Widescreen Monitors' Increasing Appeal
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 25 April 2007 - 11:48 · 16 comments & 3242 views
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#2 Posted by Pink Floyd on 25 Apr 2007 - 12:37
- wide is smaller? Less height I agree but so wide! Perfect for photo editing wheee
Cant go back with my new LG 2000:1 that does 1680x1080 -
#2.2 Posted by +Octol on 25 Apr 2007 - 15:14
- If you're going to spend the money, better to get a 24 inch, 1920x1200 monitor. I have a 19 incher at 1440x900, and it's sitting in a storage room because it totally sucks for everything I do on a day to day basis.
Fortunately, I got it cheap, and it will at least prove useful as a temporary replacement if another monitor fails.
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#3 Posted by +J400uk on 25 Apr 2007 - 12:52
- I have been sayin for a long time now, that 17/19" wide monitors are **** as they are so short in height, with crappy resolutions and rip-off prices when the actual panel size is smaller than the equivlent sqaure monitor. The two best monitor manufacutres (dell and apple) dont bother with these silly little widescreens, and go for the decent 20" plus ones.
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#4 Posted by +Aq3e on 25 Apr 2007 - 13:13
- I disagree, not as much height yes, but crappy resolutions? my 20 dell has 1680x1050 thats not crappy, plus it gives me more workspace on the desktop as well. I'd rather have wide anyday over fullscreen.
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#4.1 Posted by Imnotrichey on 25 Apr 2007 - 15:49
- he was referring to the 17/19 ones, he said 20's are good I myself got a 22 last weekend. So fun to play CS Source on it!
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#6 Posted by DigitalDude on 25 Apr 2007 - 15:03
- Heh, one day I'll take the plunge for my desktop (got a widescreen on my laptop) until then, my running dual crts is fine
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#7 Posted by xMorpheousx416 on 25 Apr 2007 - 15:32
- Quote -I have a 19 incher at 1440x900, and it's sitting in a storage room because it totally sucks for everything I do on a day to day basis.
We have two of them...... never had any issues in any apps. No cut offs....no probs in games...nadda.. but...each person has different needs.
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#8 Posted by Ogden2k on 25 Apr 2007 - 16:12
- I have a 20" WS LCD at home and at work, both of which I enjoy running, nothing is "smaller" as some folks have stated.
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#9 Posted by zivan56 on 25 Apr 2007 - 19:40
- Doesn't surprise me, every monitor I've had since 2003 has been wide-screen (including laptops)
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#10 Posted by invalidbuffalo on 25 Apr 2007 - 19:46
- Technically a 4:3 monitor has more screen area compared to a 16:10 monitor with the same diagonal size, but the widescreen aspect ratio is more comfortable on the eyes and smaller displays are slightly easier to drive when it comes to gaming and framerate.
I am very happy with my 20" WS.
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#11 Posted by j0j081 on 26 Apr 2007 - 01:28
- I don't think 19 inch ws are that bad if your coming from a 19 in reg screen. I would have got a bigger one maybe 22 inches but I needed one with a good response time for gaming and this Samsung looks great.
And businesses that are buying widescreen monitors may tend to pick 20-in. or larger models instead of 19-in. ones because the bigger size is a slightly better fit for some applications, according to Alexander. She said that some documents will default to a two-page spread when displayed on a widescreen monitor. But in a 19-in. model, that page may be cut off slightly, Alexander said.