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| 419435 | 2006-01-09 17:51:00 | I am upgrading my computer and am looking at monitors. Is there any downside to using a widescreen 19"LCD compared to a normal 19" LCD? Uses will mainly be a bit of home publishing, gaming, photos. | Grimy (3041) | ||
| 419436 | 2006-01-09 19:12:00 | I have heard that a few games don't have widescreen support, and just stretch the picture across. For me, this would not be acceptable, but some people get over it apparantly. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 419437 | 2006-01-10 05:57:00 | some people would take a sales rep's word when he tells them that there is absolutly no difference between the image quality goign though a div cable and a composite cable. | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 419438 | 2006-01-10 06:45:00 | some people would take a sales rep's word when he tells them that there is absolutly no difference between the image quality goign though a div cable and a composite cable. If like me they haven't heard of either,what choice do they have? |
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| 419439 | 2006-01-14 20:04:00 | Thanks, but maybe I should rephrase the question? Which would be your preference if you were buying a 19" monitor today, and why? Thanks, Graham. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 419440 | 2006-01-14 21:37:00 | Ive got a widescreen on my laptop and my desktop has a traditional screen, I definately prefer browsing the internet and other simple tasks on the widescreen, plus movies also look great. Havent tryed gaming on my laptop (simply doesnt have the power to do it) but im not sure if its something i'd want to try in widescreen. I think at the end of the day id probably still buy a traditional screen, and wait for widescreen monitors to become more common. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 419441 | 2006-01-14 21:51:00 | Hi Pete, You have the same set up as me at present. I am buying a new desktop which is why I'm interested in peoples opinions/experiences. My son plays AOE III on the laptop (15.4 widescreen) and it seems good, but like you I'm leaning towards a conventional screen for the desktop, but hey the widescreens looks great!! I am interested to see if anyone knows of practcal downsides to them (apart from the extra $). Graham. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 419442 | 2006-01-14 22:50:00 | Which would be your preference if you were buying a 19" monitor today, and why?Definitely widescreen, better for general usage, movies and while I don't play games very often, all the ones I have played support widescreen aspect ratios. You may want to consider 20 inches though. | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 419443 | 2006-01-15 00:58:00 | There arent any major downsides to the widescreen, its mearly the same as a conventional screen just a slightly different size. My only concern would be how games treat the wider screen, e.g whether they stretch the image or are able to resize and adjust. Id assume most new games would have widescreen resolutions built in but some older games may not. My only concern with buying a 19' would be that it has the same native resolution as a 17' thus the pixal are streched to cover the larger area. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 419444 | 2006-01-15 05:23:00 | Id assume most new games would have widescreen resolutions built in but some older games may not.Games based on the Unreal engine have widescreen resolutions as does Doom 3 so I think it is quite safe to buy a widescreen monitor with the expectation that 99% of new games will support it's aspect ratio, but as Pete said above older games don't support widescreen so will put black bars down the sides or stretch the image. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
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