2048X1152 and why it's such a great resolution.

Almasy93

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Simple matter of web standards really.
the standard for width of websites is 960 (due to average viewable space when fullscreen at 1024 after scrollbars are taken into account)
960X2 = 1920 from there you can see that 2web page cannot be displayed side by side properly at 1920 width
now you'll note that 1024-960 = 64, that is the space for toolbars to take up.

add that twice to 1920 and you arrive at 2048, the horizontal resolution that accounts for viewing 2 webpages at once side-by-side.


Just thought i'd post this as whenever the resolution is brought up on forums i always seem to see people say its bad for 'its odd, its not a normal resolution, theres no logic, its a random number!'
the reality is its just an extension of the web standards for website widths to allow for 2 webpages displayed side-by-side.
I.E unlike 1920X1080 IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS YOU TO USE THE HORIZONTAL SCREEN SPACE :D.

i seriously can not see how anyone can logically see a downside to this resolution.
 
2048x1152 is awesome for programming too, can have 2 or 3 code pages open in Visual Studio side by side at 100% which makes life soooo much easier especially when referring to different parts of the code that are relevant to what your working on.
 
2048x1152... cant run 1920x1200.. Given a choice of 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2048x1152.. id take the 1200 any day. However having 2560x1600 on a 30" dell means I can have a hell of a lot going on with no breaks etc. So its all good :)
 
Don't like huge monitors (over 24") myself so for me 23" @ 2048x1152 is a god send, its sooo much better for programming than 1920x1200. Tho I'd take one of the other resolutions for gaming. Not to bothered by 16:9 or 16:10 1920x1080 is perfectly fine for gaming.
 
Rroff said:
Don't like huge monitors (over 24") myself so for me 23" @ 2048x1152 is a god send, its sooo much better for programming than 1920x1200. Tho I'd take one of the other resolutions for gaming. Not to bothered by 16:9 or 16:10 1920x1080 is perfectly fine for gaming.
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i'm assuming you have the dell 2309?

how is it (colour accuracy/viewing angles) wise?
 
rickh said:
i'm assuming you have the dell 2309?

how is it (colour accuracy/viewing angles) wise?
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I have the Samsung 2343BW (one of the early adopters who got the true 8bit panels - I think the recent ones use 6bit + FRC) the dells original used a glossy version of the same panel (the Samsung is matt) but no idea if they still are.

Color accuracy is reasonably good by any TN standard and a lot better than most, but isn't in the same league as a good IPS panel, viewing angles are fairly generous, a bit of brightness shift if your not fairly central but you have to go to fairly extreme angles for any real hue shift.
 
Rroff said:
I have the Samsung 2343BW (one of the early adopters who got the true 8bit panels - I think the recent ones use 6bit + FRC) the dells original used a glossy version of the same panel (the Samsung is matt) but no idea if they still are.

Color accuracy is reasonably good by any TN standard and a lot better than most, but isn't in the same league as a good IPS panel, viewing angles are fairly generous, a bit of brightness shift if your not fairly central but you have to go to fairly extreme angles for any real hue shift.
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i have the 8bit 2343bw(x)?

i was using it x 3 in eyefinity at 6400 x 1152p hehe

but im done with eyefinity so im back to one 2343

advantages are crisp pixel pitch like a small laptop monitor but on a larger screen. 5ms response means you dont notice any motion blur in fps games, on driving you can though. low input lag on this model also :)

contrast is a bit naff, but the colors a pretty accurate for TN !
 
How do I know whether my 2343bw is 8 bit or not? I'm actually looking for another one as I can't find many other 23" screens that will do 2048x1152.

I guess I could just get a 24" but they won't look right side by side will they?
 
I'm not sure if its a true test or not, but if I'm right on patches of dark colors close to black 6bit + FRC if you look really close you will see a shimmering pattern whereas a true 8bit panel shouldn't have this. Or you could look for the dithering/bands on color gradients but you'd need a known 8bit panel to compare against.
 
rickh said:
i'm assuming you have the dell 2309?

how is it (colour accuracy/viewing angles) wise?
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I've got this monitor. Absolutely love it! I felt like the 1080p Asus 3d monitor I got was a massive downgrade and missed the Dell like crazy. Colour accuracy is about as good as it gets for TN and the blacks are excellent, viewing angles are pretty typical, though probably a little better than most similar panels.

There's just something about it though, the styling, the awesome stand, the built in usb hub, mic & webcam (not that I use them all that much). I'm gonna be seriously peeved when I replace it for another 3d monitor.

Only thing is mine has an issue with the proximity sensitive touch button... it flashes on and off erratically whenever my brightness is set above 80%. It's a known issue and this is a rev4 model. I'm more than willing to put up with it though :)

Best £200 I ever spent.
 
What about the whole "running your screen at anything other than native looks crap" argument?
Also most 23/24" screens are 1920, and I didnt think you could display more than max?
So next step up is 30" or 2560, and Im not sure why youd want to scale back down, 2 web pages would still fit, youd just have some space spare
 
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