Widescreen or not

Jan Holm · Post by **Jan Holm** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:47 pm

Im going 20" and will be choosing between

1680 X 1050 Wide (1,76 million pixel)
1600 X 1200 Normal (1,92 million pixel)

Reference
1280 X 1024 (1,31 million pixel)

Seeing the numbers like this, it seems logical to
go for the 1600X1200 - but then again theres something
about wide I really like. Will be using it for other stuff.

Wide or not - any experience here ?

frankie123 · Post by **frankie123** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:54 pm

Go wide. Lots more real estate for editing. Makes a world of a difference.

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:01 pm

I picked up a widescreen laptop a few months ago, I love it, room for tracks, browser and sends, all the bling.

Check one at a store for image quality if that's an issue. Love mine (see sig) but I'm an audio guy, not a visual person.

Jan Holm · Post by **Jan Holm** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:21 pm

frankie123 wrote:Go wide. Lots more real estate for editing. Makes a world of a difference.

Lots - only 80 more pixels. Aka 5% more than normal ratio,
and I'll be loosing 150 top/button.

And still I seem to want wide, but the logical side of my brain
is messing with that idea.

http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l204wt.jhtml

frankie123 · Post by **frankie123** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:37 pm

Jan Holm wrote:
frankie123 wrote:Go wide. Lots more real estate for editing. Makes a world of a difference.
Lots - only 80 more pixels. Aka 5% more than normal ratio,
and I'll be loosing 150 top/button.

And still I seem to want wide, but the logical side of my brain
is messing with that idea.

http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l204wt.jhtml

I have a hard time reading your sarcasm

Bonescan · Post by **Bonescan** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:39 pm

Widescreen is more intuitive i think, it seems weird at first but once you get used to it it's hard to go back to 4:3 (or 5:4 at 1280/1024, whatever). If you are worried that 1680x1050 is not big enough then go 1980x1200.

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:06 am

There is no reason to get a 20" monitor these days, unless space is a serious problem.

Get a Dell 24" widescreen. They are cheap as hell. Under $800. Great quality. Better performance specs than any of the Apple LCD panels.

Jan Holm · Post by **Jan Holm** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:30 am

subterFUSE wrote:There is no reason to get a 20" monitor these days, unless space is a serious problem.Get a Dell 24" widescreen. They are cheap as hell. Under $800. Great quality. Better performance specs than any of the Apple LCD panels.

Here in Denmark that Dell is 1200$ and I cant get a nice 20" for
400$

20" seems to fit nice in between my priorities and needs.

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:34 am

Jan Holm wrote:
subterFUSE wrote:There is no reason to get a 20" monitor these days, unless space is a serious problem.Get a Dell 24" widescreen. They are cheap as hell. Under $800. Great quality. Better performance specs than any of the Apple LCD panels.
Here in Denmark that Dell is 1200$ and I cant get a nice 20" for
400$

20" seems to fit nice in between my priorities and needs.

Damn. That sucks. I love my country. Seems like everything costs less.

Here the price difference between flat panels is so small, it's pointless to really get worried about it.

gregorythis · Post by **gregorythis** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:25 am

id get the widescreen.

Jan Holm · Post by **Jan Holm** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:06 pm

Ok then, wide it is.

If I run into any problem you will all be held responsible.
Your names have been noted

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:20 pm

Jan Holm wrote:Ok then, wide it is.

If I run into any problem you will all be held responsible.
Your names have been noted

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:46 pm

Oh Jan, go for the highest resolution - always! Wide is cool and all (24" Acer 1920 wide here), but if I could get higher total resolution for the same price I'd do it.

The only valid reasons for widescreens are:
1) Personal preference, and
2) Movies

If you don't care about either of those then go for real estate - the non-wide, imo.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:50 pm

I've got 16080x1050 on both lappy and external monitor. 15.4" on the lappy and 20" on the external. It's all good!

-M

DIgiDennis · Post by **DIgiDennis** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:48 pm

Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:I've got 16080x1050 on both lappy and external monitor.

soooo....thats like really wide screen then..