I am always curious about this one... and it would be interesting to see who uses what. I ask mostly because being a web designer, I try and make a site fit within 800 x 600 resolution, but that resolution is very low in most cases.. so I am wondering if people still use that resolution.

I listed resolutions that don't have the height dimension, but pick your resolution that is closest to the choices.

Or pick other if you don't see what is listed, and post it below.

1440x1080 and 1024x768 on my Windows "gaming" system
1152x864 on my Linux desktop
1024x768 on my laptop
176x208 on my mobile phone (I rarely surf web pages with it though :P)

On the Windows system I do not run the browser full screen though, somewhere around 900 pixels wide usually.

1400 x 1050 on my 19" CRT and 132 х 176 on my cell phone

1024x758 @ 17" CRT. If I had the money I would upgrade to 19" TFT or even CRT. :|

PS. My mom's computer had this legendary 14" IBM monitor (with superb 640x480 maximum resolution) in use until I finally dumped it two months ago (and replaced it with a cheap & used 19" monitor). That 14" IBM thing is still in safe our warehouse.

I've got 1280 x 1024 for main, 1024 x 768 for 2nd monitor.

I'm curious about these windscreen monitors, how many people use them? They seem like a gimmick to me, for laptop users wanting to watch DVD's.
They might make sense for LFS since they would give a better field of view, without useless top and bottom portions, I don't know
For working on documents, I would prefer a taller monitor to be honest. Maybe I should turn my monitor 90º ?

1024. Still got my (third) trusty 17 incher. As soon as I get some money coming in I'm getting a nice big 21" CRT while they're still available.

/me shouts "boo" at TFTs

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I've got 1280 x 1024 for main, 1024 x 768 for 2nd monitor.

I'm curious about these windscreen monitors, how many people use them? They seem like a gimmick to me, for laptop users wanting to watch DVD's.
They might make sense for LFS since they would give a better field of view, without useless top and bottom portions, I don't know
For working on documents, I would prefer a taller monitor to be honest. Maybe I should turn my monitor 90º ?

Yeah my friend has a 24" widescreen monitor, and I have to say... that for playing games that don't support the widescreen res, it looks absolutely horrible, everything is stretched. Other than games, the desktop is nice, you have TONS of space (at least this one does because it is so big). But there are some models that can rotate 90 degree and be vertical, my friend can do it, and it is just a feature your video card must have or something. But it is nice.

If you've ever seen the program called Reason, music production software, you have a simulated 'rack' that goes vertically and you always have to scroll. This monitor however, when vertical, allows your music making to be a whole lot more efficient. The resolution he uses is like 1900 x 1600 or something.

dont the gfx drivers just black out part of the screen so it still runs partly in native res?

lol my fx5200 supports 90 degree rotations .. thats like the greatest thing about it lol

im surprised people actually run higher than 1600! (lol i didnt even know of anything higher than 1600 besides uneven but.. 1900... thats crazy)

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dont the gfx drivers just black out part of the screen so it still runs partly in native res?

I've yet to see a widescreen monitor with black bars. At least widescreen tellys have the option (which nobody seems to use.... I can't stop laughing at all the fat people )

I run 1920x1440 on my primary 21" CRT and 1600x1200 on my secondary 19" CRT

since the original post was in relation to web design..

one of my all time pet annoyances is web sites/designers that insist on maximising my browser window.. i mean, seriously, .. do they really think i want to run a browser in a 1920x1440 window? illepall

CLP

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Yeah my friend has a 24" widescreen monitor, and I have to say... that for playing games that don't support the widescreen res, it looks absolutely horrible, everything is stretched. Other than games, the desktop is nice, you have TONS of space (at least this one does because it is so big). But there are some models that can rotate 90 degree and be vertical, my friend can do it, and it is just a feature your video card must have or something. But it is nice.

Thanks for the info. I was just looking at a Sony FW-900 (24" widescreen) which just so happens to have a max res that exceeds the capabilities of my video card (GF6800GT) at 2304 x 1440, and at 80 Hz, no less. I'd be forced to run at a "mere" 2048 x 1280 at 85 Hz. And it's available for about $300 USD used but in good condition. The thought of getting a massively stretched image makes me think twice, though...

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/me shouts "boo" at TFTs

Amen.

I currently run a crappy NEC 17" CRT at 1024x768 @ 85 Hz. I got it for free to replace my dying Sony 21" CRT, a GDM-500PS.

LCD's ruined all the great CRT's out there. And for what? To save a little space... I loves my radiation box.

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I run 1920x1440 on my primary 21" CRT and 1600x1200 on my secondary 19" CRT

since the original post was in relation to web design..

one of my all time pet annoyances is web sites/designers that insist on maximising my browser window.. i mean, seriously, .. do they really think i want to run a browser in a 1920x1440 window? illepall

CLP

I don't like that either, it is like my #1 not-to-do rule lol. It especially annoys me when it maximizes and when closing the browser and reopening it at any time, it has the saved maximized window for any site, really annoying.

You shouldn't get a stretched image. If you play a 2D game, then set the correct aspect ratio for resolutions different from 16:10.

Mrmmm are you talking about the widescreen displays? You DO get a stretched image if the game doesn't support it. And AFAIK, LFS doesn't support it either, just a widescreen 'effect'. To have the game resolution having true widescreen , you'd have to get more visible area on the left and right, but most games don't, they only give you options for 4:3 ratio thus stretching the game's appearance. The desktop however is fine of course.

You're right, at least you can set the image to a correct aspect ratio. :sorry:

1280x1024 on my Sony 19inch monitor, it looks pretty decent gamign at 1024x768.

I have a 15" TFT on my desktop that's native 1024x768, so that's what I use.
My laptop is also 15" and native 1024x768. I always have my brower maximized, if that helps.

1280x960 on my 19" CRT and 1280x800 on my notie

2048x1536 @ 32b
on 2 19" HP screens. So in total my desktop is 4096x1536.

who's the '1' who uses 800x ??
lol!!

1280x960 on both monitors. I could run 1280x1024, but honestly, who wants to work with non-square pixels?

Yeah, same here.

A shame most modern LCD monitors are using 1280x1024 :/

Kid's PC running their games needs to be 640x480 @ 256 colors on 15 inch CRT, OUCH.
My home PC running LFS mainly is 1024x768 @ 16 bit on 17 inch CRT.
Office PC for email, data entry, etc 1024x768 @ 16 bit on 19 inch CRT
Working PC used to run Rockwell Software to control equipment is 1280x1024 @ 16 bit on a 21 inch flatscreen CRT.

1280x960 @ 100Hz @ 21" CRT
1024x768 @ my notebook (14.1" TFT)