Comments on: LCD Resolution: When Bigger Is Actually Smaller http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marc E. http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-237228 Marc E. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:04:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-237228 Nice article! <br /> <br />But from the comments, I can't believe there is still people missing CRTs. I can just say GOOD RIDDANCE! <br /> <br />It was about time we got free from those heavy, bulky, energy consuming, intense electromagnetic field producing, enviornment polluting, eyestrain causing boxes. <br /> <br />The article reflected the reality in 2004, but as of january 2011, as LCD panels 5-millisecond response times are common, the ghosting problem is largely reduced for most people, even while playing games. <br /> <br />For the guys saying "just lower resolution", I think you still do not get LCD technology. If you use your LCD outside of the native resolution, it WILL GET BLURRY due to interpolation, it is just like that! <br /> <br />I think the font size problem has also improved a lot since nowadays more and more webdesigners and application developers are putting more effort into dealing with larger font sizes. I personally use a 120 dpi (125% of the normal size) and found very few software showing overlapped text or garbled graphics problems. <br /> <br />For those who are still struggling with the size of fonts while surfing the Web, even after changing their size via Properties menu, I highly recommend you using a decent browser like FireFox who lets you zoom pages quickly with CTRL+mouse wheel. <br /> <br />For those wanting an even higher accessibility while viewing webpages, I strongly suggest using the OPERA browser. <br /> <br />In Opera, in addition to going fullscreen with F11 and using the CTRL+mousewheel to zoom in, you also have a FIT WIDTH option using hotkey CTRL-F11. This will let you make your text as big as you want while zooming, in fullscreen, without having the text go out of the screen! Just try! <br /> <br />Ah, and don't forget SHIFT-G to turn off stupid page animations/side banners and silly formatting when you're at it! <br /> <br />Cheers! Nice article!

But from the comments, I can't believe there is still people missing CRTs. I can just say GOOD RIDDANCE!

It was about time we got free from those heavy, bulky, energy consuming, intense electromagnetic field producing, enviornment polluting, eyestrain causing boxes.

The article reflected the reality in 2004, but as of january 2011, as LCD panels 5-millisecond response times are common, the ghosting problem is largely reduced for most people, even while playing games.

For the guys saying "just lower resolution", I think you still do not get LCD technology. If you use your LCD outside of the native resolution, it WILL GET BLURRY due to interpolation, it is just like that!

I think the font size problem has also improved a lot since nowadays more and more webdesigners and application developers are putting more effort into dealing with larger font sizes. I personally use a 120 dpi (125% of the normal size) and found very few software showing overlapped text or garbled graphics problems.

For those who are still struggling with the size of fonts while surfing the Web, even after changing their size via Properties menu, I highly recommend you using a decent browser like FireFox who lets you zoom pages quickly with CTRL+mouse wheel.

For those wanting an even higher accessibility while viewing webpages, I strongly suggest using the OPERA browser.

In Opera, in addition to going fullscreen with F11 and using the CTRL+mousewheel to zoom in, you also have a FIT WIDTH option using hotkey CTRL-F11. This will let you make your text as big as you want while zooming, in fullscreen, without having the text go out of the screen! Just try!

Ah, and don't forget SHIFT-G to turn off stupid page animations/side banners and silly formatting when you're at it!

Cheers!

]]> By: Alex L. http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-153187 Alex L. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:14:59 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-153187 More over CRT is not a "superior" product. Maybe in invidual specs on paper its better in some ways, but in practice it falls incredibly short of LCD technology. Point in case: Plug a high def device (like Playstation 3 or BlueRay player) into an CRT TV, and set it to like 720p (not even 1080p). What happens? You can't even read letters like "i" and "l" because the TV can't even handle the HD and squiches them between other letters. You'd go blind trying to read the instructions to a sports game (or to anything) on 720p on a CRT. More over CRT is not a "superior" product. Maybe in invidual specs on paper its better in some ways, but in practice it falls incredibly short of LCD technology. Point in case: Plug a high def device (like Playstation 3 or BlueRay player) into an CRT TV, and set it to like 720p (not even 1080p). What happens? You can't even read letters like "i" and "l" because the TV can't even handle the HD and squiches them between other letters. You'd go blind trying to read the instructions to a sports game (or to anything) on 720p on a CRT.

]]> By: Alex L. http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-153186 Alex L. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:14:40 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-153186 Wow. People... seriously? I realise this article is OLD.. dinosaur old in Tech years, but people are still complaining about "too high" a resulotion? If the resolution is too high, you go to your computer properties / display settings and LOWER the resolution. Having a machine (and monitor) capable of a higher resolution means you can set it to the native resolution for films, and games, etc. If you're a granny looking to read up on pie recepies, then just DECREASE the resolution in your settings (an 2 second fix that is permanent should you wish it to be). Complaining about higher resolutions in the manner argued here is a little over-the-top. If resolutions could not be scalled down via the settings, then that would be an entirely different matter as there are issues with running applications on resultions other than the native resolution, but with computers and TVs in 2010 this is hardly the case. Wow. People… seriously? I realise this article is OLD.. dinosaur old in Tech years, but people are still complaining about "too high" a resulotion? If the resolution is too high, you go to your computer properties / display settings and LOWER the resolution. Having a machine (and monitor) capable of a higher resolution means you can set it to the native resolution for films, and games, etc. If you're a granny looking to read up on pie recepies, then just DECREASE the resolution in your settings (an 2 second fix that is permanent should you wish it to be). Complaining about higher resolutions in the manner argued here is a little over-the-top. If resolutions could not be scalled down via the settings, then that would be an entirely different matter as there are issues with running applications on resultions other than the native resolution, but with computers and TVs in 2010 this is hardly the case.

