WideScreen Displays

[CaiNaM]

to clarify, the reason for this poll is not to say which format it superior. this is about prefernces in general.

it's been my observation that most people who say negatvie things about the WideScreen format are those who don't actually have one - and I don't mean played with one for a short time, but actually used one extensively for a long enough period of time to experience the pluses/minuses of the format.

so to see if my perception is justified, i'm polling WS users to see how many, if given the opportunity would actually go back to the old 4:3 ratio displays.

edit: added an option for those who don't currently have a WideScreen display.

 

[Nextman916]

No, i would give up my 5:4 ratio display to go widescreen

 

[RobertR1]

Best thing I've ever done for my PC experience.

 

[BassBomb]

my 5:4 is too wide... i think ill get 2:1354

 

[fliguy84]

Best investment I've ever made for my PC

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

Hell no my man! Widescreen is the future and it looks great!

 

[ereet1]

i've bought 30 lcd's for work and home and i regret not going widescreen on all of them...

its funny because it seems most people didn't want widescreens so the acers went clearance/markdown way faster than square.

oh well.

 

[moonboy403]

widescreen rules!

 

[fbrdphreak]

Not at all, although I do wish it was 1920x1200 on a 20" instead of 1680x1050. I live for pixels...

 

[ArchAngel777]

WS 4 Life

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Not at all, although I do wish it was 1920x1200 on a 20" instead of 1680x1050. I live for pixels...

I'm honestly surprised there has not been a company that has done this. In laptops, you can find LCDs from 15.4" all the way to probably 20" now that have 1920x1200 resolution. It seems that there would be at least a niche market for displays like those on the desktop, but yet no one offers anything of the sort. Displays are an odd market to be sure. For instance, I'm surprised Dell hasn't released a widescreen 19" monitor yet. Everyone else and their dog has, but not Dell, the leader in LCD sales.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
WS 4 Life

QFT yo!

 

[Nirach]

Bought mine a few months ago, love it much more than any of my vast CRT army.

I wouldn't object to a shade higher on the resolution, a shade bigger than 1680x1050. Other than that, to use a terribly annoying collection of characters.

<3 for widescreen.

 

[n7]

No.

I have two 20" 1600x1200 displays, & i wouldn't want them to be widescreen.

Maybe in the future i'll consider a 23"+ 1920x1200 display, but i refuse to buy a WS with a lower resolution than that, as you sacrifice far too much height otherwise.

 

[imported_Zeke]

I absolutly love my 1680x1050 dell

 

[nitromullet]

Nope, not even for a second. I don't ever want a square display ever again.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Not at all, although I do wish it was 1920x1200 on a 20" instead of 1680x1050. I live for pixels...

I'm honestly surprised there has not been a company that has done this. In laptops, you can find LCDs from 15.4" all the way to probably 20" now that have 1920x1200 resolution. It seems that there would be at least a niche market for displays like those on the desktop, but yet no one offers anything of the sort. Displays are an odd market to be sure. For instance, I'm surprised Dell hasn't released a widescreen 19" monitor yet. Everyone else and their dog has, but not Dell, the leader in LCD sales.

seems for the most part price is actually driven by pixels rather than vert. screen size, at least for desktops (hence only 1680x1050 on 20/21" WS & 1440x900 on 19"). they keep the res higher to keep the panel price lower.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: n7
No.

I have two 20" 1600x1200 displays, & i wouldn't want them to be widescreen.

Maybe in the future i'll consider a 23"+ 1920x1200 display, but i refuse to buy a WS with a lower resolution than that, as you sacrifice far too much height otherwise.

but do you actually own a widescreen? and if so, would you sell it to go back to a 4:3 display? i ask this as my observation has been most people who say negatvie things about WS format are those who don't actually have one.

so to see if this is actually the case, i'm polling WS users to see how many would actually go back to the old 4:3 ratio displays.

 

[Rage187]

1920x1080 ftw!

 

[Trey22]

For work, I bought, used and returned a 2007FPW... two 19" monitors served me better.

For home, if I get back into gaming, i'll definitely go with single widescreen LCD.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: Trey22
For work, I bought, used and returned a 2007FPW... two 19" monitors served me better.

heh.. okay, but not sure if that's quite fair.. if you would have had 2 of the 2007FPWs, would you still have preferred to return to the dual 19" 4:3 displays?

 

[Unkno]

never once had buyer's remorse with my widescreen

 

[JRW]

My current PC monitor is the first Widescreen monitor I've owned (Sony 24" GDM-FW900, 16:10 aspect) , I've had it for alittle over 8 months and could never go back to a 4:3 PC monitor.

About 3 months ago I replaced my 4:3 HDTV (yes they make 4:3 HDTVs) with a 16:9 HDTV and my only gripe would be that there's still *A LOT* of 4:3 material being shown on Cable and the only way it looks right is to leave black bars on the sides, the various stretch modes just dont cut it. But 16:9 aspect is the only way to go for Xbox 360 / DVDs / Hi Def material.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Not at all, although I do wish it was 1920x1200 on a 20" instead of 1680x1050. I live for pixels...

 

[Raduque]

I think I would only switch back because not all games support widescreen resolutions, and my display stretches, and I can't figure out how to make it un-stretch.