Widescreen

[forthbridge]

After reading Tony's Samsung post......

anyway..... I currently use a 17" Samsung TFT, bought in Jan '06, after I returned the hideous TFT that came with a setup I'd bought...... visually I am still evry pleased with it.....

..however....... I have been casting my eye on a setup for Flightsim, which ticks all the boxes and comes with a 22" widescreen monitor (Acer)...
First of all... I can save about £75 if I choose not to go with the monitor (and put this to a better model) - but I'm not sure if I actually want widescreen.

I use them at work, and even the large screens seem very 'narrow'... so I just thought I'd ask... how does FS look on the WS monitors? Has anyone went back to standard screens from widescreen, or would you not go back?

[DaveB]

Hi Jim..

Still hanging on to my 19" CRT but I have a selection of hardware attached to various systems around Booker Towers including 2 PC's with widescreen monitors. If you're a 2D panel man.. you'll have to put up with it looking stretched. If you only use VC's.. no problemo.. it will look normal.. that is proportional ;-) Next tft I get will probably be bigger than the 19" CRT but NOT widescreen if at all possible

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[forthbridge]

Cheers Dave.... as a 2D flyer, I'm tempted to save the cash and see if I can pick up a standard proportioned one anywhere..... on the face of it, not available where I've looked so far!

:think:

[DaveB]

Hello Mate..

They are there but I agree that they're getting increasingly difficult to source. A good alternative is to go for one with a greater height res. Many of these WS monitors are XXXX x 1025 or 1050 but I reckon XXXX x 1200 would keep the aspect ratio closer to none WS. Now.. where's that lottery ticket

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[TSR2]

If you don't want widescreen and have a few quid spare.... ;-)

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/22-Neovo ... -3-ms-VESA

[forthbridge]

:o :o

Blimey! I might not feel like using it much if I walked in with that and SWMBO discovered the price

[speedbird591]

Hi Jim. I've used widescreen laptops for a couple of years now and I wouldn't go back to a regular monitor. The panoramic effect is more like how the eye sees but the trade off is slightly elliptical instruments in 2D view. I stopped noticing it after about 5 minutes and don't remember unless somebody points it out in a screenshot.

I've posted these before for the same reason - a demonstration of both 2D and VC cockpits on my current 1366 x 768 widescreen. Hope it helps.





Ian

[DaveB]

Yes.. that one IS a bit steep. There is another there listed with the same res but much less expensive. It says widescreen but so does that one on Ben's link.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/22-Neovo ... -DVI-Cable

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[AndyMinx]

I've been using my 26" Widescreen for a few months now...I'd never go back. I use my old 19" regular on the PC in the lounge and it looks soo tiny now in comparison.

Now I know many would say 26" is a touch overkill but it's great for games and besides, I got it on quite a good deal!

Just a thought...

Cheers,

Andy

[Garry Russell]

I had to go widescreen a while ago as that was all there was :-(

I hate the format......my eyesight is more square than wide so I find the ordinary monitio proprotion of slightly wider than tall is bang on.

I loathe the distorted dials.

I also hate LCD screens as the colour varies with angle .....bring back CRT's I'm seripous, modern montitors trade off far too much and make working on screens far harder.

Garry