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Samurai   12-09-2004 at 03:57:40 PM

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I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
that does explain them?

I'm looking for a notebook with a Pentium-M 1.8 or 2.0, 14 or 15
display, dedicated video (ATI or Nvidia, not shared video), and
kick-butt sound (Harmon Kardon, JBL, or equivalent). Any pointers?

Thanks,
samurai

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Anonymous   12-09-2004 at 03:57:41 PM
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samurai <sammer003@yahoo.ca.SPAM> writes:
> I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
> explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
> that does explain them?

This has most of them:

http://www.gen-x-pc.com/lcd3.htm

> I'm looking for a notebook with a Pentium-M 1.8 or 2.0, 14 or 15
> display, dedicated video (ATI or Nvidia, not shared video), and
> kick-butt sound (Harmon Kardon, JBL, or equivalent). Any pointers?

Some notebooks have better sound than others. The worst ones are
truly terrible, while the best ones are just really really bad. If
you want good sound, you need external speakers or headphones. You
can't get good sound from speakers small enough to fit in a notebook
computer, no matter who makes them. There is just no way around it.

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Anonymous   12-09-2004 at 04:03:38 PM
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 02:53:05 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:

> samurai <sammer003@yahoo.ca.SPAM> writes:
>> I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
>> explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
>> that does explain them?
>
> This has most of them:
>
> http://www.gen-x-pc.com/lcd3.htm

and a more complete list is here:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/howmanydots/

-p

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Anonymous   12-09-2004 at 10:07:58 PM
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VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA are all references to the size of the display, as
measured in pixels (NOT inches). For example, XGA is 1024 pixels wide x
768 pixels tall. Note, the screen physical size could still be anything
from 7 inches to 17 inches. The same resolution can be made over a very
wide range of physical sizes.

TFT refers to the internal construction of the screen, it impacts things
like brightness and contrast and viewing angle.


samurai wrote:

> I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
> explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
> that does explain them?
>
> I'm looking for a notebook with a Pentium-M 1.8 or 2.0, 14 or 15
> display, dedicated video (ATI or Nvidia, not shared video), and
> kick-butt sound (Harmon Kardon, JBL, or equivalent). Any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> samurai
>

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Dan   12-10-2004 at 03:54:44 AM
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All screens these days are TFT's (thin film transistor) As for resolution
vga 640x480
svga 800x600
xga 1024x768
sxga 1280x1024
sxga+ 1400x1050
uxga 1600x1200
And then there are the widescreen variants
wxga 1280x768
wsxga 1680x1050
wuxga 1920x1080
One other thing you should know. Some screens have a glass like finish on
them Depending on the manufacturer, it may be called brightview, xbrite,
aceview, etc.
It makes the colors more vivid. However, it also makes the screen reflect a
lot of light so there is significant glare. You may or may now like this
type of screen. You really need to go look at some for yourself.
"samurai" <sammer003@yahoo.ca.SPAM> wrote in message
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> I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
> explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
> that does explain them?
>
> I'm looking for a notebook with a Pentium-M 1.8 or 2.0, 14 or 15
> display, dedicated video (ATI or Nvidia, not shared video), and
> kick-butt sound (Harmon Kardon, JBL, or equivalent). Any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> samurai
>

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Dan   12-10-2004 at 03:55:50 AM
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Oops my bad. wuxga is 1920x1200. sorry
"samurai" <sammer003@yahoo.ca.SPAM> wrote in message
news:g38gr01o4omfj80i42v40kc4skpqo81ccj@4ax.com...
> I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
> explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
> that does explain them?
>
> I'm looking for a notebook with a Pentium-M 1.8 or 2.0, 14 or 15
> display, dedicated video (ATI or Nvidia, not shared video), and
> kick-butt sound (Harmon Kardon, JBL, or equivalent). Any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> samurai
>

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Anonymous   12-12-2004 at 05:11:47 AM
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On 09 Dec 2004 02:53:05 -0800, Paul Rubin
<http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:

>Some notebooks have better sound than others. The worst ones are
>truly terrible, while the best ones are just really really bad. If
>you want good sound, you need external speakers or headphones. You
>can't get good sound from speakers small enough to fit in a notebook
>computer, no matter who makes them. There is just no way around it.

Yes, the best .5 watt speaker in the world is still a .5 watt
speaker, and that doesn't bode well for performance. To improve
things, you need external speakers, preferably powered ones, or use
headphones. Sony laptops sound good with quality headphones, in my
experience, especially with bass boost on.
Emanuel

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Anonymous   12-12-2004 at 10:25:55 AM
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"samurai" <sammer003@yahoo.ca.SPAM> wrote in message
news:g38gr01o4omfj80i42v40kc4skpqo81ccj@4ax.com...
> I'm confused on all the laptop displays that are out there, can anyone
> explain all the current available LCD displays? Or point me to a site
> that does explain them?
>


VGA: 640 x 480
SVGA: 800 x 600
XGA: 1024 x 768
SXGA: 1280 x 1024
SXGA+: 1400 x 1050
UXGA: 1600 x 1200

These are all 4:3 except for SXGA which is 5:4.

Then there are "wide" displays, which are less
standardized. Some are 16:10, some 16:9, and
some are even fractional.

WXGA can be anything from 1024 x 600 to 1440 x 900.
WSXGA is 1680 x 1050.
WUXGA is 1920 x 1200.



dk

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