gunny
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ORIGINAL: tc237 Hi, I have a question about widescreen monitors. How are they for real work? For example, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, web browsing? I have two 19" LCD's, I love'em both. They have a viewable area height/width of 15"(38cm) x 12"(30cm). When looking at a Word/Excel document at 100% magnification (8.5x11 sheet of paper), the entire doc will fit on the screen, so you know exactly what you are printing. I see all these 19" widescreens and the screen looks like it is only 6" tall. How do you get any work done? You must wear out the mouse scroll wheel. Asking because I'm building a new PC for a family member, and want to be able to explain both types of monitors. Thanks for any info. I don't want to sugar coat things but the news is good in those respects. I have a 22'' LCD. And can set just about any resolution, I have used from 1024 to 1650. My favourite right now is 1280X960 at 72hz with large font. Excell fills the whole screen without looking stretched or squashed. And the standard columns go from A to T and rows 1 to 45 without scrolling. Not sure what it was before. Web browsing depends on the page. Some fill every inch. Actually matrix does. Very nice on the eyes. Photos seem to adjust and dont squash or stretch. Yahoo at certain resolutions will fill the screen at others will leave a 1.5 inch margin on either side. Depends what aspect ratio you choose. And you don't have to use the native resolution, the drivers seem to sort that out. Games that I have tried so far, and fill the entire screen without stretching: Company of heroes, Panzer Command, MTW2, Brigade E5 (runs at 1650), Faces of war. Far Cry looks absolutely friggin gorgeous at any resolution on this, better than CRT, so their is hope.
< Message edited by gunny -- 2/24/2007 10:55:37 PM >
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