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Title: Screen Resolution
Post by: Fjask on December 27, 2006, 10:36:38 PM
Just curious to see what resolutions everyone is running.

I'm running 1920X1200 on my laptop. ;D
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: overlord on December 28, 2006, 01:25:42 AM
What is that...widescreen?
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: WadeJ on December 28, 2006, 09:35:40 AM
Neat idea for a post.  I'm a bit surprised by the 800x600 vote.  It that due to hardware constraints?  There are almost no web sites anymore (including this one lol) that support such a low resolution.

Overlord, that would be a native res for a wide screen laptop ;)
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: Fjask on December 28, 2006, 11:00:56 AM
Yes, my laptop is widescreen. :P  8)
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on December 28, 2006, 11:15:08 AM
I run 1600x1200 on my 21"  "workhorse PC"
I run 1080x1024 native on my 19" LCD "home PC" (new 19" LCD $99 see below for link)

and on my ThinkPad Z60m 15.4in Widescreen I run 1680x1050 LCD native
I own many many laptops and this is my only widescreen.
Most of my other laptops run 1024x768 or higher
And on the smaller side- On my 3G Cingular 8525 I run 320x240  LOL


19" JC-199D Analog Digital Flat Panel LCD Monitor $99 after rebate

www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=6732843


Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: SilverBullet on December 28, 2006, 07:36:20 PM
1024 X 768
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: GADVwow on December 28, 2006, 07:57:22 PM
Same here.  Anything finer than 1024 x 768 and it's too small for this old guy to read! :)
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on December 28, 2006, 09:39:57 PM
to me the higher the resolution the more you can have on the screen
the more room to work.
Yes it harder on the eyes  :o
it's like having a bigger desk for all your work and papers

games look awesome at 1600x1200 and higher just need a fast vid card
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: GADVwow on December 28, 2006, 10:01:50 PM
What are these games you speak of? 

Parcheesi and Monopoly and Battleship on the kitchen table are good enough for me! :)

Har har har.
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on December 28, 2006, 10:31:15 PM
Actually I really don't have the time to play any games but when I did if only for 20 minutes they looked best at 1600x1200  ho ho ho  he he he  LOL.
Yes I remember when the first Quake came out and everyone went out and paid $300 for a 3Dfx ADD-ON video accelerator it worked alongside a 2d video card.
they are now worth about $1 now and obsolete, Microsoft's Direct X, Direct 3D took over OpenGL . I'm showing my age
I even sell GeForce 4 video cards New for $14
I remember buying a 2400baud modem for $120 now I'm moving at 8-12mbps
Yes and Monopoly will never get old.
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on December 30, 2006, 03:15:48 PM
For you speed junkies
Comcast now pumping out 16mbps  Weeee.
THey are trying to compete with FIOS  (Fiber Optic to the home) which is rolling out
in some parts of my area (Berlin,Haddonfield,Cherry Hill)) with Internet and TV
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: WadeJ on December 30, 2006, 05:32:43 PM
Um, yeah.... except for areas with high populations or during peak usage hours, or when its not raining...and so on and so on.... Comcast is scared and should be.  FIOS will eventually crush them.  Coax simply can't compete.  Plus, FIOS won't degrade the way cable does if there happens to be a ton of customers on the same leg as you or if some kid decides they need to down load movies 24/7.

Btw- Isn't this a tad off topic lol
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on December 30, 2006, 07:43:42 PM
i'm posting on 320x240
yes will stay on topic.
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: WadeJ on December 30, 2006, 07:47:06 PM
LOL   thanks
btw- Am I imagining things or did 800x600 have a vote before and no longer does??
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: overlord on December 30, 2006, 07:55:12 PM
You need to go ride some coasters Wade. You are losing it....:P
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: WadeJ on December 30, 2006, 07:57:41 PM
haha  thanks... 3 more weeks and then Orlando :)  Come to think of it, maybe that is what is wrong with me lol
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: ChuckR on December 30, 2006, 08:40:25 PM
Hmm, let's see Florida in 7 and a half weeks! yay!
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: overlord on December 30, 2006, 09:02:37 PM
Lets see....Gadv in a few months...YAY!
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on December 30, 2006, 11:29:05 PM
me to
Haven't gone skiing yet this year
but going this Friday
So I'm talking rubbish 
need my downhill speed one way or another

got to love the Stratton 6 pacs
ok I will be on topic  LOL
(I bring my 1280x1024 Laptop with GPS when I travel to ski and on coaster trips) ;)
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: SilverBullet on December 30, 2006, 11:51:09 PM
Either Stratton or Florida in VT for me. :D


This topic is FARRRR off topic, no looking back now.
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: David Jr on January 02, 2007, 06:10:01 PM
Hainesport is NOT going to get fiber optic, PERIOD. they told us it would cost too much to install here. They will only put it in rich neighborhoods. >:(
Title: Re: Screen Resolution
Post by: PcMan on January 11, 2007, 03:28:28 PM
Not coaster related but it's fast:
Now we all have more TV / Internet Choices options see below:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070111/nyth103.html?.v=80

TV as You've Never Seen It Before: Verizon Launches FiOS TV in 106 New Jersey Communities
Thursday January 11, 12:00 pm ET

n New Jersey, Verizon's FiOS TV is available now to approximately 250,000 households in parts of 106 communities in Bergen, Camden, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties. The service will soon be expanded to hundreds of thousands of additional households in more than 100 additional communities. Under the state's new streamlined video franchise law, Verizon has announced plans to offer FiOS TV over its all-fiber network in more than 300 communities in the next few years.

check online at www.verizon.com/fios to see if FiOS TV is already available in their area or to request that Verizon contact them when FiOS TV is available. Consumers also can call their local Verizon sales office or 1-877-4-FIOS-TV (1-877-434-6788).