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I'm trying to gather some numbers for a survey and I hope you all can take the 2 seconds to vote. I'm investigating trends in screen resolutions among computer enthusiasts and gamers. Yes this survey is pretty common and can be Googled, but the numbers one would find are for the general population and not my target audience. So please participate if you will.
Step 1: Visit this site (no it isn't mine despite what half of TL may think) and find out your screen resolution..
http://whatismyscreenresolution.com/
Step 2: Cast your vote on the following poll..
Poll: Screen resolutions for 2009
(Vote): 800 x 600 or smaller (square)
(Vote): 1024 x 768 (square)
(Vote): 1280 x 1024/960/800
(Vote): 1440 x 900 (widescreen)
(Vote): 1600 x 1200 or larger (square)
Yea I did a search through the forums and found these threads..
2007: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=58690
2004: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=18236
Bonus..
Poll: Fair that SC2 has widescreen support?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Edit.. (another poll)
Poll: Surf the internet with browser maximized?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote):
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On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.
Same. This is a really common resolution so I'm not sure why it isn't in the poll.
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On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.
same....ya this should be in the pole instead of 1600 1200
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1920 x 1200. it's also not in there...
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On February 12 2009 08:03 Durak wrote:Same. This is a really common resolution so I'm not sure why it isn't in the poll.
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their adding widescreen?...
damn.. its going to start turning into who has the bigger monitor/better hardware than ability...
not that i can say much in that department 
but i just use 1280*1024 on my main monitor, cause thats the highest it gets...
but i normally drop it to 1024*768 or lower in games because of hardware.
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is awesome32269 Posts
1024 x 768 (square) I use this
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1366 x 768, not in the option
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On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.
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My super sexy gosu monitor resolution is 1920 x 1200. And yes, I do think SC2 should have Widescreen support.
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On February 12 2009 08:19 liger13 wrote:
their adding widescreen?...
No. They're adding widescreen.
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2560 x 1600.
I don't think it will make enough of a difference to justify leaving support out. =/
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1280x800 (laptop)
And yes it should be fair, I'm sure Blizzard has thought about that when creating the game and make it equal map vision for every resolution.
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1280x1024 at work on 17" LCD, But I think I use a different size at home on my CRT (maybe slightly larger/smaller)
edit- nope same resolution both places/
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1280x1024. Love this resolution ^_^
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On February 12 2009 08:21 IntoTheWow wrote:
1024 x 768 (square) I use this
Yeah
it's perfect for my photography processing
I'll probably get a bigger screen soon (currently got a 17", a 7 year old samsung CRT)
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1400x1050 @ home (non widescreen)
my laptop is 1680x1050
at work I use dual monitors each running 1920x1200
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1024 x 768 for me, otherwise things seem too small on my 19'' monitor
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On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.
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Thats a very imperfect poll. Mine is 1680x1050 widescreen and that is pretty common on the 22" screens (which are becoming more and more common)
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On February 12 2009 08:24 Theclutch wrote:
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I have a really..cruddy...small monitor so I need a higher resolution so everything fits on my screen =/ 1024x768 here running at 16bit
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On February 12 2009 07:54 Spartan wrote:Step 1: Visit this site (no it isn't mine despite what half of TL may think) and find out your screen resolution.. http://whatismyscreenresolution.com/
ROFL, who needs a website to find out their monitor resolution.
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1680x1050(widescreen) reporting in. And I don't think that using a widescreen in SCII will have a significant advantage, besides widescreen has been around for quite some time now so it only makes sense that the game should support it.
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1600x1200(x2)
4 tables fit with no overlap 
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1152 x 864
Am I weird? Not sure which one to vote for lol
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On February 12 2009 11:23 xmShake wrote:
1680 x 1050
same. :/ Most common resolution is not in the poll...
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On February 12 2009 13:13 JaySmurff wrote:
1920x1200 all the way.
