Widescreen LCD monitors?

upsciLLion

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I know that Samsung makes a 17" widescreen LCD. The price is fairly reasonable too.

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Stealth1024

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Dell equips their Inspiron notebooks with 1920x1200 (WUXGA) widescreen 15" LCD's. If I could find these for desktop I would certainly shell out the cash! (just not 4k for the 22" desktop version that's only analog...)

If they can make them with a reasonable price for notebooks, why not desktops!!! I want my desktop space (more resolution please...)
 

guapo337

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Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Dell equips their Inspiron notebooks with 1920x1200 (WUXGA) widescreen 15" LCD's. If I could find these for desktop I would certainly shell out the cash! (just not 4k for the 22" desktop version that's only analog...)

If they can make them with a reasonable price for notebooks, why not desktops!!! I want my desktop space (more resolution please...)


Yeah I want to make a HTPC with a widescreen 19" LCD on the wall. Model number of the Samsung by anychance?
 

Trente

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Originally posted by: guapo337
Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Dell equips their Inspiron notebooks with 1920x1200 (WUXGA) widescreen 15" LCD's. If I could find these for desktop I would certainly shell out the cash! (just not 4k for the 22" desktop version that's only analog...)

If they can make them with a reasonable price for notebooks, why not desktops!!! I want my desktop space (more resolution please...)


Yeah I want to make a HTPC with a widescreen 19" LCD on the wall. Model number of the Samsung by anychance?


Why not go for a native 16:9 LCD/DLP projector?
 

Linux23

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Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Dell equips their Inspiron notebooks with 1920x1200 (WUXGA) widescreen 15" LCD's. If I could find these for desktop I would certainly shell out the cash! (just not 4k for the 22" desktop version that's only analog...)

If they can make them with a reasonable price for notebooks, why not desktops!!! I want my desktop space (more resolution please...)

that can't be native resolution?
 

Alptraum

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While I don't know the specific native res of that lap top that sounds about right. Comparitivly lap top LCDs run at higher resolutions then desktop LCDs. Many/maybe most 15" lap top LCDs run at 1600x1200.
 

guapo337

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Originally posted by: Trente
Originally posted by: guapo337
Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Dell equips their Inspiron notebooks with 1920x1200 (WUXGA) widescreen 15" LCD's. If I could find these for desktop I would certainly shell out the cash! (just not 4k for the 22" desktop version that's only analog...)

If they can make them with a reasonable price for notebooks, why not desktops!!! I want my desktop space (more resolution please...)


Yeah I want to make a HTPC with a widescreen 19" LCD on the wall. Model number of the Samsung by anychance?


Why not go for a native 16:9 LCD/DLP projector?

Because the viewing distance is about 6 feet. Also, a projecotr will run me a lot more than 600 or so right?

 

hans007

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there are many makes of wide LCDs.

i have a philips 17" one, and its great. the widescreen models are usually extra bright for movie use too. the particular one i have i know was onyl $325 at tigerdirect a few weeks ago (i bought mine much much longer ago)


i know samsung makes a 23" wide (its like $3k though at best buy) that does 1600x1050 i think.


if i were you though, and needed a large screen, i'd get one of the new hdtv lcd projection tvs, you can get a 42" with dvi in 1280x768 resolution for around $1300 at most stores.