Screen Resolution

[Elscire]

I thought it would be reasonable to find out what resolution people are using, as this would help especially with regards to how good/bad wallpaper looks, and how large any images are going to appear for people.<br><br>I'm on 1280x1024.

[Softpaw]

I jump back and forth between 1280x1024 and 1600x1200. On a side note, I always make my own wallpaper rather than getting it from somewhere else, so perhaps my vote is irrelevant.

[Elscire]

No, it isn't =)<br>Everyone's answer is needed on this, to get a representative idea.<br>I just thought of it becuse 800x600 wallpapers are to me completely useless without editing, because it looks horrible stretched out to such an extent.<br><br>It's a problem inherent with the subject matter, of course.

[Dr. Dos]

I use 1024x768, things look a bit blurry on this old monitor if I go higher than that :\

[Zylo]

I only have a 15" monitor (from 1997) and it only goes up to 1024x768, where I keep it. I used to have it on 800x600, and when I switched to 1024x768, I though everything looked too small on the screen. Now I'm glad I have the screen space. Geez, you people have some high-res monitors. I could use a new one; mine has a few scratches.

[Dr. Doog]

maybe thats because your screen is 1024x768 pixels, DUH! i had the same problem back when i used the default, 800x600. computer programmers sure are dumb <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Elscire]

Dumb for what reason, using 800x600 as the default?<br><br>And yes, i know what you mean about initially disliking the increase to 1024, Ozymandius, I really do. Since our first computer, I have been gradually racking the resolution up over the years, and each time I increase it, i find it horribly small, until i get used to it, and it gets so I just can't live without the screen area!

[Zylo]

I got used to it fairly quickly.

[Burning Sheep Productions]

I'm using 800x600, when my computer status settles down I'll think about changing one higher.

[dobbs]

1152x768 on the laptop, but I'll vote for 1024x768 because I only have 15in monitors.

[Tavis]

My home computer is almost always set to 800*600 at 16-bit color depth and sometimes 24-bit if I'm editing images. When I view images, though, I can go as high as 1024*768 on this computer, but it flickers if I set it to true color at that res. The monitor is better than the PC's video card, unfortunately. Sometimes if I'm doing a lot of stuff, I'll lower the res so that it puts less strain on processing.<br><br>The laptop's native res is 1024*768, I think. I didn't bother trying to see if it goes any higher since that is definitely enough for my needs.

[Zaaphod]

800 by 600, because my eyesight sucks and I'm not going to make it worse by squinting at small text and pictures. 32-bit color, though, I likes color.

[Burning Sheep Productions]

I've heard that we can't even see that many colours.

[NHJ BV]

<!--QuoteBegin-Ozymandias_the_great+Jan 8 2004, 11:59 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Ozymandias_the_great @ Jan 8 2004, 11:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I only have a 15" monitor (from 1997) and it only goes up to 1024x768, where I keep it. I used to have it on 800x600, and when I switched to 1024x768, I though everything looked too small on the screen. Now I'm glad I have the screen space. Geez, you people have some high-res monitors. I could use a new one; mine has a few scratches. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> You're running 1024*768 on a 15" monitor? <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>I was running 800*600 on a 17" one...although lately I switched to 1024*768 too <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Elscire]

<!--QuoteBegin-Burning Sheep Productions+Jan 8 2004, 12:10 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Burning Sheep Productions @ Jan 8 2004, 12:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I've heard that we can't even see that many colours. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>No, I don't think that we can, though the way some images are made, with things like gradients to transparency and stuff there is a lot of colour information in it, and so if you view it in 16 bit, you can see a nasty stepped gradient where it would otherwise be smooth.<br><br>No visible difference most of the time though =)