Computer Monitor Screen Resolution Survey

[Lex]

PLEASE answer survey above AND list specifics as follows, it's important! (Even though this is computer related, I put the survey here for maximum exposure. I may move it after everyone has a chance here to what seems the more logical location of the computer area.)

(Note, the reason my response selections seem abbreviated and cryptic above is a 100 character response limit ton polls.) ops:

What configuration do you run? You can answer more than 1 selection if true for notebook and desktop. Please limit to PCs that you use yourself daily, not every one you have ever bought.

But I would really like to see specific numbers like this: (Brands optional)

work Dell LCD 1600 X 1200

Home Gateway LCD 23" 1024 X 730 I think it is (will check tonight)

Home Sony notebook, 1024 X 768

Daughter's PCs, doesn't matter, as I don't use them.

Paul's format below is VERY good, thanks Paul.

[P-Dub]

Uh, which monitor?

1280x1024 <-work
1680x1050 <-Primary Home
1024x768 <-Secondary monitor
1024x768 <-laptop

[Kevin P]

1024x768 <- old relic at work
1280x1024 <- home
1400x1050 <- lappy

[David Meek]

1920x1200 <- home, Dell 16:9 laptop
1280x1024 <- work, Dell flatscreen

[Vinny]

I use 27" LCD TV for primary computer monitor @ 1280 x 720
Secondary monitor EIZO L367 @ 1024 x 768
Another desktop EIZO L365 @ 1024 x 768
Toshiba Laptop 12.1 screen @ 1024 x 768

[aud19]

Work - 19" NEC CRT @1280x960
Home - 19" Sony CRT @ 1280x960

[soho54]

1024x768 - 21" CRT - Work
1024x768 - 17" LCD - Laptop
1024x768 - 19" CRT - Home Desktop
1280x720 - 50" LCD - HTPC

[gd]

Home = Work

Mac G4 tower

RasterOps (Hitachi) 21" CRT -- 1152 x 870... old, but indestructible.

Any future monitor here can only be high-res.

[Lex]

This is real helpful folks, keep those responses coming!

Doug

[dyazdani]

I only have a 17" CRT at work - 1024x768

At home - 1182x854 or something (would be higher but the wife doesn't like it)...

[jim777]

19" 1280 x 960 CRT @ work (desktop)
15" 1024 x 768 LCD @ home (laptop)

[junior77blue]

30" LCD 2560x1600
22" CRT 1600x1200
15" LCD 1280x854 (laptop)
19" CRT 1600x1200

[Burke Strickland]

I had to do some research to come up with this data. This had better be REALLY important. :>)

Work: NEC 18 inch LCD 1,280 x 1,024
Home: Gateway 21 inch LCD 1680 x 1050

[Paul H]

Home 19" LCD 1280x1024
Work 17" 1024x768

Paul

[JonMarsh]

Desktop at work: 1920 X 1200
Laptop at work: 1600 X 1200 (Lenovo T43P)

Home:
HP Laptop & Viewsonic secondary display: 1680X1050 both displays
Mac Desktop: 2560X1600 LCD
Mac Laptop: 1440X900 (without external display)

Athlon 64 desktop: 1600X1200 LCD

PC for Praxis Test: 1600X1200 LCD
PC for CLIO test: 1280X1024 LCD

[Dan B]

Home office 19" LCD 1280 x 1024

[bob4mvg]

21 CRT for Me 1280x1024
17 CRT for Wife 1024x768
15 CRT Server downstairs 1024x768

All desktop boxes.

Bob

[Lex]

Burke, sorry to have asked you to right clilck on your desktop 2 times to get this information. lol. thanks though!

I seem to detect a pattern in respondents so far. I don't expect that to change much if it continues. Anyone else?

Doug

[gross30]

1280 x 1024 dell 16:9 laptop, work
1280 x 1024 nec 19" lcd w/s, home

[Vinny]

Burke, sorry to have asked you to right clilck on your desktop 2 times to get this information. lol. thanks though!

I seem to detect a pattern in respondents so far. I don't expect that to change much if it continues. Anyone else?

Doug

After years it still haven't change from the prediction for resolution at size, eg 15"-17" @ 1024 x768 and 19"-21" @ 1280 x 1024
Even though the screen can support higher resolution, our eyes are limit to have certain eye sight that do not get better(only worse in the same individual).

People who will generally go for higher resolution for the prediction are usually doing art work on computer. I remembered some government's art related institutions were using 19" @ 1600 x 1200 while the majority stuck at 15" @ 1024 x 768 for home user(brands varies, but EIZO and the other brand which I forgot the name were one of the biggest ones)

[George Bellefontaine]

Although I can go as high as 1280 x 1024 I pretty much stick to 600 x 800 for all my computing because everything is too small for my tired old eyes at the higher rez.

[Marzen]

1280x1024 <-Primary Home
1280x1024 <-Secondary Home
1280x1024 <-Wife''s monitor
1280x1024 <-Home server
(all 19" LCD's)

[Burke Strickland]

Burke, sorry to have asked you to right clilck on your desktop 2 times to get this information. lol. thanks though!

