On Thu, 03 May 2001, Secret Squirrel wrote:
> Little off topic ! :(
>
> Could someone please explain the difference
> in laptop screens ? XVGA UXGA TFT etc etc,
>
> What's good and what totally sucks ? (i've
> seen some poor looking screens on budget
> Gateway 2000s, are these TFTs ?
afaik XVGA and UXGA are basically just going to tell you
what res the screen can run at. I long stopped trying to
keep up with acronyms and just looked at what it actually
says the res and colour properties are.
TFT is the technology used to make the screen. TFT is generally
"active" compared to the other type with is usually refered
to as "passive". You really really really want and active
screen.
ersonally I wouldn't buy a laptop on spec, I would want to
use it first, mainly you need to consider other things such
as size and weight, how easy the keyboard is to use, how damn
hot the thing runs etc. The specs aren't really don't compare to
actually using it.
Cheers,
Benno
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