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vlad321 on 06 January 2010

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.



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HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

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Vetteman94 on 06 January 2010

Well my understanding is full HD is 1080P, which would mean only 1920x1080. Dont know why you would expect an extra 120 lines



Kirameo on 06 January 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Well my understanding is full HD is 1080P, which would mean only 1920x1080. Dont know why you would expect an extra 120 lines

This. And actually it's no a bad deal =P



 

CommonMan on 06 January 2010

Weird, my crappy Dell monitor can do 1920x1200, and it's CHEAP!



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vlad321 on 06 January 2010
CommonMan said:
Weird, my crappy Dell monitor can do 1920x1200, and it's CHEAP!

I have a DELL that's also 1920x1200 and it was cheap-ish. I was looking for a matching one but apparently it's hard finding good monitors these days.



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HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

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vlad321 on 06 January 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Well my understanding is full HD is 1080P, which would mean only 1920x1080. Dont know why you would expect an extra 120 lines

Because that's the highest accepted standard. Usually full means the entire, obviously it's not the entire range of HDs if they leave out higher resolutions.



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HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

Vetteman94 on 06 January 2010
CommonMan said:
Weird, my crappy Dell monitor can do 1920x1200, and it's CHEAP!


And I believe if you were to send a 1080p signal to that monitor it would not use 60 lines from both the top and bottom.



disolitude on 06 January 2010
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.



vlad321 on 06 January 2010
Vetteman94 said:
CommonMan said:
Weird, my crappy Dell monitor can do 1920x1200, and it's CHEAP!


And I believe if you were to send a 1080p signal to that monitor it would not use 60 lines from both the top and bottom.

I don't use my monitors for watching TV or playing consoles.

Maybe they should make FULL HD TVs to be 1080, but FULL HD MONITORS to be 1200, I mean, that's a little over 10% loss of space.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

Kudistos Megistos on 06 January 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Well my understanding is full HD is 1080P, which would mean only 1920x1080. Dont know why you would expect an extra 120 lines

This.

Full HD is 1080p. That's just what the phrase means. If full HD were the highest availible customer resolution then it would be something crazy (there are plenty of 2560x1600 monitors out there, and others are much higher than that). Also, a 24-inch, 1920x1080 monitor for $150 is still great value for money.