Laptop Screen Resolution - Everything You Need To Know!
If you want a better understanding of what laptop screen resolution is, and how it relates to what you see on your computer, then you will want to read this article. Specifically we will talk about how different resolution displays affect what you see on the screen differently, the variety of different resolutions you can choose from, and some pros and cons about laptop screen resolution in general. After reading this article, you should have everything you need to know when it comes to choosing the right laptop screen resolution.
Screen resolution stands for the number of dots (commonly referred to as pixels) that can be displayed on the screen. If you have seen a number like 1024 x 768, now you know what it means. It simply means that 1024 pixels are displayed horizontally, and 768 pixels are displayed vertically. If you condense this into a fraction, the aspect ratio of this display is 4 to 3. For every four horizontal pixels display, three pixels are displayed vertically. This is a standard display for not only most laptop screens, but most home television screens as well.
With widescreens becoming more and more popular, you will probably encounter some odd resolutions. For example, a standard widescreen resolution is 1440 x 900. This is an aspect ratio of 16 to 10. This is a resolution that people with a home theater are more familiar with, because a home theater displays typically a 16 by 9 aspect ratio. That is why a laptop display is written as 16 to 10, instead of its reduced fraction of it 8 to 5. This means if you watch a DVD on a widescreen, while it will still be boxed in, it will be very indistinguishable.
Any laptop screen resolution can be scaled down. Because notebook screens are LCD instead of CRT monitors, their number of pixels are fixed. To scale down, these pixels are blended together to come up with the selected resolution. With the advent of new technology, screens can be blended together very well and still produce a decent quality picture. True, it it won't look quite as sharp as a screens default resolution, but it will look okay. Scaling down your laptop screen resolution is probably not something you want to do, unless you play games a lot and your resolution is a lot higher than the default resolution for the game. If your resolution does not match the game's resolution, you will get some weird looking results. In conclusion, I have given you an overview of laptop screen resolution, and provided the pros and cons of different resolutions.
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