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Thank You! Free Analysis. Check Ping. Learn More about PC Matic Learn More. Go Back. The numbers in a screen resolution determine the aspect ratio. This is a term that describes the shape of the screen or the image. Their aspect ratio was , meaning the vertical and horizontal lengths of the screen were the same. Meanwhile, most filming is done in a rectangular aspect ratio, so square TVs had to cut part of the image or blackout part of the screen to make everything fit.
Both X and X are aspect ratios. They are rectangular and the horizontal is longer than the vertical by almost a ratio of The exception occurs when you use multiple screens. If you mix and match screen resolutions for a multiple display setup, having some at X and others at X will cause subtle but noticeable differences. The screens will have to make adjustments, and you will end up with small shape distortions in the images.
For many applications, these differences are small enough to not matter, but if you need high-precision image clarity or are someone who notices and is bothered by these differences, it can be a problem. The device using the screen has to send a signal to every single pixel in order to properly form an image. In other words, it takes more processing power to control a screen with more pixels.
Since a high resolution can be more demanding, you might max out the video processing resources when you push the envelope of what a computer or advice can do. In this case, a higher resolution can be a liability. You might get cleaner images, but you can sacrifice your frame rate as a cost. This is the speed at which your screen is showing you new images.
To put it in perspective, Hollywood movies are usually displayed at 60 frames per second FPS. At this frame rate, you can watch a movie in a theater, and it will look normal. If you watch that same movie on your computer and the frame rate drops to, say, 20 FPS, the video will look very choppy. That example just helps with visualization. In reality, the two functions on a computer that see frame rate problems tend to be gaming and video editing.
These push the limits of video processing pretty hard, and they can exceed those limits, which results in a dropped frame rate. When frames are dropping, one of the best solutions is to use a lower screen resolution. Since X has basically half the number of pixels, it dramatically lowers the amount of computation the computer has to do to keep up with video demand. This is the case where a lower resolution might be preferable.
Not all laptops are the same, so you might be able to find specific exceptions to the following generalizations. That said, most modern laptops are built with a native resolution of X That means they default to this resolution and are designed around it.
As you can imagine, it suggests that this is the best resolution for laptops, but we can cut a little deeper into the topic. Typically, higher resolutions are better for image quality on large screens.
A inch laptop is considered to have a large screen by industry standards. What that means is that you are unlikely to see a major difference in image quality regardless of which of these two resolutions you pick. The one situation where the resolution really matters is when you attach an external monitor to your laptop.
In that case, the higher resolution will be more noticeable with a larger screen, and most people prefer X Laptops usually default to X and run better on it. You can drop to X if you want, but in either case, you are unlikely to notice any real difference between the resolutions unless you plug a larger monitor into the laptop.
In that case, you can treat it just like any other PC, and the higher resolution is usually better. Computers have a default screen resolution, and it is usually X There are two notable exceptions—the first we just covered together. If you need to save computational power, take the lower resolution. The second exception is when X is not the default for a computer.
Older computers default to lower resolutions, and some newer resolutions are starting to default to resolutions higher than X In either case, the native resolution or default resolution will display everything at the size and shape intended by the developers. This can improve your experience. But, if you want more clarity or more DPI, then X is always going to be better than X TVs are a different story from computers. On a TF, high resolution is basically always better.
You get a sharper image and the option to play higher definition videos.
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