"FULL HD" Monitors

[vlad321]

disolitude said:

vlad321 said:

So this holiday season was full of sales and what not. Nothing pissed me off more than seeing another 24" FULL HD Monitor XXXXX for $150.

Now, I'm thinking, holy shit a 1920x1200 monitor for $150! WHAT AN EFFING DEAL!

Turns out full hd means that it's just 1920x1080 at best. So what gives, that's most definitely not the best consumer resolution, so how is is HD? If that was the FULL HD then wtf is a 1920x1200 display? GODLIKE HD?

 

I hate PR and marketing.

off Wikipedia.

Code	Name	Width	Height	% of Steam users
XGA	eXtended Graphics Array	1024	768	17.17%
WXGA	Widescreen eXtended Graphics Array	1152	864	3.06%
WXGA	Widescreen eXtended Graphics Array	1280	768	0.96%
WXGA	Widescreen eXtended Graphics Array	1280	800	8.22%
SXGA	Super eXtended Graphics Array-	1280	960	2.01%
SXGA	Super eXtended Graphics Array	1280	1024	21.26%
WXGA	Widescreen eXtended Graphics Array	1366	768	1.81%
WSXGA	Widescreen Super eXtended Graphics Array	1440	900	11.44%
UXGA	Ultra eXtended Graphics Array	1600	1200	1.13%
WSXGA	Widescreen Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus	1680	1050	18.12%
HD-1080	Full High Definition	1920	1080	3.80%
WUXGA	Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array	1920	1200	5.43%
	Other			2.57%

 

I guess its called Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array...Super Turbo Third Strike.

In any case, there are even greater resolutions than that. My buddy bought a monitor that has 2000x1500 something. He is a graphcis designer or something...

I think we can safely stop at 1920x1080 as a society...lol. Time to move on to 3D, virtual reality, sex toys...resolution have been maxed out.

I'd kill for a higher than resolution than 1920x1200 but I don't think my graphics card can even handle games at those resolutions.

Those namings are hilarious. Starts of with XGA then it starts adding super, ultra, widescreen, alpha 2 Beta EXXTREME!

Also is it just me or does WUXGA sound like something you'd stick your dick in?

 

Edit: It'd prefer we stop at 1920x1200, although It'd dbe nice if larger screen sizes had larger resolutions. 1920x1080 on ur 52" is just painful to watch since you can clearly see jaggies, not so much if it's on the 32". A higher resolution for the bigger screen would alleviate the problems.