What is 1920x1200?

Omaeka · 20 Sep 2012 at 21:24

If 1200x720 is 720p, and 1920x1080 is 1080p, is 1920x1200 1200p?

For that matter, is 1440x900 900p and so on?

Cheers.

james.miller · 20 Sep 2012 at 21:27

They are essentially that, yes.

bremen1874 · 20 Sep 2012 at 21:32

720p and 1080p are television standards that unfortunately happen to have also become common on PCs.

1920x1200 is WUXGA.
1400x900 doesn’t really have a name (as far as I know).

Omaeka · 20 Sep 2012 at 21:40

Well in terms of televisions, they are 720p and 1080p based on the height, because I think those are mainly the two resolutions within those ranges, I'm sure you can get 2160p televisions (be bloody expensive). But how could that possibly apply to monitors because there are so many different resolution monitors capable of a variety of resolutions.

Another question: are there monitors capable of displaying all aspect ratios?

monitorsgrrrrrr · 20 Sep 2012 at 21:54

Here's some nice info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

james.miller · 20 Sep 2012 at 22:00

Omaeka said:
Well in terms of televisions, they are 720p and 1080p based on the height, because I think those are mainly the two resolutions within those ranges, I'm sure you can get 2160p televisions (be bloody expensive). But how could that possibly apply to monitors because there are so many different resolution monitors capable of a variety of resolutions.

why not? 'P' just means progress scan, which every monitor is, and the number is just the vertical resolution. lcds/plasmas/oleds ect have fixed resolutions and any other resolutions that a monitor supports will be a result of software scaling.

bremen1874 · 20 Sep 2012 at 22:05

Or black bars top and bottom, and/or left and right, where the unused pixels are.

Omaeka · 21 Sep 2012 at 01:17

james.miller said:
why not? 'P' just means progress scan, which every monitor is, and the number is just the vertical resolution. lcds/plasmas/oleds ect have fixed resolutions and any other resolutions that a monitor supports will be a result of software scaling.

Then a monitor with a native of 1980x1200 isn't 1080p.

That is all I was asking with this topic, because I'm wondering how much of a plonker I'd look if somebody for example asked me my monitor resolution and I answered '1200p'.

spoffle · 21 Sep 2012 at 01:26

Why not just say what the resolution actually is? 1920x1200?

bremen1874 · 21 Sep 2012 at 01:41

If you’re talking about computers quote actual resolutions.

If you’re talking about television you can safely stick to 720p, 1080i, 1080p, etc. They’re just marketing terms that should stay in that domain.

My monitors are 1080p capable because they’ll display a 1080p input signal at its native resolution. The fact that they are actually 1920 x 1200 (16:10 vs. 16:9) is more-or-less irrelevant.

james.miller · 22 Sep 2012 at 07:33

Omaeka said:
Then a monitor with a native of 1980x1200 isn't 1080p.

No, it isn't. it's 1200p and if it has it's own scaler built it, it supports 1080p as well.

That is all I was asking with this topic, because I'm wondering how much of a plonker I'd look if somebody for example asked me my monitor resolution and I answered '1200p'.

If they don't understand why, then they are the plonker