Advice Please

Christopher Snow · 01-12-09, 11:22 PM

I just looked at a pair of 22" Widescreens tonight at my local store.

Both show images right out to the edge of the edge of the frame in all four directions (up, down, left, right). No letterboxing of any sort (I think the input source was DTV for all the monitors, btw, which is widescreen by default.

But at the same time you must realise that the physical dimensions of both frames are different.

4:3 means: 4 units wide by 3 units high.

A 16:10 (widescreen) monitor will be wider (more squat and flat in appearance). 16:10...or 8:5...or 4:2.5 in ratio. Meaning: A widescreen monitor is 5/6ths as high as is a normal format monitor (in terms of highth to width).

It might be meaningless anyway, as far as making a choice between the two goes, as widescreens have almost completely taken over the market these days. In practical terms (and unless you are willing to spend a LOT of money to go against the flow) you'll find yourself buying a widescreen option in any case these days.

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01-12-09, 11:22 PM	#8
Christopher Snow Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 201 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I just looked at a pair of 22" Widescreens tonight at my local store. Both show images right out to the edge of the edge of the frame in all four directions (up, down, left, right). No letterboxing of any sort (I think the input source was DTV for all the monitors, btw, which is widescreen by default. But at the same time you must realise that the physical dimensions of both frames are different. 4:3 means: 4 units wide by 3 units high. A 16:10 (widescreen) monitor will be wider (more squat and flat in appearance). 16:10...or 8:5...or 4:2.5 in ratio. Meaning: A widescreen monitor is 5/6ths as high as is a normal format monitor (in terms of highth to width). It might be meaningless anyway, as far as making a choice between the two goes, as widescreens have almost completely taken over the market these days. In practical terms (and unless you are willing to spend a LOT of money to go against the flow) you'll find yourself buying a widescreen option in any case these days. CS Last edited by Christopher Snow; 01-12-09 at 11:33 PM.