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http://live.pirillo.com/ - Widescreens seems better for certain things, like text and e-mail, while standard monitors seem much more suited for other applications. Which one is better: widescreen or standard?

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i love widescreen ( 1 year ago by twilightwarrior1)

i love widescreen

Your two 30 inch ... ( 1 year ago by jbuck7777)

Your two 30 inch screens are considered widescreen, though their not the STANDARD 16:9. There like the MacBooks 16:10, its like a combo between a true widescreen and a 4:3 screen.
I personally like widescreens more then the classic look.

4:3 is the way to ... ( 1 year ago by ultimatex666)

4:3 is the way to go.... 16:9 cuts stuff out...

The thing which ... ( 1 year ago by shaileshnarayan)

The thing which frustrates me is why all the laptop making companies (which includes lenovo) are cutting down on standard aspect laptops. Thats stupid. I want to buy a thinkpad with latest configuration and with a standard aspect display, but its not possible. I work a lot on shell on linux, and you always want to see your as much code as possible in one shot, but with widescreen, you can only keep scrolling. I am sure the laptop world will turn around and come back to standard aspect.

I prefer 4:3 not 16 ... ( 1 year ago by nitsok)

I prefer 4:3 not 16:9, for: movies, games ,text, web .

But you can resize ... ( 1 year ago by TheUnknownHarbingers)

But you can resize the player to make it bigger, but it will never look correct, unless you zoom in and lose some off the screen or leave it in the middle. Your preference. This is specifically why you should get LCD and NOT plasma. b/c screen burn-in.

Widescreen is the ... ( 1 year ago by TheUnknownHarbingers)

Widescreen is the way to go, regardless, since eventually everything or the majority will be like that. And widescreen allows you to see both versions in their entirity. Widescreen Gaming Rocks. The trying to watch 4:3 on a widescreen can be a pain.

i love widescreen, ... ( 1 year ago by sizedude)

i love widescreen, its the way we see things we have two eyes horizontaly side by side, but yeah it can suck for some things.

Wrong. It's the ... ( 10 months ago by 259)

Wrong. It's the other way around.

yea its the ... ( 9 months ago by hercules71185)

yea its the otherway around tards

Array ( 7 months ago by en3my666)

WIDE FTW
im a gamer so it tons better for me it gives you a little pref vison lol

Widescreen sucks. I ... ( 6 months ago by calven007returns)

Widescreen sucks. I bought a small laptop with a 14-inch monitor. Because it was wide screen, there was TONS of wasted space on both sides of the monitor. The effective screen side because the same of an 8-inch monitor.
The wide screen wasted all your space! My friend has a laptop with a 14-inch regular monitor and you get the full 14-inch screen. The wide screen sucks. I watch DVD on my 110-inch screen theater not my 14-inch laptop.

I just got a 22" ... ( 5 months ago by ufcZuffa)

I just got a 22" widescreen. It is driving me crazy. I wish I could return it!
For internet browsing and most programs, standard 4:3 is better. For DVD watching, widescreen is better, but I don't watch DVD's on my PC.
With widescreen, there is lots of wasted space. I find myself moving my head, eyes and mouse left and right too much.
4:3 ratios are much better for computer use.

Wide screen sucks ... ( 5 months ago by ufcZuffa)

Wide screen sucks for me because I am functionally blind in one eye. So with my new widescreen monitor, I have to turn my head left and right to much.

I'm gonna settle ... ( 5 months ago by chrizftw)

I'm gonna settle this by saying widescreen wins. Don't get me wrong.. it's only one type of widescreen. The type that can rotate to vertical. So whatever suits you you can have.

Most 17" and 19" ... ( 5 months ago by ufcZuffa)

Most 17" and 19" LCD's are actually 5:4 aspect ratios, not 4:3
5:4 ratio is a little squarer than 4:3
I took back the widescreen I bought and got a 19" standard. It sucks for movies but is much better for computer use.
Not much choice when shopping for standard monitors anymore. Some stores only sell widescreens, or just one standard model.

since most software ... ( 4 months ago by 1337DementedOne)

since most software formats work best 4:3, they made widescreen in order to get you to buy bigger monitors to get the same quality(because of wasted space on the side). this way make more money. that simple. you'll also notice that 4:3s are non-existant in the 20 inch+ section

not really, ... ( 4 months ago by VeNeM999)

not really, widescreen is perfect for web browing. hell look at youtube for example.

having a bigger ... ( 4 months ago by numantunak)

having a bigger monitor will force the pixels to put out more and will over heat your computer faster

r u gay ( 4 months ago by skater4life511)

r u gay

I have widescreen, ... ( 3 months ago by Chubbsx818)

I have widescreen, it's annoying sometimes. Browsing and youtube is all 4:3. Only reason I like it is when I watch a widescreen movie and not have the black boxes on the bottom and top, also I do music and video, which spreads the space I have to work with which is better. It's depending on what you do, not what you have or what is new.

I don't like ... ( 2 months ago by lollipop2kewl)

I don't like widescreen, I want like a 22" standard size.

I just bought a 20" ... ( 1 month ago by tserhey)

I just bought a 20" widescreen monitor for my laptop. It works very well in audio and video editing, and reading text in full width is rather pleasant. I like to resize my browser window to full screen height * half screen width. That way I can get a more vertical view of the pages I'm browsing, and it also leaves some space for the desktop or other programs, if I need to do some drag-n-dropping, for example. I haven't had any negative experiences with this monitor.

Interesting in fact ... ( 3 weeks ago by Shiruban)

Interesting in fact, because yes, widescreen is more adapted to the human sight, but in your exemple you talk about PC apps and e mail and everything like that. In those cases yes, i guess a standard screen is better.
But for games and movies, it's abviously not :)

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