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monitors - wide screen?
by glennbraden - 12/4/07 9:26 PMI just don't understand why the new monitors are mostly widescreen ones. I can see that if you are using the monitor to watch a movie, widescreen would be nice. But for general home computing; word processing, simple spreadsheet, internet surfing, email, etc. is the widescreen format of any benefit at all?
I happen to enjoy using my screensaver function to display our vacation photos. If I purchase a widescreen monitor will my photos be stretched such that people all look short and fat? Or will the photos appear in normal dimensions?
Thanx for any info.
Glenn
Why widescreen?
by strickjh2005 - 12/4/07 11:40 PM In reply to: monitors - wide screen? by glennbradenWide screen can be helpful if you are multitasking. The images are not 'distorted' becuase wide screens should be set to wide dimensions. A set number of pixels such as 1600x900. Since an image is always the same number pixels across, as long as you are using the correct resolution its fine.
The slide show will be fine. If it isn't just disable stretch to fit in the screen saver settings.
I know why.
by R. Proffitt
- 12/5/07 7:35 AM
In reply to: monitors - wide screen? by glennbraden
It's all economics. If you were around when PCs came into being you would know why we ended up with the old aspect ratio. Today it's for the same reason.
There is no mystery here.
Bob
Looking for best 4x3 large LCD
by dougjp - 12/7/07 7:53 PM In reply to: monitors - wide screen? by glennbradenI was going to start a thread like this, not about "why", but "where".
Really dislike the widescreen for everything I use my computer for. I DO own a TV for movie watching, really hate the black lines on the sides of monitors with most programs/games I have and/or missing parts of my wallpapers (most of which come from my camera and fit perfectly).
Where are the best sources for buying 22" and up 4x3 computer monitors, or the best models??
Amen, Dougjp
by john3347 - 12/7/07 9:05 PM In reply to: Looking for best 4x3 large LCD by dougjpI cannot understand the wide-screen mindset for computers or for TV. People are taller than they are wide (most are anyway). Spreadsheet and text papers are taller than they are wide. Everything that we use a computer for or watch on TV is generally vertically oriented. Then everybody, programmers and crapware distributors as well, want to add toolbars to shorten an already too short vertical space on the screen. Now they want to squeeze more vertical space away from us with a "wide-screen" aspect ratio. Are we down to about 3 lines of text without scrolling now? Very silly and counter-productive to me.
Wide Screen Computer & TV Monitors
by AmBegonia - 12/8/07 7:25 AM In reply to: Amen, Dougjp by john3347I totally agree with John3347! Many websites are also setup for a widescreen format which means you have to scroll back & forth as well as up & down to read a page. Very irritating! Makes me think of formal written documents printed the longways on standard 8X11 paper! Not proper protocol! And as for TV, I also hate the new "short-screen" format. New TVs in widescreen size look lopped off, like where's the top half! I won't watch anything that's not broadcast in standard screen size format. The standard camera snapshot also went "wide" some years ago. However, I see most people holding their cameras vertically to capture individual photos. THE WIDE FORMAT IS ONLY GOOD FOR PANARAMAS! If there are so many people who really like this new widescreen then somebody needs to invent some way to provide an option for TV screens, i.e., standard or widescreen! Without losing quality for either size.
GrannyCin
TV and monitor aspect
by mwooge - 12/8/07 8:05 PM In reply to: Amen, Dougjp by john3347> I cannot understand the wide-screen mindset for computers or for
> TV. People are taller than they are wide (most are anyway).
But your field of vision is wider than it is high. You see wide, even without periferal vision. You also naturaly look to your left and right, but not your up. Nor your down, unless you're moving, which I raely do when I'm sitting.
MONITORS FROM CUSTOM COMPUTERS
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monitors - wide screen
by Michael Yeo - 12/8/07 12:22 AM In reply to: monitors - wide screen? by glennbradenI have the same doubt as you as to why some monitors are made wide screened. A normal person angle of vision is 120 degrees and unless the wide screen monitor is placed farther away from the eyes, I find it rather streneous as the eyes have to move from left to right. Personally, I find that it is only good for viewing multi pages and spreadsheets.
Perhaps, the reason for manufacturers to produce wide screen monitor is to follow the trend of wide screen TVs. But again, wide screen TV is viewed at a further distance as compared to a wide screen computer monitor.
Can't have too much width!
by abovepar - 12/8/07 3:36 AM In reply to: monitors - wide screen? by glennbradenI have a wide screen digital 1680 x 1050 and the the right of that my older analog 1280 x 1024. I run several websites and this enables me to have two main documents open side by side on the main screen and various stickies, images, address books and calendars open on the secondary display. This is very easy to set up and documents can be slid seamlessly from one monitor to the other as though it were a single screen. If I had a third monitor I would add that too if I could find a graphics card to handle it. My present on is NVidia GS 7600. If you are used to working with your Windows at full screen, you have to change that habit, but after that it gets better and better.
Monitors No Longer Exist for Different Preferences?
by dougjp - 12/8/07 4:26 AM In reply to: Can't have too much width! by aboveparabovepar, I can certainly understand where a widescreen monitor could be preferred for a number of types of tasks and by some people. Like the tasks you describe. None of which I would ever do.
You can still find 4:3
by samkh - 12/8/07 8:36 AM In reply to: Monitors No Longer Exist for Different Preferences? by dougjpmonitors from some manufacturers. Not as cheap as 16:9/10 because mass production nowadays are in wide formats. Why? Small screens, ie. for computers, are sidebars for glass mfrs. TVs are the main customers so monitors get cheaper in wide formats. Why wide TV? Because movie theatre screens are that way. Just gotta roll with the punches but it's OK to whine. Lots in these forums.
wide screen
by jw1ls5n0129 - 12/8/07 11:27 AM In reply to: monitors - wide screen? by glennbradenI also do not like wide screen ,even the TV ,I just hate it .the trouble is we do not have a say. well none of my screens are wide and it will stay that way and also I would sooner watch VHS 8 hour than DVD, they last a lot longer, some of my VHS tapes must be 30 year old and still going strong .once the DVD gets a scratch on the record paper is done with not so with a VHS just snip and stick .so lets hope that not all screens will be wide ,let the people have a say.
Cheers John
widescreen or not?
by bpalmer479 - 12/8/07 3:15 PM In reply to: wide screen by jw1ls5n0129I also dislike the widescreen formats of most new monitors, and would like to stop all the scrolling that is needed to read most pages. I was going to buy the widest screen I could afford, as long as it had rotating capabilities, and rotate the screen so it's tall, eliminate alot of scrolling,,any thoughts how this might work in the long run, or would it be just as frustrating side scrolling?
What is solution?
by luciacovelli - 12/10/07 7:25 PM In reply to: widescreen or not? by bpalmer479Please help! I just got this Dell wide screen monitor 19" and it is doing what everyone is complaining about.. making all pictures too wide! How do you adjust the monitor to correct this distortion? I use my computer for creating web pages with clinical photos of faces to shoe pre and post operative changes, and this distortion is impossible to work with. Please help! Thank you!
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