Comments for Joel Kleppinger

Comment on Where are the high resolution laptop displays? by rk

rk — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:53:22 +0000

If a laptop LCD isn’t WUXGA, I simply wont even consider buying it! I had an Inspiron 8200 well past it’s prime because I couldn’t get a laptop with equal to better LCD resolution. Now I have a Thinkpad w500. Even the new w series thinkpads don’t have 1920×1200 which isn’t all that great. My cheap chinese android tablet has better pixel density than my expensive laptop has.

Comment on Christianese Dictionary by Sandy S.

Sandy S. — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:03:38 +0000

Do a word search on brother in Christ or brethren. The New Testament has quite a lot of references to it.

Comment on Honduras 2012 by Rafaela Medrano

Rafaela Medrano — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:12 +0000

Hey Joel!! LOVE THE PICTURES!!!! Thanks for sneaking around and taking all of them! haha we may have yelled at you then but we all are thankful now(cept for he one of me fixing my hair. i hate you for that one ;P ) hehe thanks!

Rafaela(epic female ninja turtle)

Comment on Honduras 2012 by Craig Hedges

Craig Hedges — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:17:45 +0000

Hey Joel,

Thanks so much for your photos. It’s great to see what other people were experiencing, and with your expert eye. I hope to post a few pictures from the remainder of my time there and will let you and everyone else know.

Thanks,
Craig

Comment on Where are the high resolution laptop displays? by Mike

Mike — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:50:55 +0000

I have an IBM bought in 2002 with a 1600×1200 resolution screen, this has been a fantastic Laptop but is well past it’s usable life.

Today, I can’t find anything without any decent resolution to replace it. When you look at the processors of 2002 vs today it’s like bear claws and stone knives vs a machine gun, but in the graphics world we have seemed to go brain dead? Why? Is it become of the dumbafacation of America with products like the Ipad, ok, granted it has a high resolution graphics display, but what can you do with it? Surf the web, watch an HD movie? Who cares!

PC professionals use keyboards and mice, create cad/cam plans, make complex spreadsheets, write detailed documents and write code. I guess laptop/tablet makes no longer care about pushing the envelope and developing high res laptop with a decent dot pitch for those of us who actually use the technology and not just play on youboob.

Comment on Where are the high resolution laptop displays? by Joe D.

Joe D. — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:53:10 +0000

Update from my comment on February 28, 2012… The “unthinkable” happened and my Sony AR 670 17″ laptop with 1920×1200 resolution broke beyond repair. I could not find any working models on ebay or craigslist. I needed something to hold me over until retina displays on mac book pros or the equivalents come out. I was pleasantly surprised by a 15.6″ HP Envy 15-3040NR I purchased. It is only 1920×1080 but the smaller screen gives me a perceived notion of a higher resolution then the larger sony it replaced. I would still prefer 1920×1200 or better but with good specs at just about $1200 this will do for now- the screen is excellent aside from some dead pixels which I will have to get HP to deal with if they don’t come back. I strongly suggest anyone needing a temporary high res PC laptop check it out- the display blows away anything else out there right now.

Comment on Where are the high resolution laptop displays? by Rich

Rich — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:33:13 +0000

It’s really a shame that the computer industry has gone 1080p crazy … when we already had an excelllect 1920×1200 WUXGA standard. I’ve had my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop for what seems nearly ten years now, and I hope it never dies … with WUXGA packed into a 15.4″ screen. Admittedly, it’s hard to read at a distance, but it’s incredibly sharp. Truth be told, I often have it connected to my 25.5″ Samsung T260HD monitor – which is yet another nearly impossible-to-get item – being 1920×1200, with a TV tuner built in. And I dread the day that this monitor dies as well. I picked up a second one a few months ago, after searching for months …

Comment on Fall 2010 Prosumer video DSLR roundup (Part 2) by nikon d3200

nikon d3200 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:20:39 +0000

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Comment on Where are the high resolution laptop displays? by Damir

Damir — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:45:21 +0000

http://blog.laptop-lcd-screen.co.uk/

Finnaly, we can expect retina laptops in 2013. My 5 years old WUXGA mobile workstations will last till then Just place new iPad and typical 17″ 1366*768 laptop side by side. Cake and shit? Satelite and smoke signals?

Comment on Where are the high resolution laptop displays? by zarko

zarko — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:15:23 +0000

Wow, a surprisingly high number of alike-thinkers! I thought you were all extinguished and that I was the last non-sheepish consumer, disgusted with glossy screens and 16:9 resolution.

LCD manufacturers jumped on the widescreen technology bandwagon so quickly because they make more money at same diagonal length: a 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen has over 10% less surface than the old 4:3 screen. Less pixels, same price, more money for them. Aside from watching new movies (the older having the 4:3 academy format, just like the iPad) or pictures and websites of snakes and funerals, there’s nothing else where 16:9 format is beneficial. The 4:3 format (or even 3:4) is much better for document reading and barely any website fully utilizes the widescreen.

Below is a link to good widescreen rant page with side to side comparison of various screen formats (see examples at the bottom of the page to which, of course, you must scroll if you are using a widescreen POS). http://activityworkshop.net/rants/widescreen.html

By the way, Samsung has recently released a number of matte screen laptops, some higher end 15.6″ LED screen with 1600×900 resolution. Of course, still widescreen, but hopefully soon there will be more options on the market.