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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) on 20 Dec 2009 05:28 On 19-Dec-09 03:54, Gary Brown wrote: > Hi, > > Most monitors nowadays are widescreen. What is the advantage? > I would prefer to get taller, not wider. 1. hd movie/tv format 2. workspace -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.32.1 ^ ^ 18:28:01 up 4 days 8:06 1 user load average: 2.46 2.53 2.53 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
From: GT on 23 Dec 2009 11:54 "UCLAN" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:7p29tqFajtU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Gary Brown wrote: > >> Most monitors nowadays are widescreen. What is the advantage? I would >> prefer to get taller, not wider. > > Stop eating. Put yourself on a "rack" daily. > > Seriously, most films are shot in an aspect ratio close to 2.35:1. The > HDTV aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.78:1) is closer to this than is the CRT's 4:3 > (1.33:1) resulting in narrower vertical bars when viewing theatrical DVDs. > > Add to this, the ATSC SD/HD specification calls for 16:9. All HDTV is > 16:9. A 4:3 monitor will have those vertical bars on the top and bottom. You (and most other people nowadays) presume that a PC monitor needs to be suitable for viewing films. Personally, I have a 40" widescreen TV for this and I use my PC for work, games etc. This is the reason why I'm still using a trusty CRT 19" screen at 1600x1200! There are very few LCD panels out there at a reasonable price that can provide a vertical height of 1200 - ideal for document reading and general PC use! Using a widescreen monitor for normal PC use is the equivalent of having huge bars at the right and left of the screen - useless space!
From: GT on 23 Dec 2009 11:55 "William" <ThisIsPrivate(a)NoAddress.com> wrote in message news:k3vni55959uvv62utkno9im26eftlr8ocb(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:59:20 -0800, Bug Dout <buggsy2(a)mailinator.com> > wrote: > >>It's more natural for people to scan (move their eyes) side-to-side than >>up and down...hence the shift to screen wider in both TV and monitors. > > Also, it is exactly how we see.. our natural vision is a kind of super > widescreen. Really? My eyes are round!
From: GT on 23 Dec 2009 11:56 "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy(a)yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote in message news:hgifsd$825$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Somewhere on teh intarwebs Sjouke Burry wrote: >> Bug Dout wrote: >>> It's more natural for people to scan (move their eyes) side-to-side >>> than up and down...hence the shift to screen wider in both TV and >>> monitors. >> >> Now why dont they do that in newspapers? >> And even on websites you find narrow columns >> of text. >> So its not as natural as you suggest. > > They do it that way with text, in columns, so you can go back and find the > start of the next line easilly. If you've ever seen anything written with > a few hundred letters to the line you'll know what I mean. Ahh - you mean like a book - the lines are the full width of a tall and thin page. Actually wait a minute, I don't have any trouble reading a portrait document either on paper or on my screen. In fact I prefer a screen that can display a full portrait document, rather than having to scroll up and down all the time.
From: GT on 23 Dec 2009 11:57
"~misfit~" <sore_n_happy(a)yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote in message news:hgh589$o44$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Somewhere on teh intarwebs UCLAN wrote: >> Gary Brown wrote: >> >>> Most monitors nowadays are widescreen. What is the advantage? >>> I would prefer to get taller, not wider. >> >> Stop eating. Put yourself on a "rack" daily. >> >> Seriously, most films are shot in an aspect ratio close to 2.35:1. The >> HDTV aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.78:1) is closer to this than is the >> CRT's 4:3 (1.33:1) resulting in narrower vertical bars when viewing >> theatrical DVDs. >> Add to this, the ATSC SD/HD specification calls for 16:9. All HDTV is >> 16:9. A 4:3 monitor will have those vertical bars on the top and >> bottom. > > Clue: > > He said monitor, not TV. > > Some people use their computers for more than just watching downloaded > movies and TV programmes. Seconded! |