On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Prabhakar Reddy Gudla Venkata Siva wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have a rather "dumb" question. Searched the web for some info but
> couldn't come up with satisfactory answer.
>
> Q: What controls the maximum resolution of the screen ? Is it the BIOS or
> something else ? If it is just the bios is there any means to change that
> ?
The capabilities of the panel in your case. A panel is a matrix of H rows
and 3W columns, where WxH is the maximum resolution it can natively
support. Generally, the higher the resolution the more expensive the panel
is, so many manufacturers sell the same model but equipped with different
panels.. For example Dell 8100 notebook can be bought with SXGA+
(1400x1050) or UXGA (1600x1200) panels (as of now).
>
> I have noticed that people with similar/same make & model as my laptop
> have higher screen resolution (and i am presuming they all bought it off
> the shelf from retailers just like me).
My experience has been that retailers (like CompUSA) do not sell anything
better than XGA (1024x768). They outdate pretty fast and are rather
expensive. Perhaps this has changed by now..
Vladimir Dergachev
>
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