>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> writes:
>> On 05/05/2011 08:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I'm not a big fan of the new "landscape" monitors. I use an older >> 4:3 20 > inch LCD because I like the vertical space for text >> reading/writing > work. I dread the day it gives out because only >> the band-aid form-factor > monitors seem to be available now. They >> don't deliver the vertical size > I like without going into >> something like a 27 inch or larger, a > seriously spendy >> proposition. The 16:9 monitor may be great for watching > movies >> online or for HD gamers but that's what I have a TV for; a 4:3 > >> form-factor makes more sense for my desktop PS use. Keith> I fervently agree with the 4:3 minority, but there are many who Keith> agree with the screen marketing departments instead. [...] For me, it is much less about aspect ratio or physical dimensions than it is about the number of pixels. The newer models are giving you *fewer* pixels (in particular, vertically) than they used to while they blather on with their marketing distractions. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
