Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+

 Thoughts on 16:10 vs. 16:9 Monitors, Opinion

views
     
t1231
post Sep 25 2012, 08:07 AM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
251 posts

Joined: Jul 2012
hmm, most 24" 16:10 mons are IPS nowadays, i don't see any cheaper ones than Dell's at ~800+. If anyone knows any cheaper thing, please post it here... :-)
t1231
post Sep 25 2012, 08:40 PM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
251 posts

Joined: Jul 2012
QUOTE(fat cat @ Sep 25 2012, 06:31 PM)
so? even if you force 16:10 in most games you will end up getting black bars. whats the point. better stick with 16:9 as its more universal.
*
what's the point? let's see:

1. 16:9 very suitable for games + movies; for work - not ideal.
2. 16:10 games + movies - no problem, only have "extra" black bars; for work - wow!!! (or just refer to TS's very detailed explanation in the opening post)

now why should i take (1) and not (2)? unless, of course, i only use it for games + movies.

still don't get it? a 5-seater saloon can take 4 ppl, but a 4-seater car can't get 5 ppl.

biggrin.gif
t1231
post Nov 14 2012, 03:00 PM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
251 posts

Joined: Jul 2012
Read the other day that there is a super long monitor coming out...
t1231
post Nov 14 2012, 06:04 PM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
251 posts

Joined: Jul 2012
too bulky for my desk...
t1231
post Sep 7 2013, 02:36 PM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
251 posts

Joined: Jul 2012
sorry to bring up an old topic, but it is interseting. I found a useful site to calculate the actual measurements of various screen sizes of differnt aspect ratio, should be really useful for comparison:

http://www.prinds.com/tools/screenDimensions.htm


t1231
post Jan 16 2014, 08:09 PM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
251 posts

Joined: Jul 2012
QUOTE(chopin @ Jan 14 2014, 06:52 PM)
To add my points of the strengths of 16:10, I will show the following photos. The conclusion is that 16:9 sucks at productivity, it is perhaps only best for entertainment like movies and games. Whereas 16:10 and older formats like 5:4 are better for doing serious work. When you are working on documents, you would enjoy more on any mon that is taller than shorter, trust me. In addition also, the 16:10 format is so close to 16:9 making it quite fine to watch movies, and with added height making document-viewing a joy too, it is a winner is I only have $ for just one mon.

I just hope that the industry will produce more monitors in the formats that are good for work, and, at the same time, continue to made monitors for play. They all have their own demands!

Photo 1: (16:10, 24")
See how the monitor can open two facing pages of document in FULL size!
Photo 2: (16:10, 24")
The same mon as in 1, see the height of it even longer than the actual A4 size paper!

Photo 3: (16:10, 22")
This size has the exact height of the A4 paper. Still quite acceptable.

Photo 4: (16:9, 22")
See how much the monitor is shorter than the height of the A4 paper. I have put this mon aside just as a spare for quite some time already. Almost useless.
*
Thanks TS for the wonderful illustration.......... thumbup.gif


 

Change to:
| Lo-Fi Version
0.0166sec    0.35    7 queries    GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 25th November 2025 - 03:11 AM