19" LCD @ 1024x768 or 20" LCD @ 1280x1024 ?

[john]

Are there any LCDs available that can display natively 1024x768 at 19"
or 1280x1024 at 20" ??

My father has terrible vision and he runs his 19" CRT at 800x600
because "anything else is too small".

Jacking with the DPI and fonts might help, but keep in mind he has
already done this with his current setup..

I really think 1280x1024 on a 19" and 1600x1200 on a 20" will be too
small even with larger fonts(without messing up applications/web
pages).

Is it true we could do a 1600x1200 LCD and run cleanly at 800x600?

Thanks

 

[DaveW]

The short answer is, No, those LCD sizes are NOT made in those resolutions.
However, if he is using XP then he can select to increase the standard
sizes of the icons and the fonts very easily. So he should have no problem.

 

[john]

Well like I said he already messes with the font sizes at 800x600 on a
19" CRT, so if he needs them big in that case he'll need em bigger at
1280x1024 on a 19" LCD.

Technology certainly is not geriatric friendly unless it means making
money(i.e. medical technology)..

oh well I may just get a 20" and try a 1600x1200 native screen running
at 800x600, or maybe get an LCD TV that runs at lower resolution...

 

[chrisv]

Are there any LCDs available that can display natively 1024x768 at 19"
or 1280x1024 at 20" ??

My father has terrible vision and he runs his 19" CRT at 800x600
because "anything else is too small".

You can still buy 21" CRT's. They'll run any resolution just fine.
Buy now before they are gone.

Jacking with the DPI and fonts might help, but keep in mind he has
already done this with his current setup..

I really think 1280x1024 on a 19" and 1600x1200 on a 20" will be too
small even with larger fonts(without messing up applications/web
pages).

Is it true we could do a 1600x1200 LCD and run cleanly at 800x600?

It's doesn't work as well as you'd think. The monitors aren't "smart
enough" to know that 800x600 is perfect if they just use a block of
four cells to display each pixel, so they just interpolate the image
like any other non-native input.

 

[J. Clarke]

Well like I said he already messes with the font sizes at 800x600 on a
19" CRT, so if he needs them big in that case he'll need em bigger at
1280x1024 on a 19" LCD.

Technology certainly is not geriatric friendly unless it means making
money(i.e. medical technology)..

oh well I may just get a 20" and try a 1600x1200 native screen running
at 800x600, or maybe get an LCD TV that runs at lower resolution...

800x600 works fine on a 1600x1200 display with four physical pixels per
logical pixel.

You might want to try a Matrox board with the older drivers--they allow for
a window into a larger desktop that pans as you move the mouse pointer to
the edge of the screen, and zoom between three or more resolutions with a
single keystroke. Unfortunately that capability has been removed from the
latest drivers.

There's also software that provides the same capability on any video board,
but the varieties that work well are not cheap.