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qwertycopter   06-02-2006 at 06:10:14 PM

Well I sorta understand native resolution. It's because the LCDs have a fixed number of pixels. Other resolutions can conform properly to that number of pixels, and thus look blurry. But why isn't this the case on a CRT monitor? Cause if you look close, you can see that a CRT has a fixed number of pixels as well?

Also, why in 17/19 inch is this resolution almost always 1280x1024? My main concern is that I could get better performance out of my games at 1024x768 on a lower end card, but an LCD would require 1280X1024 to look good.

Another question, does 1280x1024 really beat 1024x768 in general (17/19 inch), or can you hardly tell the difference?

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strangestranger   06-03-2006 at 12:27:43 AM
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a crt can easily adjust how many lines vertically and horizontally it scans so it looks o.k the pixels are actually the phosphor cells i believe. however that doesn't matter as much. i'm probably wrong though.

the reason for the res of 17/19" i belive comes down to cost as it is harder to make things that small. it is possible to make smaller as laptops can have 1920 x 1200 on a 15" widescreen or something like that.

it depends on the person how much you notice it. with AA i doubt you could.

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