I miss 4:3 monitors :(

[iLOVENZB]

You have to scroll too much on 16:9 :(

[tesco]

No.
You fit the same vertically, and more horizontally.
So not more scrolling, sometimes less.
Movies become larger in 16:10 though.

[clocker]

I dislike the way those new format monitors artificially stretch text.
I also resent the assumption by manufacturers that I'm buying a monitor to watch movies and will accept degrading text so Paul Blart: Mall Cop plays in the correct ratio.
I'm still running twin 20" 4:3 IBM monitors.

[tesco]

I dislike the way those new format monitors artificially stretch text.
I also resent the assumption by manufacturers that I'm buying a monitor to watch movies and will accept degrading text so Paul Blart: Mall Cop plays in the correct ratio.
I'm still running twin 20" 4:3 IBM monitors.
How does it stretch text?

[JPaul]

It doesn't, not if the web page or whatever is designed for that format. If it's not then it just has wide bars down the sides.

He's just a very old man and is thinking about his TV rather than a computer monitor.

[Mr. Mulder]

monitors are all in the cloud now, i don't need to view stuff when it’s all wireless and in the cloud. I've let Amazon host my viewing and have completely taken away my monitor and am now left with just the bottom part to my laptop. Safe in the knowledge that all my pixels are backed up and accessible anywhere i log-in from :yes:

[tesco]

It doesn't, not if the web page or whatever is designed for that format. If it's not then it just has wide bars down the sides.

He's just a very old man and is thinking about his TV rather than a computer monitor.
Yes well if you have the correct resolution set nothing will ever get stretched in any way.

[tesco]

monitors are all in the cloud now, i don't need to view stuff when it’s all wireless and in the cloud. I've let Amazon host my viewing and have completely taken away my monitor and am now left with just the bottom part to my laptop. Safe in the knowledge that all my pixels are backed up and accessible anywhere i log-in from :yes:
Just don't violate their terms of service.

[megabyteme]

I miss the old black and white televisions the size of ovens with the displays the size of the windows in them. The high pitch out of their tubes let you know when people were home without having to knock. Now that was a television! People and their techmologies... :no:

Back to reality...don't you both spend time in the hardware section discussing PC mods and upgrades- like water cooling? Strange you would have issues with a format designed around greater usability (yes, initially designed for movies, but also fitting the horizontal viewing characteristics of the human eyes).

[ScottK]

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mine :yup:

[JPaul]

Mine




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[enoughfakefiles]

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[ScottK]

I miss me

[iLOVENZB]

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mine :yup:

Your curtains or wallpaper are hideous, please change immediately! :D Your chassis looks impressive though, where did you get it?

[ScottK]

lovely curtain, and its free.so...
and impressive? convert to USD, its around $10 :dabs:

so after all this is my cinema :happy:

[iLOVENZB]

What's the case brand/model number?

[ScottK]

no brand, no model number :blushing:

[Something Else]

Too poor to host a picture properly. :no:

[ScottK]

Too poor to host a picture properly. :no:

remember, this is internet.. :naughty:

[VictorRudenko]

Out of all the places I've worked at...we still use 4:3 LCDs. Also, I believe programmers are supposed to create software in huge 800x600 resolution so widescreen would be pointless.

[tesco]

Out of all the places I've worked at...we still use 4:3 LCDs. Also, I believe programmers are supposed to create software in huge 800x600 resolution so widescreen would be pointless.
800x600 isn't huge, it's small.

[iLOVENZB]

tesco, I was in 1985.

[tesco]

tesco, I was in 1985.
What does that mean?

[iLOVENZB]

800x600 was a huge res in '85. Did it really need explaining?

[tesco]

Yes, and still does. :wacko:

[VictorRudenko]

Out of all the places I've worked at...we still use 4:3 LCDs. Also, I believe programmers are supposed to create software in huge 800x600 resolution so widescreen would be pointless.
800x600 isn't huge, it's small.Hmm? What I'm trying to say is the overall image is larger. Less pixels, larger image right? You can see what's on the screen from 20 feet away without squinting.

[KFlint]

tesco, I was in 1985.

I was too, what a coincidence.

[KFlint]

Yes, and still does. :wacko:
:lol:

It helped me when I replaced the I for an it in his sentence.

[JPaul]

Is this some kind of mentalists convention, or something else.

[ScottK]

Is this some kind of mentalists convention, or something else.

i tell ya, i tell ya :(

[Skiz]

I dislike the way those new format monitors artificially stretch text.
I also resent the assumption by manufacturers that I'm buying a monitor to watch movies and will accept degrading text so Paul Blart: Mall Cop plays in the correct ratio.
I'm still running twin 20" 4:3 IBM monitors.
How does it stretch text?

I dunno either. Maybe it's one of the older 20" monitors that is widescreen, while still being an actual 4:3 pixel ratio.

Nothing should be stretched on a 16:9 or 16:10 if the ratio is set correctly.