Neowin News Feed for: Widescreen

You may probably not get a better deal than this 23inch 1080p widescreen monitor

Sayan Sen — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Grab this limited-time offer on a 23-inch 2560x1080 ultrawide VA monitor as it is selling at an incredibly low price of just $60. Read more...

Original Xbox backwards compatible games won't feature achievements or widescreen support

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:00:02 +0000

During a Q and A on Twitter, Xbox head Phil Spencer spilled the beans on the original Xbox backwards compatibility feature, which might disappoint several fans of old classics on Xbox One. Read more...

Acer's massive 37.5-inch ultrawide monitor weighs in with a price tag to match

Boyd Chan — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 10:36:01 +0000

Not content with its range-topping Predator X34 monitor, Acer has now released a new display featuring a larger 37.5-inch curved IPS panel, FreeSync, 75Hz refresh rate, and 100% sRGB coverage. Read more...

Microsoft makes 16:9 widescreen slides the default in PowerPoint 2013

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:33:47 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the upcoming PowerPoint 2013 will make viewing presentation slides in 16:9 widescreen format the default, with options if you use a 4:3 projector. Read more...

YouTube goes widescreen

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:12:39 +0000

YouTube rolled out an exciting change to all of its users today, by expanding the width of their videos to widescreen (16:9), from the previous standard format (4:3), making the player 960 pixels wide. A... Read more...

Widescreen Monitors' Increasing Appeal

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:48:18 +0000

Don't be surprised if the next monitor you get from your IT department is larger than your current one, particularly as more and more business applications are adapted to take advantage of widescreen monitors. "We're... Read more...

Apple and ViewSonic Ready 17-inch Widescreen Monitors

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:11:47 +0000

LCD vendors such as ViewSonic and Apple are set to launch 17-inch widescreen LCD monitors by year-end or the first quarter of 2007, according to industry sources. LCD monitor vendors expect 17-inch widescreen monitors... Read more...

Creative Debuts Widescreen Zen Player

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:26:30 +0000

The same day Microsoft details its Zune Product Line, Creative decides to launch its widescreen version of the Zen player in North America. The widescreen is at a 16:9 ratio and gives the player the... Read more...

Widescreen Notebooks To Become Standard By 2008

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:00:05 +0000

Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens... Read more...

MoH, RTCW, Quake3 - Widescreen

Marcel Klum — Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:23:42 +0000

Check out this article on shacknews to enable widescreen in Quake3 engine games. "I finally got around to sharing this little trick with a friend the other night and thought a lot of... Read more...