LCD Monitors question

[domwells]

Hi,

I have always wondered why you can get a 15" Laptop screen which will do 1600x1200 but a 15" desktop screen will only do 1024x768.

There must be a reason for this I just can't seem to find out what it is....

Anyone in the know?

Cheers.

[Feiticeira]

I havent seen a 15" laptop screen do 1600x1200, itd just be too small to use anyway

[domwells]

That was almost helpful...
Maybe the screens will only do 1480x something, but you know what I mean.
How come the same size Laptop screen has a higher native resolution?

[sllywhtboy]

I havent seen a 15" laptop screen do 1600x1200, itd just be too small to use anywaymy fiance's dell inspiron 8100 has a 1600x1200 15" lcd, powered by a gf2go.

my dell latitude d600from work has a 1400x1050 14" lcd, powered by an ati radeon mobility 9000.

they exist. i thought the same too, about the resolutions. there must not be the demand for it yet.

--slly

[Disposibleteen]

im not sure all i know is that the lcds on laptops are rated, sxga, uxga, or xga. I think uxga is the highest end lcd for a laptop, maybe sxga though, not sure

[Judaeus Apella]

They exist, they are just more expensive. I like the nice Sony models with the high res color, some of the Xerox's and Hitatchi's look pretty good too. I'd wait before investing in an LCD screen. There are several new technologies comming out within a year or so, and this will not only give customers more choice and the ability to compare more products, but it will force the technologies to compete with one another which will effect prices. Im waiting. Besides, you just cant beat CRT resolutions, especially for graphics and gaming. I LOVE my 21" Mitsubishi DiamondPro! Its great for gaming and has damn good resolution. I forget what it is exactly, but I know its pretty high and the colors are so accurate. It also has RGB, CRT, and S-Video connections in the back, and 4 USB connections in the back with 1 in the front so you can plug stuff in right under the monitor like game pads, cameras, or flashdrives. Best part is, I only paid around $450 for it. It was damaged during a move though. :) It works same as it always has, but the plastic body on the bottom left of the screen has a crack, and the screen has some small dings in the protectant layer on the screen. Doesn't matter though, cause I like to be in the dark when on the computer so I never have to look at it. :D

I actually plan to get another one some day, black this time, unless the new LCD technology comes out within the next year or two.

[shadowing]

The LCDs also usually have a lower reaction timing too. I bought the Syncmaster 172X LCD only because it had faster responses than ordinary LCDs.

When LCD manufacturers realease 8ms response LCDs, I think that is the perfect time to invest in one.

[domwells]

I have an LCD already (17" Acer one) great screen apart from its broken twice in 3 months and their customer services are rubbish!
It has 24-bit colours which most don't (I think) and a 16ms repsonse time (I have played loads of games and it's fine) BUT.... only 1280x1024 which when you are doing any coding or design work isn't enough, so it was just a technology query really.
Do higher resolution screens need to have a quicker response time to make them okay for gaming?

[madgamer]

Response time doesn't really change requirements with size. Fast is fast and slow is slow pretty much. Dell actually offers a WUXGA 15.4inch laptop monitor which is 1920 by 1200. There are companies out there that sell high rez lcd monitors (usually not small like the laptop ones though), but they tend to cost an insane ammount of money. As to why they don't sell laptop monitor resolution lcd's for the desktop at smaller sizes, I am honestly not sure. I do know that laptop screens require a special card/hook up that is expensive to replace, fairly propriatary, and massivly limits the distance the signal can travel (not a big deal on a laptop where the monitor is hooked an inch from the board, but it wouldn't work for a desktop setup). Whether that has anything at all to do with it or not is anyones guess.

[domwells]

Cheers madgamer the cable length and special card would explain it then probably.

[Judaeus Apella]

I hear there are two new LCD technologies comming out soon. The first is silicon backed LCD screens which will be much thinner and the second is carbon screens, which are at a technology show in Vegas right now. I hear the first one is coming out sometime this year, and the carbon screens are comming out next year. The carbon screens are much cheaper to manufacture, and can be used in anything and range from the size you find on digital cameras and hand held video games all the way to theater size screens. It'll be exciting to see all this stuff come out!