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Does a 1440x900 laptop display HD??

1. is a laptop with 1440x900 resolution and a intel HD onboard graphics card a HD laptop?
2. Are 1280x720 and 1920x1080 the only HD resolutions?
3. IF the true HD only has 16:9 aspect ratio does it classify 1600:900 as a HD resolution as well?

The reason I'm asking is because some people claimed that anything higher than 720p are considered HD but also some people think only 720p, 1080i and 1080p are the true HDs. Can any of the displays experts shed lights on these questions. Thank you.
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my laptop has 1920*1200 as its a full hd display for blueray etc

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thanks for the replies, everyone.

Gary, more questions regarding to your answers.

1. if 1440x900 can up/down scaled HD signals, does that mean the quality of the image wont be as good? since the pictures are stretched out to fit the pixels.
2. if a none HD panel display (2560x1600) produces better quality than a HD panel. What is the purpose of the term HD??
3. Are you saying both 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios are considered HD in computer displays? if that's the case, 1440x900 is 16:10 so it should also be HD.

sorry if im asking dumb questions.
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is there a specific formula for resolution-to-laptopsize ratio to be considered HD?

I got a laptop that's 17" with 1600x900 native resolution. I scaled down to 1440x900 and it looks terrible. Does that mean 1440x900 on a 17" screen not have sufficient pixel desity?
You've changed the aspect ratio (from 16:9 to 16:10) -- you do not want to do that.   If you choose another resolution with the same aspect ratio (16:9) it should look fine.

There's no specific number that's "HD" => as I noted above, that's more of a marketing term than anything else.
ok one last question,

if there are 2 14" laptops, one with 1440x900 and the other one with 1366X768 HD 720p. Does the 1440x900 laptop produces better image?
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