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From: DevilsPGD on 24 Dec 2009 11:49
In message <v435j55m72c7jii3cjd4pvnbkcmmsbsotj(a)4ax.com> kony
<spam(a)spam.com> was claimed to have wrote:

>It is generally accepted that once the # of characters per
>line go beyond a certain amount it becomes more difficult to
>read someting. What that # is depends on who you ask,
>generally it is 90, 80, even 60 characters or less per line.

This is exactly why I love my 24" widescreen. It's wide enough to have
a couple windows ideally sized for readability side by side with a spare
column, it's perfect for keeping a mail client open while I look
something up in a browser window.
From: ~misfit~ on 24 Dec 2009 18:34
Somewhere on teh intarwebs GT wrote:
> "kony" <spam(a)spam.com> wrote in message
> news:lj35j5lerknrn0ignp4pv4pj6t0deptfaf(a)4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:01:53 -0000, "GT"
>> <ContactGT_rem_ov_e_(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote in message news:hgku8p$kk2$2(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> Not required for most PC users
>>>
>>>> 2. workspace
>>>
>>> Wasted workspace - Most letters and documents are not widescreen.
>>>
>>> Neither of these 2 points support usage of widescreen displays on a
>>> PC. Help me please - I'm turning into Rod Speed. I'll start insulting
>>> people next and calling them children etc.
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately we are stuck with widescreen on most larger
>> monitors these days, so although I would rather have more
>> usable vertical workspace, I'm still liking having more
>> horizontal workspace at ever plummeting prices per total
>> pixel count and screen area.
>
> I was just having a day of grumbles - ignore me!
>
> I still don't like widescreen for a PC tho - I have a large TV for
> widescreen films and a PC to do my work, which is portrait text based!

Same here, although I don't have a UXGA monitor I'll settle for my SXGA+.
Even though UXGA was available on this model of ThinkPad to my way of
thinking it's just *too* many pixels per square inch. It's only a 15"
display after all, 1400x1050 is just right for me.

BTW, IBM actually put a 2048x1530 15" display in limited numbers in some
R51p ThinkPads!
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.


From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) on 25 Dec 2009 01:01
> Neither of these 2 points support usage of widescreen displays on a PC.
> Help me please - I'm turning into Rod Speed. I'll start insulting people
> next and calling them children etc.

Unfortunately, movie watchers dominate the market, not hardcore PC
people. You can't change the ecology in the monitor world. :)

BTW, I heard that the next ratio would be 21:16; the next movie film, 65mm!

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