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I want a 30" monitor...
Published on March 25, 2008 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

Lets look at your PC capabilities a bit more closely.  Last week I asked about whether you used a desktop or a laptop as your main machine.  Desktops won out easily.  This week lets talk screen resolutions.  For authors of wallpapers, DX themes, skins, icons and almost every other category in skinning, screen resolutions can be a massive pain in the rear.  What looks fantastic at 1600x1200 might look like garbage or simply be unusable at 1024x768.  At the same time, users with widescreen monitors can have a hard time finding content that doesn't look stretched on their monitor.

So, to start with, I'd like to hear from everyone on whether they use a more regular standard aspect rations like 4:3 and 5:4, or if they go in for widescreen (16:9, 16:10).

Results, as usual, next week.


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on Mar 27, 2008
1920 x 1200. I'm just accustomed to widescreen gaming now. Going back to 4:3 would be like going from 5.1 surround sound to 2-channel stereo.
on Mar 27, 2008
I have a poor mans widescreen of a std hp fp7317 17" monitor using a resoluition of 1280 x 1024 ,to get the widescrren effect i use a widescreen wallpaper with the black strip on top & bottom with the pikkie in the middle, why waste good money on a real widescreen monitor

EDIT: Just had thought i can do a poor mans monitor upgrade by using one of those page reading maginfiers,that way i can adjust the size of monitor area depending on size of the magnifying sheet 24" widescreen here i come

ps: page magnifiers are used for reading books,it's basicly a plastic sheet that has magnifying capabilities & is encompessed in a plastic surround
on Mar 30, 2008
zakai1369
March 25, 2008 10:21:36
Currently 1280x1024 on a 17' monitor. But I've been convincing myself for about 4 months that I don't need to buy a 22" monitor. I think I'm getting close to losing that battle though



Ok scratch that. I just gave in and ordered a 22" Widescreen, thanks to reading all these posts.

Yup I'll blame this thread. That'll work.

Zoomba where should I send you the bill?
on Mar 30, 2008
Friggin double posts
on Mar 30, 2008
Ok scratch that. I just gave in and ordered a 22" Widescreen, thanks to reading all these posts.

Should have gone with a 24".... (I was gonna get a 22" at first but then decided I'd kick myself later for not getting a 24") Go for the gusto!
on Mar 30, 2008
Should have gone with a 24".... (I was gonna get a 22" at first but then decided I'd kick myself later for not getting a 24") Go for the gusto!




I thought about it but I got a good deal on the 22" and a decent 24" would've cost me about $100 more. I figured I'll be jumping from 17" to 22" it should seem like enough of a difference.
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