$25 Contest - Screen Resolutions

May 4th, 2007 by Al in Site News

I was just checking visitor statistics and came across a pie chart which showed what screen resolutions people use to browse Coolest Gadgets at. As our guess the gadget competition was a bit too easy, I wanted to make the next contest a bit trickier and this statistic seemed an ideal contest candidate.

So to have a chance of winning a $25 Think Geek voucher simply leave a comment with the number of how many different screen resolutions you think have been used to view Coolest Gadgets over the last week.

The winner will be whoever gets closest (or exact), in the case of a draw whoever posted the closest comment first wins.

The contest is open for the next 24 hours, good luck. Oh and only one entry per person for obvious reasons.

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52 Comments on “$25 Contest - Screen Resolutions”

Craig Loop Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 8:38 am

I think there have been 5 different resolutions

Josh Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 8:46 am

I’ll say 12

Doug Hale Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 8:47 am

I think there have been 10 different resolutions.

Steven Keyser Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:00 am

Jon Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:02 am

I’ll have to say 15 different combinations.

Steven Keyser Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:05 am

hmmmm…. 47

Graden Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:15 am

Not counting different colour depths, I’d guess about 32.

Al Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:18 am

Nope it’s purely resolution. I have now checked color depths though and we have 8, with 4 viewers using a 1 bit display, nice!

GB Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:20 am

I’m gonna go for 16

Eric Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:24 am

Henning Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:29 am

I am going for my favorite number:
13

Random Good Stuff Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:35 am

I’d guess 23.

Tom Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:43 am

Q Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:50 am

I would say 17, methinks.

Ed Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:51 am

Brandon Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:51 am

I will guess 64

Sid Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:53 am

I guess 27

BHARATH Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 9:55 am

Doug Hale Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:03 am

Just to mess you up a little, I am currently using 3200×1200…

Big at Random Good Stuff - The Entertainment Blog Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:08 am

[...] RGS Quick Tip: Coolest Gadget runs a fun competition as we speak where you can win $25 in Think Geek gift certificates. [...]

jake Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:12 am

20 sounds good

Neal Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:13 am

Nick C. Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:16 am

I’d say 9.

Vic Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:17 am

I love a good contest!
my answer = 122

EEJ Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:38 am

19, although someone took my original guess, and there’s no point in doubling it

EEJ Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:39 am

This is not a second entry. I’m just curious how you know what screen resolution the viewers are using…

I don’t know much about web page statistics, but can someone point me to a page that entails exactly what information you can gather when someone visits your page/site?

Phrogg Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:50 am

42!

Al Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:53 am

We use Google Analytics which lets us gather info such as:
- Operating systems
- Browser and version
- Country
- Color depth
- Screen resolution
- Lanuuages
- Java or Flash installed
and all sorts of fun stuff like that.

It doesn’t gather any personal information which we wouldn’t want anyway.

Chris Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:54 am

I would have to say 6.

PJ Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:57 am

I say 7

Scott Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 10:57 am

I’m going with 17…

Abdul Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 11:00 am

I will say 10 with a majority of 1024×768

laurie Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 11:17 am

Jami Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 11:20 am

I’ll say 13 just because I don’t see it up there yet.

Jami Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 11:21 am

Wait, I do see 13. Can i change it to 3? Thanks.

Arthur Becker Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 11:46 am

My answer is 35.

Jesse Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 12:05 pm

I’m gonna say ….

mikealley Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

hmmmm…. I guess 19?

Anthony Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

JonWolfwe Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 1:36 pm

I’m gonna go with 11

Mike AKA cheesepoof453 Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

I’ll say 8,thats how many are on my comp.

Rafa Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

My guess: 18 different screen resolutions.

Mark S. Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 2:45 pm

15 sounds good

henning Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pm

@ Jamie: sorry!
but I think CG will draw the winner out of all correct (or closest) picks. Am I right or am I right?
Anyway I just picked my “lucky number” - don’t think it is the correct answer, but it should be close by - checked my own website (check it out! need some traffic!) and came to 9 - but that’s no gadget site so to add a couple or more looked good to me!

Tim Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Twenty!

Tim Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

50?

Neal Head Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

1600×1200
1400×900
1280×1024
1024×768
800×600
640×480

Japala Says:

May 4th, 2007 at 11:48 pm

$25 TG Winner - Guess the number of screen resolutions » Coolest Gadgets Says:

May 5th, 2007 at 10:39 am

[...] latest contest was to guess how many different screen resolutions have been used to view this site over the past 7 [...]

Al Says:

May 5th, 2007 at 10:43 am

Thanks for all the entries and the winner is
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070505/25-tg-winner-guess-the-number-of-screen-resolutions/

Neal Says:

May 5th, 2007 at 11:47 am

I guessed 64 too! LOL can I have a certificate please, and yes I’m pathetic, thanks in advance

dan Says:

July 11th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

id say 22