What is happening to display resolution???

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abdul10000

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Last time I was in a market for a laptop, all 13 inch models had a screen resolution of 1366 x 768. Two years on ward and now many 13" laptops have resolution as high as 1900 x 1080!

Why are laptop manufactures putting such high resolution on a small screen?

Recently I tired using one of those laptops and it was so difficult to see icons and text. Plus pictures displayed much smaller than usual. With the standard 1366 x 768 pictures displayed at normal size comparable to all desktop screens.

Why is this and is there a solution for this, aside from reducing screen resolution which would produce blurry images?

Thanks
 
They do this because everything looks better in higher resolution. Text looks crisper, pictures more true to life, more space to work with. There's nothing bad about making the pixels smaller, in fact it's a really good thing!

Make the DPI larger if you want things to be bigger without lowering the resolution.
 
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In windows 7/8, in screen resolution settings, under where you choose your resolution, click where it says "Make text and other items larger or smaller".
 
speedyink said:
In windows 7/8, in screen resolution settings, under where you choose your resolution, click where it says "Make text and other items larger or smaller".
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Thanks I tired it, I can see the icons and text really improving, but pictures do not change. That means if you use your computer for any graphic editing (or even viewing pictures on the web) this solution will not work. You either have to work on larger pictures/graphics or try to do with the smaller preview of your original files. In both cases that is not good.

I really do not understand what computer manufactures were thinking when they introduced such high resolution screens on small screens.
 
If you really want to you can change the resolution back to 1366x768. It's a waste of screen in my opinion but you can if that is how you want to view the screen.
 
abdul10000 said:
Thanks I tired it, I can see the icons and text really improving, but pictures do not change. That means if you use your computer for any graphic editing (or even viewing pictures on the web) this solution will not work. You either have to work on larger pictures/graphics or try to do with the smaller preview of your original files. In both cases that is not good.

I really do not understand what computer manufactures were thinking when they introduced such high resolution screens on small screens.
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What's wrong with large images? The higher the resolution the image the higher the clarity. Couple that with a high resolution screen and you have pictures that you can put your face up to to look at a fine detail, and you can see that detail, not just a bunch of squares. Not to mention a beautifully clear view at a normal distance. I love my 1920x1080 16" laptop screen. If I need a closer view on the web, press ctrl + and everything including pictures gets bigger.

Either way, every image editing application I've used has a zoom function. Can't you enlarge your small pictures? I mean yeah they'll look pixelated, but they're low resolution, can't do nothing about it.
 
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speedyink said:
What's wrong with large images? The higher the resolution the image the higher the clarity. Couple that with a high resolution screen and you have pictures that you can put your face up to to look at a fine detail, and you can see that detail, not just a bunch of squares. Not to mention a beautifully clear view at a normal distance. I love my 1920x1080 16" laptop screen. If I need a closer view on the web, press ctrl + and everything including pictures gets bigger.

Either way, every image editing application I've used has a zoom function. Can't you enlarge your small pictures? I mean yeah they'll look pixelated, but they're low resolution, can't do nothing about it.
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The problem is consistency. When I design for a 13' screen running 1366 x 786 I also know that the picture will display approximately the same size for a 20" 1600 x 1200 or a 24" 1920 x 1080 screen. There is a standard followed by all manufacturers to maintain consistency. They do that by using the same pixel size. By reducing the size of pixels to cramp more resolution from a small screen they are throwing away this standard.

If I am not mistaken Apple's new Retina screens address this issue without compromising the standard. Their 13" screens run at 1280 x 800 but uses 2560 x 1600 to display that resolution, giving a more sharp picture at the same size.
 
abdul10000 said:
The problem is consistency. When I design for a 13' screen running 1366 x 786 I also know that the picture will display approximately the same size for a 20" 1600 x 1200 or a 24" 1920 x 1080 screen. There is a standard followed by all manufacturers to maintain consistency. They do that by using the same pixel size. By reducing the size of pixels to cramp more resolution from a small screen they are throwing away this standard.

If I am not mistaken Apple's new Retina screens address this issue without compromising the standard. Their 13" screens run at 1280 x 800 but uses 2560 x 1600 to display that resolution, giving a more sharp picture at the same size.
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So displays aren't allowed to get sharper? Don't get me wrong I see where you're coming from as in it's nice to have a standard, I just don't see the issue here. I can view web pages just fine on my 16" 1980x1080 screen. So what if everythings a little smaller, like I said, that's what ctrl + is for. Is it really that crucial that everything displayed on a screen is the same physical size on every screen regardless of size? It would seem to be more of a personal preference down to the user how big or small something looks on their screen.
As a matter of fact I kind of like being able to fit the same amount of information on my 16" screen as my 47" screen, no going back to my laptop and saying "DAMN I have to scroll WAY more"
 
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I don't see the issue either. At this point in tech, 1366x768 and below are just old news. The image qality and colour reproduction is just not there for it. 1080p should be a minimum in my opinion. especially above 14 inches.
 
speedyink said:
So displays aren't allowed to get sharper?
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Check out the new Retina displays, it seems they have made it sharper without sacrificing the standard. Their 13" screens run at 1280 x 800 but uses 2560 x 1600 to display that resolution, giving a more sharp picture at the same size.


speedyink said:
Don't get me wrong I see where you're coming from as in it's nice to have a standard, I just don't see the issue here. I can view web pages just fine on my 16" 1980x1080 screen. So what if everythings a little smaller, like I said, that's what ctrl + is for. Is it really that crucial that everything displayed on a screen is the same physical size on every screen regardless of size? It would seem to be more of a personal preference down to the user how big or small something looks on their screen.
As a matter of fact I kind of like being able to fit the same amount of information on my 16" screen as my 47" screen, no going back to my laptop and saying "DAMN I have to scroll WAY more"
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The standard helps manufactures and users develop a common understanding and expectations. Without one we will get all kinds of wild products.

Your 16" laptop is a small deviation from the standard, but for example, the Sony Duo 11.6" has a 1920 x 1080 resolution, how on earth can one use that?
 
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abdul10000 said:
Check out the new Retina displays, it seems they have made it sharper without sacrificing the standard. Their 13" screens run at 1280 x 800 but uses 2560 x 1600 to display that resolution, giving a more sharp picture at the same size.

The standard helps manufactures and users develop a common understanding and expectations. Without one we will get all kinds of wild products.

Your 16" laptop is a small deviation from the standard, but for example, the Sony Duo 11.6" has a 1920 x 1080 resolution, how on earth can one use that?
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I never was a fan of the way the retina macbooks doubled pixels. I know I'm not alone since there are hacks to make them run at their true density.
Not only that, but pictures on websites look pixelated and terrible next to the crisp text, because those pictures are still the original resolution but are being enlarged to imitate the 1280x800 resolution. It's not a great fix.

Trust me, it can be done. Maybe not if your far sighted, but I've never had problems with today high res displays.
 
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