Borat_Drives_A_Scooby

Ive been looking at a new laptop for a while and ideally i want a full HD screen of minimum 17 inch and 1920 x 1200 which i believe is full HD.

As far as i`m aware and using 1920 x 1200 as an example, is that the lines of information displayed on a screen, i stand to be corrected.

Ive seen some screens on a laptop that are 18 inch and say 1920 x 1080 full HD, how can they be full HD at a lesser resolution than 1920 x 1200 ?

Here is an example of one on the link below

Qosmio X500 series - Toshiba

18.4" TruBrite® Full HD (1920 x 1080) High Brightness display


Can someone tell me if 1920 x 1080 is full HD as i was under the impression that 1920 x 1200 was full HD.

MarkGray

I've always been under the impression that 1920 x 1080 was full HD. But I could be wrong, maybe it used to be untill they brought out 1920 x 1200??

HHxx

1920x1080 is called Full HD (1080p)
1280x720 is called HD (720p)

These resolutions are called 16:9 and is what the film industry standardise on for home viewing.

The 1920x1200 comes about from the computing side of things. This resolution is common on computer screens. These are 16:10 aspect ratio. These can display Full HD with added black bars horizontally top and bottom.

The film industry uses other aspect ratio's in cinemas....

jjones

h, once a nerd always a nerd


hooooooooth

HHxx

Oiii, look here Mr Jones.. (I still don't know why you chose that username?) Anything I'm interested in and possibly want to buy, I'll try and research it to the max I'm shopping for a 1080p projector at the moment to fill a 3m wide bit of canvas. 3.4m diagonal screen