QFT
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On February 12 2009 08:02 Mikilatov wrote:
1680x1050, here.
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I use 1400x1050, the highest my 15" laptop supports.
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United States4126 Posts
It's hard to find a new game nowadays that doesn't have both standard and widescreen resolutions.
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On February 12 2009 08:21 IntoTheWow wrote:
1024 x 768 (square) I use this
i use this as well... fuck my shitty monitor.
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On February 12 2009 14:34 404.Nitrogen wrote:i use this as well... fuck my shitty monitor.
i love my shitty monitor.
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1280x1024 x2 monitors
Yes I browse with a fullscreen window, but I can browse 2 at once
Yes SC2 should have widescreen support. When you buy a computer these days, they all come with widescreen monitors. Youd really be screwing with a lot of people if it wasnt supported.
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United States17042 Posts
I think that surfing the internet fullscreen is dependent on how large your monitor is. I know that when i'm at home/have a 30" monitor at my disposal, I don't use the whole screen to browse. But when i'mat school on a 19", then i need to fullscreen.
I hope that sc2 has widescreen support, but then again, i would be okay if it only had 2 resolutions: one for a 4:3, and one for widescreen. that way having better equipment doesn't help you at all.
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United States17042 Posts
On February 12 2009 13:24 Jonoman92 wrote:
x2 Getting the video card for this to work is pretty tough.
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1024 x 768 representin' yo
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1440x900
and, why would they even consider not including widescreen support?
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i have two different monitors running different res's, there should be an option for this 
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
1400x1050 on a 12" thinkpad, and 1680x1050 on 20" desktop monitor. Neither is an option -_-.
Everytime I see someone with 1280x800 on a 14-15 inch laptop or 1440x900 on 17 inch, I just wanna punch them in the face. Even 1440x900 sucks on a 14 inch laptop. I'm pretty pissed that 1400x1050 is phased out of the market.
i wouldn't be able to live with the browser maximized.
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I tend to go with the max resolution my monitors can display. 1280x800 on my laptop. 1024x768 on my PC. Fullscreen browser on my PC, windowed browser on my laptop. One of these days I'll scrap my ancient PC monitor for one that can display a massive resolution, but prolly not anytime soon. This piece of crap serves it's purpose and still doesn't have any dead pixels.... so I'll save my money and deal with its dinky max-resolution.
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1280x1024
used to be 1024x768
next up 5120x4096 or 5760x3600
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On February 12 2009 08:31 Chuiu wrote: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
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On February 12 2009 08:11 aseq wrote:
1920 x 1200. it's also not in there...
this
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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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United States32036 Posts
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 awesome32269 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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On February 13 2009 08:11 IntoTheWow wrote:
Why do you say the LCD thing? : O
Because 1280x1024 on a CRT yields a distorted resolution, since it isn't 4:3 AR.
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
whers 1400x1050
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On February 13 2009 13:46 T.O.P. wrote:Show nested quote +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... Is this all time, or is the data polled from a specific time period?
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
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1440x900 for me.
I also voted No for SC2 widescreen (even though I don't care that much since I have widescreen)
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No for browser maximized. Just annoys me...
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I find it funny that you don't include 1680x1050 widescreen, which is actually far more common than 1600x1200 regular.
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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: 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...
Ooh, thanks a lot for this.
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this might be the most boring thread in the history of the world, 1280x1024
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On May 08 2009 01:36 Clow wrote:
1680x1050
T_T
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Sanya12364 Posts
two monitors in 1600x1200.
Games play only on single screen.
Browser doesn't get maximized.
back in the CRT days, I had my monitor at 2560x1920.
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depends what you're playing. Some FPS i play with a smaller resolution because it makes aiming much easier. 1.6 and quake3 both fall into this category.
For any non FPS i play at maximum resolution that the game can support.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Are you guys blind ? Jezus fucking christ. There are like a million warnings and still manage to fail
FacePalm........
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widescreen support is not fair imho..
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