Your monitor Resolution

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Your Monitor Resolution

  • 800 by 600

    Votes: 2 3.0%

  • 1024 by 768

    Votes: 23 34.8%

  • 1152 by 864

    Votes: 7 10.6%

  • 1280 by 1024

    Votes: 29 43.9%

  • too high to mention!

    Votes: 5 7.6%
  • Total voters
    66
You might enjoy this: http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

"Standard monitors have a diagonal to width to height ratio of 5:4:3 (height/width aspect ratio = 0.75). [Thanks to Pythagoras' theorem, diagonal2 = height2 + width2; 52 = 3 2 + 42.] That means that the width is 0.8 times the diagonal and the height is 0.6 times the diagonal. Standard Windows screen resolution choices reflect this 4:3 ratio: 800x600, 1024 x768, 1152x864, 1280 x960 and 1600x1200 (pixels).

Monitors are specified by their diagonal length. Standard sizes are 14, 15, 17, 19 and 21 inches. But there's a rub: CRT manufacturers cheat in specifying the diagonal size! The use the outside dimensions of the picture tube. The opening you see is one inch less than the specified monitor dimensions. My Hitachi 19 inch monitor is 18 inches diagonally. LCD specs are more honest.

You should set your monitor's horizontal and vertical size adjustments for about 0.1 inch margins-- about as large as you can without cutting off the edges. Image sizes are shown in the table below.

You should set screen resolution for between 72 and 100 pixels per inch. If you set it for less than 72 pixels per inch, you won't be making use of your monitor's capabilities-- your image will have less detail than it should. If you set it for more than 100 dpi, you may be sending more detail than your monitor or eyes can resolve. To adjust screen resolution, right-click on the Windows wallpaper (the background outside any open windows), then click on Properties, Settings. Suggested monitor resolution settings are shown in the table below-- recommendations are in boldface (the higher resolution, 90+ ppi, is for younger eyes).

I recommend at least a 17 inch monitor and at least 1024x768 resolution. If you increase resolution and fonts are too small, you can adjust them by right-clicking on the Windows wallpaper, then clicking on Properties, Appearance. Details depend on the operating system."
 
Excellent info. Now try this with dual monitors! It rocks.

I have a couple of hulking old Dell 17" monitors - $20 each, used and without the swivel stands. They sit on foam rubber and do fine for me. Add a $50 Matrox Millenium G450 dual head video card from ebay, download the newest driver and a free booting patch for an ASUS / AMD setup, uninstall the generic driver, install the Matrox drivers using XP safe mode, reboot, set the display to both monitors and you're golden. Print too small? Readjust print size up a notch.
 
1920x1200
i have a dell 24'' widescreen. i love being able to see so many tracks at once.
 
Well what is the ideal resolution for a 17" screen?

I have been using my monitor on 1280 by 1024 for a while now. But now i just switched to 1024 by 768. the reason is because things are much more easier to see..especially when editing audio files..or when sequencing instruments.
 
studiomaster said:
Well what is the ideal resolution for a 17" screen?

I have been using my monitor on 1280 by 1024 for a while now. But now i just switched to 1024 by 768. the reason is because things are much more easier to see..especially when editing audio files..or when sequencing instruments.
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The link I gave ya says 1024x768 or 1152x864.. Of course, that's for photo and video work..

Me, personally, I need as much space as possible.. Which means I'll prolly be blind from squinting to see the small stuff..


I have two 17" lcds @ 1280x1024... And it's lovely... I just wish I woulda bought dvi capable screens... "gheY"! :mad:
 
i use a 17" lcd 1280x1024, my old 19" crt could do 1600 and it was beautiful
 
17inch CRT at 1152x864. My next plan is to get two 19inch LCD monitors. Use one for the timeline and the other for the mixer board and plugins.
 
i have a 15 inch and a 19 inch crt both set to 800x600 i see no reason to change this Im not into seeing minor details of anything I just need to see the general idea of whats happening I set my video card 100% on performance and 0 on graphic emphisis and it works well enough for me
 
1024x768 dual 17" all i even needed :)

untill i go back to Best Buy :D
 
Other detail, LCD's should always be used at their native resolution. Anything else gets interpolated.
 
dual 17" LCD monitors @ 1152x864 for home,

Mobile rig I have 2 15.4" widescreen LCD Monitors set @ 1280x768
 
I use two (2) Samsung SyncMaster 740N 17" Monitors and I'm running them both at 1280x1024 for a TOTAL resolution on both screens at 2560x1024. I run them on a Matrox G450 dual head card.
 
I've just upgraded so I'm now on 1280x1024 on my 19" and 1024x768 on my 15" (ain't dual monitors great:))
 
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