17" vs 19" for external monitor

With the "low" iBook resolution of 1024 x 768 (which works fine for me)- will the 19" monitor be more blurry than the 17" because the pixels are spread out more? It's important that print/type words are clear. Or I won't see any difference?
Its an HP1750 vs. HP 1950 (only $10 price difference)
Assume I do not use any Spanner or associated software.
Thanks!

Yes the native resolutions on my 17" & 19" are 1280x1024. The max or native resolution on the ibooks screen is 1024x768. My externals can display a good picture with the ibooks resolution which is why they never really looked distorted or blurred to me. I guess it all depends on your external monitor.
If you have a high definition TV, usually the max vertical screen lines are 768 when you have your computer hooked up to it and that's usually on a 40" or larger TV. I've never heard of people saying it's blurred or distorted when displaying on that size TV so I guess it shouldn't matter on a 17" or 19" monitor?

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