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      CommentAuthorbakercad
    • CommentTimeOct 9th 2007
     
    It's almost impossible to find a monitor that is NOT widescreen. If anyone knows of a site that sells monitors that are NOT widescreen, please show me a link.

    not a widescreen fan angry
    • CommentAuthorUrgenus
    • CommentTimeOct 9th 2007
     
    In smaller tft sizes ( 17" and 19" ) there are more normal panels than widescreen. In bigger sizes (20" --> 24") its harder to find good old NOT widescreen tft.

    I like 20" 1600x1200 TFT monitors most, and example LGL2000CN is good and cheap choice.
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      CommentAuthorbakercad
    • CommentTimeOct 9th 2007
     
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      CommentAuthorjanpd24
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2007
     
    I had a terrible time getting a non-widescreen laptop last year!
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      CommentAuthoricyone
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2007
     
    newegg.com
    • CommentAuthorseptor
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2007
     
    Just think about this: A year ago someone posted a thread asking the exact opposite question.

    Technology ftl.
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      CommentAuthorbakercad
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2007
     
    FWIW...I ended up getting the one I posted about above.

    It's nice! smile
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    Is there a reason you would want standard vs wide screen? I personally use two 22" wide screens.
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      CommentAuthorbakercad
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2007 edited by bakercad on the 12th October 2007 at 10:35:35 EDT
     
    Really it's just personal preference. I like a 4:3 ratio. It's what I'm used to and, to me, it makes more sense. Also, standard screens are actually larger in terms of screen area:

    A 21" diag screen in 16:9 aspect ratio gives you 188.4 sq/inches of area.
    A 21" diag screen in 4:3 aspect ration gives you 211.7 sq/inches of area.

    Wide screen makes more sense to me for watching movies or playing games, but that's not what I'm doing.
    • CommentAuthorkalyan
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2007
     
    I use a 15" widescreen laptop, its just perfect for gaming, Designing, Coding.....feels like i am having lot of space....especially when when there are 20 windows open onscreen :)
    Dont you feel *Non* widescreen screens crams up things...?
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2007
     
    I know that I don't feel cramped on my 4:3 monitors, although I use 2 of them, giving me many, many pixels (3200x1200). It is actually better than wide screen, since the resolution is higher.
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    I just prefer the wider screens as I can have more apps open next to each other (another reason I use dual). I mostly do webdesign and development but also do video editing and production as well.

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