Which one is wider? Or are all widescreen the same?

[inyci]

hi, it's me, the noob, again. I just notice that I've bough a 19" LCD that's not widescreen. I hate Nextag now. It referred me to a site that says it's 19" wide LCD, then I placed the order and they shipped me the regular 19" LCD. I check back on the site and now it's regular 19" LCD. I wanted to return it, only to find out that they only give you 3 days to do it. The shipping cost alone would be close to $50.

So now, I'm selling it on eBay and search for a true 19" widescreen LCD. I check on newegg and find two that fits my budget. The problem is, I kind of see a difference on the size of the screens. I means they both are 19" widescreen, right. Shouldn't their screen sizes be the same?

I'm new to widescreen. This 17" LCD I'm using now looks like a widescreen to me too. My eyes are not good.

here are the pictures:

 

product url:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824254001

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824116065

 

Do they look the same to you? I think the Viewsonic one is wider. I'm not sure.

 

I appreciate your inputs, thanks alot.

[BTSchnarfy]

All 19" widescreen LCDs have the same size screen. The cabinets may be different sizes (bezel thickness, depth, etc.), but the screen stays the same. They both have a max res of 1440x900 and the same response time as well. The only reason that the Viewsonic looks wider is because it was either physically closer to the camera when the picture was taken, or the photographer zoomed in more on it. They are the same size though. If it were my decision, between those two monitors, I'd go for the Viewsonic. I just don't know enough about Hanns-G to recommend them.

[BoyBandsMustDie]

A friend bought the hanns-g for his c2d rig and It's a really nice monitor from what I have seen.

The corners do let a little white bleed through when your at an all black screen but while in applications it isn't noticeable. But for the price on the viewsonic AR I would probably just jump on that.

 

:edit: Just know that the viewsonic doesn't support dvi...

Edited January 22, 2007 by BoyBandsMustDie

[hardnrg]

the (native) resolution determines the aspect ratio of the screen

 

1440 / 900 = 1.6 = 16/10 = 16:10

 

16:10 and 16:9 are the most common widescreen aspect ratios, 4:3 (4/3=1.33) is regular... so just take the width / height if you aren't sure

[Makaveli]

At Newegg.com all the 19" Widescreen monitors have excellent reviews, might want to take a look...

[sdy284]

At Newegg.com all the 19" Widescreen monitors have excellent reviews, might want to take a look...

 

take a look @ the water mark on those pictures he posted

[kingdingeling]

but think about getting widescreen again. I went down to the local Saturn (like BestBuy in the USA) and had a look at 19" and 20" LCD's, they really don't look as nice in front of you as they do on the pics. I am probably gonna get a normal 19-20" or a 21" wide if my cashflow allows it...

[ClayMeow]

the (native) resolution determines the aspect ratio of the screen

 

1440 / 900 = 1.6 = 16/10 = 16:10

 

16:10 and 16:9 are the most common widescreen aspect ratios, 4:3 (4/3=1.33) is regular... so just take the width / height if you aren't sure

You forgot 5:4, noob

 

For 17" and 19" LCD's, it's important to look for ones that are 5:4 because 1280x1024 = 5:4 and thus if the screen is 4:3, you'll have slight distortion. This was an issue in the earlier days of LCD's, but most, if not all, are probably 5:4 now.

 

As far as widescreen goes, I'm with kingdingeling. If you're not springing for a 20.1" or greater widescreen LCD, IMO, it's better to stick with standard size.

 

19" Widescreens are 1440x900

19" Standards are 1280x1024

 

Thus, you're losing a bit of the height. May not make a difference to you, but you have to question whether it wouldn't be better to jump up to 20.1" to get the 1680x1050 and thus gain in both directions.

 

Just my 2

[inyci]

I am building my own Media Center computer and I have read many reviews that recommend a widescreen LCD monitor for it. My use of that computer is for media viewing and occasional gaming (BF2, Steam games, etc.). My friends' laptops have widescreen and they look pretty good, placing two application windows side by side without much resizing.

 

Does DVI really matters? is VGA going to disappear in the newer graphic cards(DX10 cards especially)? My current graphic card(Geforce 6200 w/Turbo cache) has both DVI and VGA. I plan to use it as a step stone as I'll upgrade to a better card eventually (in a few months) when they(or DX10-support card) sells cheaper.

[ClayMeow]

I am building my own Media Center computer and I have read many reviews that recommend a widescreen LCD monitor for it. My use of that computer is for media viewing and occasional gaming (BF2, Steam games, etc.). My friends' laptops have widescreen and they look pretty good, placing two application windows side by side without much resizing.

 

Does DVI really matters? is VGA going to disappear in the newer graphic cards(DX10 cards especially)? My current graphic card(Geforce 6200 w/Turbo cache) has both DVI and VGA. I plan to use it as a step stone as I'll upgrade to a better card eventually (in a few months) when they(or DX10-support card) sells cheaper.

DVI vs. VGA doesn't matter much now, but it'd probably be best if you go for one with DVI (or both) as some newer cards may have dual-DVI's instead one VGA and one DVI. I believe there are already dual-DVI (no VGA) cards, but there variants with VGA...in the future, they may not make variants. shrug.