 x 900. Makes everything look nice and sharp.
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On February 13 2009 08:07 JudgeMathis wrote:
1440 x 900. Makes everything look nice and sharp.
By 'nice and sharp' what you mean is that you're displaying the screen according to your monitors native resolution. LCD monitors have one good resolution and several crappy ones whereas CRT monitors look 'nice and sharp' at any resolution they support.
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is awesome32277 Posts
On February 13 2009 07:09 R1CH wrote:This should help you along... almost all of TL visits since Jan 01 2009: I'm in the yellow . Also it's scary to see how popular 1280x1024 is, I wonder how many people using it aren't using LCD...
Why do you say the LCD thing? : O
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