"Why can't they just say how many pixels the bloody thing's got?"

[unixronin]

Ever get lost in the alphabet soup of UXGA, WXGA, WSGXA+, WUXGA and wonder WTF they all actually mean?

Here's a handy key (along with an explanation of how we got into this mess).

Comments

[tww1fa]

Actually, most 1280x1024 monitors I've seen are 5:4 aspect ratio with square pixels - they look taller than the 4:3 monitors.