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Petition to tv makers (your thoughts about that)
Gorotsuki:
Unfortunately the X-box 360
doesn't exactly meet
the quality benchmarks
of my old black and white TV.
ahofle:
I find it amazing when people say things like 4:3 is "obsolete". IMO the only use for widescreen monitors are for watching movies (or TV originally captured in widescreen) and possibly newer first person perspective games. I personally don't watch movies on my PC, so that narrows it down even further. The reason PC LCD monitors are all 16:9 is because it's cheaper for manufacturers (since they already make the same panels for TVs), not because it's better. I would venture to guess that most people out there using computer monitors spend around 75-90% of their time on the computer reading email, viewing web pages, reading/writing documents, publishing, writing software, etc -- all activities which benefit from more vertical screen real estate (4:3 or even 3:4), not less. Pick up any book or magazine and unless it's a children's book, it will not be in 16:9 viewing format. Heck I even see people rotating 16:9 PC monitors for these same reasons (that is a bit too much vertical space for me though). And yet people seem to be happy for the non-widescreen monitor's demise. :dizzy:
Note that I have not even mentioned classic gaming which in the grand scheme of computer usage is very rare.
(Where did the 'get off my lawn' icon go? :P)
CheffoJeffo:
I was going to tell Andy to get off of my lawn ... until I realized that he was telling me that I was an exceptional user of my computer monitors (and, so, must be younger than he). And, it turns out, that I agree with most everything he wrote ... although when I browse print-friendly content, I use a rotated 16:9 monitor. ;)
And let me take the opportunity to say that I would *LOVE* to see a big, classic gaming-friendly LCD. Right now I have 3 modern consoles, which are attached to the big screen. I also have 5 classic consoles, which are attached to a number of different TVs throughout the house. Last year, a friend of mine gave my elder son a "gaming monitor" that he had rescued from one of the video game stores. It connect nicely to the Intellevision, the NES and the N64 that he has in his room, along with the DVD ... and the sound is pretty amazing for a monitor of that size.
Connectivity and support like that would be cool to see ... I'm just not optimistic.
ahofle:
I guess my point hidden in that post somewhere is that 4:3 monitors are not dying because of niche markets (like classic gaming) or small market segments, but because of peoples' inability to understand and resist when they are being shoveled a buzzword technology that isn't necessarily 'better'.
I may give the 16:9 rotation a try again. I think it would be much better if it were something closer to 16:11 or so. :)
TeutonicDarkness:
Maybe I'm just living in the Dark Ages here.
I have never liked the Idea of Flimsy LCD's. I certainly would not want
a 4:3 LCD monitor.
I'm still running a 19CRt for over 4 years and proud of it!
I stock up on these monitors all the time.
Every time someone decides to "upgrade" if that what you want to
call it.
If the day finally arises I can build my MAME Cab you can bet it won't be
a flimsy LCD, Flatscreen, whatchamacallit.
I will stick with the "Old Faithfull's" as long as humanly possible. ;)
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