]]> By: skeptik http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-152136 skeptik Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:18:11 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-152136 Would it actually have been the consumer that determined the end of the CRT? If that is the case, I'm quite happy to be blamed for the death of such "superior" tech. I think the decision of which is better is quite subjective. <br /> <br />Without the demand & supply that came with it, LCD's would be alot more expensive & inferior to what they currently are. Seems like CRT tech really stagnated & since it couldn't keep up, was in the end ignored by most. <br /> <br />Too bad SED tech never came to fruition for the mass market since that would've brought the strengths of CRT's to thin displays :(( Would it actually have been the consumer that determined the end of the CRT? If that is the case, I'm quite happy to be blamed for the death of such "superior" tech. I think the decision of which is better is quite subjective.

Without the demand & supply that came with it, LCD's would be alot more expensive & inferior to what they currently are. Seems like CRT tech really stagnated & since it couldn't keep up, was in the end ignored by most.

Too bad SED tech never came to fruition for the mass market since that would've brought the strengths of CRT's to thin displays :((

]]> By: OahuRE.com http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-148861 OahuRE.com Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-148861 Thanks for your article. I made the exact mistake you mentioned getting a larger screen and then realizing the font was getting too small. It is also good to know that you really have to run at the optimal resolution for the monitor as I tried different resoltuions and it just did not feel right. Thanks for your article. I made the exact mistake you mentioned getting a larger screen and then realizing the font was getting too small. It is also good to know that you really have to run at the optimal resolution for the monitor as I tried different resoltuions and it just did not feel right.

]]> By: Troubled http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-144632 Troubled Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:26:35 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-144632 The Firefox fix is cool. That will help me. <br />Here is what I think is also going on. Website designers are using smaller text these days because they are designing with monitors that have enlarged fonts. SO then the rest of us have these 6 or less pixel fonts appearing on our screens that we have to deal with. <br /> <br />j <br /> <br /> The Firefox fix is cool. That will help me.
Here is what I think is also going on. Website designers are using smaller text these days because they are designing with monitors that have enlarged fonts. SO then the rest of us have these 6 or less pixel fonts appearing on our screens that we have to deal with.

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]]> By: Manimaran http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-139392 Manimaran Tue, 25 May 2010 14:30:53 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-139392 Having bought my laptop with a higher resolution, I was wondering why the text appears small and trying all options in vain to make them appear normal! Your article gave me the proper reasoning. Hmmmm had I had a chance to read your article before I made a decision on the screen resolution......:(.<br>Well, thanks for the eyeopener... Having bought my laptop with a higher resolution, I was wondering why the text appears small and trying all options in vain to make them appear normal! Your article gave me the proper reasoning. Hmmmm had I had a chance to read your article before I made a decision on the screen resolution……:(.
Well, thanks for the eyeopener…

]]> By: Rick http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-127817 Rick Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:13:57 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-127817 This is a great article which I found after buying a new LCD. Changing the DPI Font size on WIndows helped, but not on Web Pages. Fortunately, Firefox has a great feature called Text Zoom Only accessed via the top menu View/Zoom. It increases or decreases text size with a simple Ctrl + or Ctrl -. Thanks This is a great article which I found after buying a new LCD. Changing the DPI Font size on WIndows helped, but not on Web Pages. Fortunately, Firefox has a great feature called Text Zoom Only accessed via the top menu View/Zoom. It increases or decreases text size with a simple Ctrl + or Ctrl -. Thanks

]]> By: IncidentFlux http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/lcd-resolution-when-bigger-is-actually-smaller/#comment-122604 IncidentFlux Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:58:10 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-122604 This article was published in 2004, but still holds a lot of merit and I hate LCD lobbyists for killing the CRT market.<br><br>"drawbacks to LCDs, including a slower response time, a reduced viewing angle, a higher price and the fact that they have only one optimal resolution."<br><br>All these technical problems still not completely resolved in 2010. LCDs... a much lesser inferior technology actually dumped on consumers for pure greed and profit. This article was published in 2004, but still holds a lot of merit and I hate LCD lobbyists for killing the CRT market.

“drawbacks to LCDs, including a slower response time, a reduced viewing angle, a higher price and the fact that they have only one optimal resolution.”

All these technical problems still not completely resolved in 2010. LCDs… a much lesser inferior technology actually dumped on consumers for pure greed and profit.

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