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1142689	2010-10-08 18:13:00	I go to Tigerdirect and they are selling a 28 inch monitor for $250 and the resolution can be 1920x1200 = .625 to 1 I go to Fry's electronic and they have a 27 inch monitor for $250 and their high resolution is 1920x1080 = .56 to 1. My resolution is 1680x1050 which fits good = .625 to 1 which is good. It sounds to me that Fry's Monitor must be very skinny because they don't give you the square inches and .56 to 1 is going to give you less square inches than a .625 to 1 in comparatable size?	lostsoul62 (16011)
1142690	2010-10-08 19:32:00	= .625 to 1 What is this, a ratio or a measurement in units or...?	jareemon (5207)
1142691	2010-10-08 20:26:00	What is this, a ratio or a measurement in units or...? For every .625 inches high you will have 1 inch long	lostsoul62 (16011)
1142692	2010-10-08 20:31:00	For every .625 inches high you will have 1 inch long. I took a look and the higher resolution is a bigger monitor because for every inch horizontal you have .625 inches high instead of .56 inches. Some of these new monitors say they are X big but they are skinny. I prefer the bigger monitor instead of the longer monitor.	lostsoul62 (16011)
1142693	2010-10-08 21:58:00	Well call em widescreen at 12:9 ratio, standard is 4:3. HiDef is widescreen and has a resolution of 1920x1080. Inches are measured diagonally, so a 24" widescreen will be shorter vertically than a 24" standard screen. But as long as you know what you're talking about :p	SoniKalien (792)
1142694	2010-10-08 22:11:00	1920*1200 = 16:10 screen (for general use) 1920*1080 = 16:9 screen (for HD playback) And yes, a 16:9 screen will give you less viewable area than a 16:10, but you can watch High Definition videos (blu-ray discs, etc.) on a 16:9 without black bars on top and bottom of screen. Depends on what you're using them for, really.	LynX (14542)
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