Sometimes, the native resolution of a newly purchased monitor can make it hard to read for those who do not have 20:20 vision. And then there are those who like to see more on their monitors and have good enough eyesight to cope. I have to use reading glasses for working on the computer anyway, so I have my two 19” CRTs set for UXGA 1600 x 1200.
The table below shows the alternative resolutions which will work for the most popular aspect ratios.
| Screen type | NTSC TV | Standard CRT | Standard LCD | Wide LCD | Wide LCD | Wide LCD and HDTV | Acer Aspire Eee PC |
| Aspect | 3:2 | 4:3 | 5:4 | 5:3 | 16:10 | 16:9 | |
| 1 | NTSC 720 x 480 | QVGA 320 x 240 | SXGA 1280 x 1024 | WVGA 800 x 400 | WXGA 1200 x 800 | WVGA 854 x 400 | WVSGA 1204 x 768 |
| 2 | 1152 x 768 | VGA 640 x 480 | QSXGA 2560 x 2048 | WXGA 1280 x 768 | 1440 x 900 | HD 720 1280 x 720 | |
| 3 | 1280 x 854 | PAL 768 x 576 | | | WSXGA+ 1600 x 1050 | 1366 x 768 | |
| 4 | 1440 x 960 | SVGA 800 x 600 | | | WUXGA 1920 x 1200 | HD 1080 1920 x 1080 | |
| 5 | | XGA 1024 x 768 | | | WQXGA 2560 x 1600 | | |
| 6 | | 1280 x 960 | | | | | |
| 7 | | SXGA+ 1400 x 1200 | | | | | |
| 8 | | UXGA 1600 x 1200 | | | | | |
| 9 | | QXGA 2048 x 1536 | | | | | |
Posted
Sat, Jul 18 2009 16:44
by
Mike Hall