Peripherals: Where can I find a 4:3 monitor?
Where can I find a 4:3 monitor?
by zammer8 - 10/23/09 9:02 PMMy 19" monitor has become too small for aging eyes. I would like a 21", perhaps 23." All I see for sale are wide-screen monitors. I don't watch movies on a monitor, run spreadsheets or have any use for the wide-screen format. My primary use is reading text, emails, viewing 4:3 format photos. When the WS show in 4:3 format, with bars on either side, the picture is smaller than 21", and I'd have too large a monitor body. I see in the desired format only quite expensive "pro" monitors for specialized users. Can you offer any suggestions?
Here's one...but
by ahtoi - 10/24/09 1:17 AM In reply to: Where can I find a 4:3 monitor? by zammer8http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch_v3.asp?scriteria=4131055
at $850, I think a better deal might be an HDTV. I have seen 32" for around 400-500.
Where can I find a 4:3 monitor.
by zammer8 - 10/24/09 1:30 AM In reply to: Here's one...but by ahtoiIt's out of my price class. WS monitors, 23", are going for 1/3 that. The problem is finding a reasonable 4:3. HDTV is not the way I want to go, nor that large. Thank you for replying.
See my use?
by R. Proffitt
- 10/26/09 7:25 AM
In reply to: Where can I find a 4:3 monitor? by zammer8
Here's my widescreen in play -> http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w146/rproffitt2000/?action=view¤t=desktop2.jpg
Works great.
How can I find a 4:3 monitor
by zammer8 - 10/29/09 4:00 PM In reply to: See my use? by R. Proffitt
Interesting. Thank you for showing it. However, it doesn't solve my goal of seeing a 21" 4:3 picture.
Remember there are few to none NEW units.
by R. Proffitt - 10/29/09 6:23 PM
In reply to: How can I find a 4:3 monitor by zammer8
You'll have to hit the used market like http://www.amazon.com/DELL-1905FP-UltraSharp-19-inch-Adjustable/dp/B001312BV6
Sorry, but this does not meet your 21 inch goal. Just an example where you have to get something used.
Bob
Where can I find a 4:3 monitor
by zammer8 - 10/29/09 7:53 PM In reply to: Remember there are few to none NEW units. by R. Proffitt
Thanks for the suggestion. I regularly check Amazon. I hoped to find that a company was still making a 4:3 for the consumer market. I suppose they all get their glass from a few manufactureres, who decided everyone wants to watch movies on their monitors. It may be just my aquaintances, but no one I know watches movies on monitors.
If
by samkh - 10/30/09 6:44 AM In reply to: Where can I find a 4:3 monitor by zammer819" is too small, 21" isn't going to help. Besides, practically all popular makes of 4:3 are only up to 20". AND a usually higher native res of bigger models won't help your eyes!
Are you limited by a hutch dimension or something that forbids widescreen? Why don't you pick a larger font for emails and other text uses.
4:e monitor
by zammer8 - 10/30/09 11:06 AM In reply to: If by samkhFonts can be made only so large until the page no longer fits the screen. I could fit a WS on my desk, but have no use for a WS and have better use for the room. Your point about native resolution doesn't appear to hold up in practioe; A friend's 22" 4:3 does show everything fine for me. Unfortunately, he won't sell it.
I appreciate the advice posters have offered, and thank them, it helped. I see no need to keep this discussion open any longer.
4:3
by jean harrington - 10/30/09 5:52 PM In reply to: 4:e monitor by zammer8Why don't you lower your resolution?
4:3 monitor
by zammer8 - 10/30/09 6:47 PM In reply to: 4:3 by jean harringtonBy mentioning only text, I wasn't clear that I want everything larger, photos, maps. I just want a larger monitor, as people do a larger TV. Again, thanks, but I'm closing the post after the next reply.
I understand
by john3347 - 10/30/09 6:22 PM In reply to: Where can I find a 4:3 monitor? by zammer8I get so frustrated with the people who have the attitude that if you don't want what they want, you want the wrong thing. I, personally, absolutely do not understand why computer monitors, or even TVs for that matter, have adopted the panoramic movie aspect ratio. I certainly understand your need for a larger monitor with a reasonable 4/3 aspect ratio. I refuse to buy the popular 16/9 and 16/10 computer monitors. After all the number of toolbars and ridiculously high toolbars (Office 2007 & 2010 Ribbon is perhaps the most conspicuous offender) are laid out across the screen, you have no screen left.
Now to your question. I have not done this, but have considered it. If your space and location permits why do you not just use a 21" to 25" CRT TV as a monitor. To my knowledge there are no current LCD monitors larger than 19" available in a 4/3 ratio and no LCD non-widescreen TVs currently on the market in any size. I recently found - and bought - an HP L1910 19" LCD monitor which, curiously, has a 5/4 aspect ratio. (slightly taller than 4/3) Love it!
4:e monitor
by zammer8 - 10/30/09 7:04 PM In reply to: I understand by john3347They did it for marketing reasons. The trend is to watch movies online or DVD on a large monitor, and by far most movies are released in wide screen, so the belief is people want WS monitors, or will. It's the same with large-screen TVs; they're virtually all WS, with different zooms. TV programers have adapted to fit the screens.
For those with niche needs for largeer 4:3 monitors, they're available, but expensive, because the demand is low, and the typical users need top quality. CRTs, according to Consumer Reports, still have the best pictures, but it's a step backwards I'm not willing to go. I'll keep an eye on the used market, and for the odd larger 4:3 that, like the grail, is out there somewhere. Thanks for your thoughts, with which I'm in total agreement, but the bottom line rules.
Have you considered portrait mode?
by grichardt - 11/1/09 8:08 PM In reply to: 4:e monitor by zammer8Have you considered purchasing a 23-24 inch flat panel and turning it on its side while using portrait mode? This might give you the display you desire at a reasonable price.
4:3 monitor
by zammer8 - 11/1/09 9:08 PM In reply to: Have you considered portrait mode? by grichardtThank you. It's been suggested, above, and doesn't provide a 21" 4:3 picture, which is what I seek.
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