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  • Splinterheart Jun 1, 2011 @ 8:38 am | delete
    I seriously disagree with the idea that widescreen monitors are only good for watching movies on, and I'm sure I'd have a large crowd that follows me on this. Nearly all current and recent PC games are designed to look thier best on a widescreen monitor, and it only takes a few minutes of playing nearly any widescreen PC game on a widescreen monitor to convince anyone that it is, in fact, a superior experience over a 4:3 ratio monitor.

    I use Photoshop and 3D Studio Max on a regular basis and I can't think of any reason to go back to a standard 4:3 ratio monitor because widescreen gives a serious "real estate" advantage when it comes to the work area and having extra room for on-screen tool boxes. Even Excel spreadsheets gain a viewing advantage from widescreen monitors. In the office where I work as a network admin, we've replaced all workstation 4:3 ratio monitors with 20" widescreen monitors where employees do everything from order entry and spreadsheets to mechanical engineering and catalog design... and I can tell you that I'd get my head knocked from my shoulders if I told anyone that I was going to replace their widescreen monitor with a 4:3 ratio!

    Widescreen is popular because it WORKS and is advantageous for virtually everything a computer is used for, and not because of marketing tactics by the manufacturers.

    Good for just movies? Hardly.
  • AndyPo Oct 16, 2008 @ 4:46 am | delete
    I use four screens (up to three at the same time):

    1680x1050,
    1280x800,
    1280x800,
    1440x900

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