You must work on a "help desk" somewhere. :>) In Windows XP (Home Edition) two right clicks will not get you all the way to the information you asked for even if you are already at the computer "desktop", which I seldom am. (It will require at least one more to open the "Settings" tab, not counting the key strokes or mouse clicks to get you to the desktop.)

What my comment was really about was not the "work" involved to get the information, but curiosity about the purpose behind the request (IOW, in what way are our responses "important" or "helpful"). Are you responding to a complaint about the resolution of the site's pages, or perhaps contemplating a change to the site's configuration, or are you having us help you do a research project for one of your daughter's college courses? :>) Any of those would be OK, but inquiring minds want to know. :>)

Burke

[Club1820]

Gee, took 23 posts before someone asked that question. I was wondering how long it would take. So lex, let's have it...what's the purpose of this poll?

[junior77blue]

On a mac it's 2 clicks... :P

[aud19]

Gee, took 23 posts before someone asked that question. I was wondering how long it would take. So lex, let's have it...what's the purpose of this poll?

I believe it involves cats :B

[Vinny]

On a mac it's 2 clicks... :P

3clicks on WinXP :B it may indicate something.......... :lol:

[kfr01]

Work Laptop: 1024x768 IBM T42 14"
Personal Laptop: 1024x768 IBM T42 14"
Home Desktop: 1280x1024 17" Samsung lcd

[Kevin P]

I don't think anyone uses 800x600 or less anymore.

I believe it has to do with cats too... 1024x768 is a good baseline to use when designing the site, but if it'll stretch automagically to accomodate higher resolutions that is even better.

[PewterTA]

1280x1024 @ 85Hz which is the native resolution of all my monitors.

Works good enough for me, but some times I think it is a little bit big.

[wildfire99]

Work 1: HP LCD 1900x1200
Work 2: Sammy LCD 1280x1024

Home 1: Iiyama CRT 1280x900
Home 2: Dell LCD 1600x1200

Backup: Toshiba branded CRT: 1024x768

[zorg]

1024 x 768 Work Laptop 1 on 15 inch ext LCD
1024 x 768 Laptop 2 on 14 inch screen
1280 x 1024 Home on 17 inch LCD

[Brandon B]

1152x720 on a last-of-the-G4 powerbook at work, plus an old Sony CRT (20GS or somesuch) at 1280x1024 when I am not in Japan.
800x600 on a rather old NEC CRT at home on my machine.
Also a 1280x1024 on another machine (Hyundai LCD) at home pending a 1920x1200 purchase (dell 2405 just discontinued. Crap).

BB

[David Meek]

Brandon, you'll like the widescreen - trust me.

Lex, are you collating the information and going to publish it back to us showing a resolution ranking? Hint, hint.

[fordster]

1280 x 1024 @ work on 17" LCD monitor
1280 x 800 @ home on 15.4" widescreen laptop

[David Meek]

Flip?

Darn. Wrong thread. :B

[Burke Strickland]

Flip?

I'm afraid that was a "Flop". You need to make a resolution to screen where you turn such pages, er, phrases. :>)

Burke

[Brandon B]

Brandon, you'll like the widescreen - trust me.

I do.

Costco has graciously replaced the 2405 deal with an identical price on the new 2407. But this is for my wife, so she wil be doing the liking for the time being. I will be getting a new Mac and monitor sometime later in the year, when the new towers come out.

BB

[wkhanna]

1024x768 - home - Dell LCD

1024x768 - work - 19" CRT (works well for CAD)

[JKalman]

2560 x 1600 @ home and work (both the same), I share the Apple 30 inch for my G5 and my self built PC. :T I wager I will be an outlier in this normalcy bell curve.

Oh, I'm not certain about my two laptops, but I think they are 1600 x 1200 and 1024 x 768. My wife's G3 computer I'm not sure about. My older daughter's computer I think I set to 1600 x 1200 or 1024 x 768.

[raider]

1400x1050 on my laptop and 1024x786 on my desktop.

[ShadowZA]

Home = Work

Desktop: 1 920 x 1 200 refreshing at 60Hz
Dell 2407WFP 24 inch LCD monitor

Laptop: 1 024 x 768 LCD

[jonathanb3478]

Home email/internet computer: 2560X1024 (spanning 2 1280X1024 19" LCDs)
Home gaming rig: 1600X1200 @ 85Hz (single 19" CRT)

Work: 2800X1050 (spanning 1400X1050 laptop screen and 22" CRT)

[Sonnie Parker]

Main... Laptop 1680 X 1050
Custom home built for testing... 1024 X 768
Work... Dell 1280 X 1024

I didn't think new computers would even do 800 X 600 anymore.

[Brandon B]

OK, have the 2407 now. 1920x1200. Niiiiiiiice display. On a good grayscale ramp, there is a tiny bit of perceptible banding, but for an LCD, this is a very very nice monitor.

BB