Old fart eyesight; 1400 X 1050 vs. 1600 X 1200 ?

[Buzz]

anybody using 1400 X 1050 rez w/ their normal aspect 20" LCD instead of the more popular 1600 X 1200?

I guess it's kinda like using a 19" instead of a 17" at the same 1280 X 1024 rez to have easier to see images. 1400 X 1050 doesn't seem to be a big Mac favorite near as I can tell, so just checking for other real world adopters out there... the widescreen 1680 X 1050 seems to come in lots of sizes and flavors. I like the 5:4's and the 4:3's because they play nice when rotated. thanks,

Buzz
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[BigGuynRusty]

Anything BUT Native Resolution looks like crap on a LCD.

BGnR

[Buzz]

1400 X 1050 is native...

as noted, it's sorta the reverse equivalent of 19" vs. 17", basically a 20" 1600 X1200 w/ natively bigger pixels (same size as 19") to retain same aspect at lower rez...

[BigGuynRusty]

So what is the problem then?

BGnR

[Buzz]

potential problem is what Mac video cards support 1400 X 1050 resolution... horsepower obviously not a problem, just availability of the monitor's native 1400 X 1050 rez after hooking it up. obviously it will be on the monitor's supported rez list, but will it be available on the Mac's video side? ...not sure how the cards process not-so-standard resolutions... IOW, will it work at 1400 X 1050 on an ATI 9000, 9200, 9600 or nVidia 6600 or older GeForce2 MX? or possibly external output from laptop or iMac? If others are using this rez successfully, it significantly reduces testing :-)

[BigGuynRusty]

Did you look up the card specs?

"Not so standard"?
In what way?

BGnR

[GeneL]

Dell 2005FPW was 1280X900, just now switched to 1280X800 to see if it would work better for my, also older eyes.

Yes, it seems to.

Thanks for posting this, Buzz. I had thought about doing this for some time, but it kept slipping my "older mind."

[chas_m]

I have a 20" BenQ that uses what I call "true 20" resolution: 1680x1050 (widescreen).

Most cheap 20" monitors trick you by not having such a high native resolution: they can top out at 1280x1024, if not lower. Good for older eyes, bad for people with decent vision.

Although my eyes are changing due to middle age, I'm still comfy with the native resolutions of most monitors I see and certainly this one.

I do *not* look forward to the day when some teenager rolls his eyes at me because I can't read his 3200x2400 15" MacBook Pro xTreme.

[olnacl]

I have my Westinghouse 37" @ 1920 x 1080. Great for old eyes. The heat it throws is another issue entirely.