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Screen size and resolution question
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: maryland, USA
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I use a 17" IBM LCD set at 1280x1024 on my work machine running ProTools. I'd like to get a bit more screen area in both directions but don't what things to get smaller, I just want more screen. Will a 23" Cinema give me this? Or will it do both. make things a bit smaller and be bigger?
thanks
drew
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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Higher resolution of the Cinema Display = more space. To determine if things will be bigger or smaller, you have to do some math to find the number of pixels per inch.
On your current screen, 1280x1024=1310720 pixels total. Divide that by the physical screen area (length x height) to find pixels per square inch. Do the same for the Cinema Display.
More pixels per inch = smaller pixels = things looking smaller.
A similar situation can be seen with the 12" and 14" iBooks. Both are 1024x768, but the 12" model has to pack all those pixels into a smaller space. So, they're the same resolution, but things appear smaller (and therefore sharper) on the 12" screen.
I would say, as a guess, that the extra size of the Cinema Display would give you more space, with things looking about the same size (don't quote me on that, though).
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Dimensions of Powerbook 15.2":
width 12.64"
height 8.43"
dpi: 101
Dimensions of a standard 17":
width: 13.27"
height: 10.62"
dpi: 96
Dimensions of samsung 172W:
width 14.56"
height 8.74"
dpi: 87
Dimensions of standard 19":
width: 14.84
height: 11.869"
dpi: 86.25
Dimensions of Apple 20" 1680x1050:
width: 16.95"
height: 10.6"
dpi: 99
Dimensions of 20" 1600x1200:
width: 16"
height: 12"
dpi: 100
Dimensions of 21" 1600x1200:
width: 16.8"
height: 12.6"
dpi: 95.2
Dimensions of 23" 1920x1200:
width: 19.50"
height: 12.2"
dpi: 98
So your standard 17" is 96 dots per inch.
The 23", then, will be slightly higher dpi, i.e. 'everything be smaller'.
If you're dead set against higher dpi, then buy a 21", 1600x1200 screen, such as the Samsung 213T.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: maryland, USA
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well, it seems that going from 96 to 98 wouldn't be that much of a jump. thanks much for the responses.
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