Weekly Poll: Widescreen vs Standard Resolutions
I want a 30" monitor...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Lets look at your PC capabilities a bit more closely. Last week I asked about whether you used a desktop or a laptop as your main machine. Desktops won out easily. This week lets talk screen resolutions. For authors of wallpapers, DX themes, skins, icons and almost every other category in skinning, screen resolutions can be a massive pain in the rear. What looks fantastic at 1600x1200 might look like garbage or simply be unusable at 1024x768. At the same time, users with widescreen monitors can have a hard time finding content that doesn't look stretched on their monitor.
So, to start with, I'd like to hear from everyone on whether they use a more regular standard aspect rations like 4:3 and 5:4, or if they go in for widescreen (16:9, 16:10).
Results, as usual, next week.
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PurrBall
Reply #22 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:05 PM
Reply #22 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:05 PM
Simple choice for me: 19" 5:4 display has more pixels than a 19" 16:10 display.
Pugboy
Reply #23 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:12 PM
Reply #23 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:12 PM
Running a flat screen at 1440 by 1050 (I think). So much for "standard" screen. More people use wide!
The__Goo
Reply #24 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:12 PM
Reply #24 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:12 PM
I use a 24" wide (16:10) at a resolution 1920x1200, and also three 19" standard (5:4) at a resolution 3840x1024. Finding walls for the 24 is no big deal, there are a lot of 1920 res. walls available, but trying to find walls three 19's for the 3840 res. is a pain in the rear. Though I have found a few places to accommodate me though the choices are not always the best.
J. Aroche
Reply #25 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:41 PM
Reply #25 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:41 PM
Definetely widescreen, best for watching movies hehe and well because that's the only one I have hehe.
Aleatoric
Reply #26 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:24 PM
Reply #26 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:24 PM
I have dual widescreen monitors (1680x1050) on my desktop and a widescreen laptop (1900x1200). Haven't done the normal 4:3 monitor in ages (except at work, where they're still living in the past 
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Can't imagine going back to non widescreen monitors, the extra screen space comes in handy.
Wallpapers are sometimes a bit of an issue, but I get some from digital blasphemy, and they work well.
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Can't imagine going back to non widescreen monitors, the extra screen space comes in handy.
Wallpapers are sometimes a bit of an issue, but I get some from digital blasphemy, and they work well.
SanChonino
Reply #27 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:09 AM
Reply #27 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:09 AM
I read through the complete LFG archives this weekend. Richard may be the best character ever.
No doubt, no doubt. What a great way to spend your weekend, eh? I freakin' love that comic.
victory99
Reply #29 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:24 PM
Reply #29 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:24 PM
22" 1680 X 1050. Love the extra "real estate" of the widescreen! 
I still have a 19" 1280 X 1040, but I can't look at it anymore... 
I still have a 19" 1280 X 1040, but I can't look at it anymore... 
victory99
Reply #30 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:25 PM
Reply #30 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:25 PM
22" 1680 X 1050. Love the extra "real estate" of the widescreen! I still have a 19" 1280 X 1040, but I can't look at it anymore... OOPS...double reply
I still have a 19" 1280 X 1040, but I can't look at it anymore... OOPS...double reply
1337ninj0r
Reply #31 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:31 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:31 AM
1920 x 1200. I'm just accustomed to widescreen gaming now. Going back to 4:3 would be like going from 5.1 surround sound to 2-channel stereo.
scorpNZ
Reply #32 Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:46 AM
Reply #32 Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:46 AM
I have a poor mans widescreen of a std hp fp7317 17" monitor using a resoluition of 1280 x 1024 ,to get the widescrren effect i use a widescreen wallpaper with the black strip on top & bottom with the pikkie in the middle, why waste good money on a real widescreen monitor 
EDIT: Just had thought i can do a poor mans monitor upgrade by using one of those page reading maginfiers,that way i can adjust the size of monitor area depending on size of the magnifying sheet 24" widescreen here i come
ps: page magnifiers are used for reading books,it's basicly a plastic sheet that has magnifying capabilities & is encompessed in a plastic surround
EDIT: Just had thought i can do a poor mans monitor upgrade by using one of those page reading maginfiers,that way i can adjust the size of monitor area depending on size of the magnifying sheet 24" widescreen here i come
ps: page magnifiers are used for reading books,it's basicly a plastic sheet that has magnifying capabilities & is encompessed in a plastic surround
zakai1369
Reply #33 Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:47 AM
Ok scratch that. I just gave in and ordered a 22" Widescreen, thanks to reading all these posts.
Yup I'll blame this thread. That'll work.
Zoomba where should I send you the bill?
Reply #33 Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:47 AM
zakai1369
March 25, 2008 10:21:36
Currently 1280x1024 on a 17' monitor. But I've been convincing myself for about 4 months that I don't need to buy a 22" monitor. I think I'm getting close to losing that battle though
March 25, 2008 10:21:36
Currently 1280x1024 on a 17' monitor. But I've been convincing myself for about 4 months that I don't need to buy a 22" monitor. I think I'm getting close to losing that battle though
Ok scratch that. I just gave in and ordered a 22" Widescreen, thanks to reading all these posts.
Yup I'll blame this thread. That'll work.
Zoomba where should I send you the bill?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #35 Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:58 AM
Should have gone with a 24"....
(I was gonna get a 22" at first but then decided I'd kick myself later for not getting a 24") Go for the gusto!
Reply #35 Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:58 AM
Ok scratch that. I just gave in and ordered a 22" Widescreen, thanks to reading all these posts.
Should have gone with a 24"....
(I was gonna get a 22" at first but then decided I'd kick myself later for not getting a 24") Go for the gusto!
zakai1369
Reply #36 Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:06 AM
I thought about it but I got a good deal on the 22" and a decent 24" would've cost me about $100 more. I figured I'll be jumping from 17" to 22" it should seem like enough of a difference.
Reply #36 Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:06 AM
Should have gone with a 24".... (I was gonna get a 22" at first but then decided I'd kick myself later for not getting a 24") Go for the gusto!
(I was gonna get a 22" at first but then decided I'd kick myself later for not getting a 24") Go for the gusto! I thought about it but I got a good deal on the 22" and a decent 24" would've cost me about $100 more. I figured I'll be jumping from 17" to 22" it should seem like enough of a difference.
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Reply #21 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:32 PM