Go Widescreen or 4:3 LCD?

[Intelman07]

I'm looking to buy an LCD monitor, since my good old CRT just died. I don't know whether I want a widescreen or 4:3 monitor though - what do you think is better? I'm looking at this widescreen at Staples; does anyone know if it's a good monitor for gaming?

V7 Series 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor R19WPS


If not, I could use suggestions of fairly resonably priced monitors that are good for gaming. Thanks.

 

[narutofan36]

widescreen ftw!

 

[FallenHero]

im on a 4:3 monitor, and it serves its purpose. What do you usually do with your comp? Me being at 1600x1200 makes my screen plenty big for what I do.

 

[IeraseU]

Widescreen. Every game and movie will be widescreen format from now on, thanks largely in part to HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, and the new 'next gen' consoles.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=202310998&adid=17662

 

[deftron]

Would most of the games you play

support 1440 x 900 resolution?

 

[blueshoe]

Widescreen ftw!

 

[mb]

I really enjoy my 20" 1600x1200 monitor, but I think the next one I buy will be widescreen.

 

[Evadman]

Once I picked up my 2005 FPW 20" widescreen from dell, I couldn't believe what I delt with in the past. Best $ I ever spent on a computer anything.

 

[narutofan36]

more space is a pleasure

 

[TipsyMcStagger]

Ive had a 2005FPW for over a year now. Widescreen is great.

 

[KillerCharlie]

If you go widescreen you'll never go back.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: TipsyMcStagger
Ive had a 2005FPW for over a year now. Widescreen is great.

Same. I paid $480 for mine but I've seen it as cheap as $334, last November.

Anything < $379 shipped is a good deal.

 

[sunase]

I wouldn't do widescreen at 19", although I would for larger monitors.

 

[Viper GTS]

Unless you can get a really big widescreen monitor (in the territory that 4:3 monitors don't exist) I'd stick with 4:3.

There are more pixels in a 2007FP than a 2005FPW.

Check out the link in my signature to do your own research.

Widescreen is a great joke played on those who are bad at math.

Viper GTS

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Unless you can get a really big widescreen monitor (in the territory that 4:3 monitors don't exist) I'd stick with 4:3.

There are more pixels in a 2007FP than a 2005FPW.

Check out the link in my signature to do your own research.

Widescreen is a great joke played on those who are bad at math.

Viper GTS

Not if you have a 24" at 1920x1200 . Thats next to my 23" 1920x1200 also

If you watch quite a bit of tv stuff on your comp the widescreen is nice to have but imo the 20" ones res is too low for me.

Koing

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Unless you can get a really big widescreen monitor (in the territory that 4:3 monitors don't exist) I'd stick with 4:3.

There are more pixels in a 2007FP than a 2005FPW.

Check out the link in my signature to do your own research.

Widescreen is a great joke played on those who are bad at math.

Viper GTS

Not if you have a 24" at 1920x1200 . Thats next to my 23" 1920x1200 also

If you watch quite a bit of tv stuff on your comp the widescreen is nice to have but imo the 20" ones res is too low for me.

Koing

Like I said, really big where 4:3's don't exist. Fewer than 1200 vertical pixels is absolutely unacceptable these days. A 23/24" is the smallest 16:10 display I would ever consider.

Once you get into large displays widescreen does start making sense, but all the people buying 20" widescreens are a little short-sighted.

Viper GTS

 

[eits]

widescreen.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Unless you can get a really big widescreen monitor (in the territory that 4:3 monitors don't exist) I'd stick with 4:3.

There are more pixels in a 2007FP than a 2005FPW.

Check out the link in my signature to do your own research.

Widescreen is a great joke played on those who are bad at math.

Viper GTS

Not if you have a 24" at 1920x1200 . Thats next to my 23" 1920x1200 also

If you watch quite a bit of tv stuff on your comp the widescreen is nice to have but imo the 20" ones res is too low for me.

Koing

Like I said, really big where 4:3's don't exist. Fewer than 1200 vertical pixels is absolutely unacceptable these days. A 23/24" is the smallest 16:10 display I would ever consider.

Once you get into large displays widescreen does start making sense, but all the people buying 20" widescreens are a little short-sighted.

Viper GTS

Yup. Not really a market or bigger then 1600x1200 on the 4:3 lcd imo.

In 2002 I was debating 2x20" 1600x1200 displays or a single 23" 1920x1200 display. I went with the bigger 23". The split down the middle is poor. Now that I run dual with a 24" it is nice. The 30" would be sweet but my graphics card can't handle it and I would have to do a mobo+cpu upgrade as well as the graphics card to run the 30" .

I would also lose the benefit of watching something on one screen and have the other to do work/ browsing. It would be harder to fit the equivalent 24" movie on the 30" and have the space for the other windows. 2x 30" would be SWEET but that would require a lot of extra £££.

Koing