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Can you help me find a 24inch LCD @ 1600x900?

Oct 5, 2012 2:48 PM

I know this is somewhat of an uncommon resolution for an LCD at this size (usually they are 1920x1080), but 1600x900 is what the display on my laptop does natively and I'd like to find a larger (ie, 24") LCD that will do the exact same resolution.

What I keep finding from the 1920x1080 LCDs is that they'll do 1440x900, which my current 24 inch LCD (Samsung SyncMaster 2433BW) does.

I find 1600x900 a common maximum resolution for 20 inch LCDs, but I haven't found a 24 inch yet that supports it at all.

And yes, my laptop will do different resolutions between the regular display and the external. It would, however, make my setup just a little simpler if I had a display that had the same resolution.

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I think it would be good to note that there is a difference between "recommended resolution" and "supported resolution".

Once you hit 24" it's going to recommend to you that you use 1920x1080; however, that doesn't mean that it will not support a different resolution (i.e. 1600x900).

On my 22" displays at work the recommended resolution is 1680x1080; however, I can still set it to 1600x900.

I have 23" displays at home, I can double-check those if you like -- I don't have a 24" that I can check easily, though it should be the same.

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@sgrman05: For some reason, 1600x900 is not commonly supported at all for 24" LCDs. As I mentioned in my initial post, my Samsung LCD supports 1440x900 but not 1600x900; it will do 1600x1200 and its optimal is 1920x1200.

I do see that a lot of 20" monitors do 1600x900. That would be a bit of a step down in terms of actual screen real estate though since I'm using a 24" at the moment.

I did check the viewsonic 24" listed on Best Buy (it wasn't easy to get the PDF with the complete specs from viewsonic.com) and found it does not do 1600x900. Similarly I saw a Samsung on Staples at the same physical size and it doesn't do it either.

Although a 23" would be acceptable. I hadn't tried looking at those yet.

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