LCD (LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY) NATIVE RESOLUTIONS BASICS AND TUTORIALS

WHAT ARE LCD (LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY) NATIVE RESOLUTIONS?

The physical structure of some types of displays, including LCD Monitors/TVs and plasma panels, defines how many pixels can be displayed at once.

The display produces the sharpest picture when used at its so-called native resolution. This is the physically number of horizontal and vertical pixels that make up the LCD matrix of the display.


Setting a computer display to a resolution lower than this resolution will either cause the monitor to use a reduced visible area of the screen or it will have to do extrapolation.

This extrapolation attempts to blend multiple pixels together to produce a similar image to what you would see if the monitor were to display it at the given resolution but it can result in fuzzy images.

Below are some of the common native resolutions found in LCD monitors:

14-15": 1024x768 (XGA)

17-19": 1280x1024 (SXGA)

20"+: 1600x1200 (UXGA)

19” (Widescreen): 1440x900 (WXGA+)

20” (Widescreen): 1680x1050 (WSXGA+)

24” (Widescreen): 1920x1200 (WUXGA)

30” (Widescreen): 2560x1600