16:10 vs 16:9

[AzN]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: Azn
Personally I had a 16:10 monitor and upgraded to a 1920x1080. I'm not looking back. I get to watch all my HD tv shows at full screen.

I'm a little bit confused by this logic. With 1920x1200, you still get 1920x1080 playback but the top and bottom are letter boxed. If you had two displays with the same pixel pitch, but one was 1920x1200 and the other 1920x1080, your 1080p image would be the exact same size.

I know it's a matter of personal preference (so I'm not passing judgment), I'm just somewhat surprised that one would 'upgrade' to 16:9 just to have an otherwise identical image meet the edge of the screen.

No I upgraded from 1440x900 to 1920x1080.

I love that there's no black bars. I get to use full screen for 16:9 material and I watch a lot of 16:9 tv shows on my computer. The picture is bigger when no black bars are present.