LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio 311
skade88 writes "LG has released an ultra wide monitor. It really is wide (WxHxD: 699.7 X 387 X 208.5 mm) — take a look at the thing! It looks like it would be good for movies shot in larger aspect ratios such as 2.20 for 70mm film or 2.39 for modern cinemascope films. But OS GUI designs need to catch up to the ever horizontally expanding waistline of our monitors."
Re:Waste Line (Score:5, Informative)
anandtech wasn't particularly pleased with the monitor, either. [anandtech.com]
Superwide + can't rotate 90 degrees + poor refresh rate? you bet.
Re:WTFGA (Score:4, Informative)
great. just waiting for laptops to follow this format as they inevitably will. then we'll be able to read up to 3 lines of text at a time!
Toshiba's had one for a few weeks (at least)
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/U840W/U845W-S410/ [toshiba.com]
DISPLAY RESOLUTION
1792x768 (HD+), 21:9 aspect ratio, Supports 720p content
Re:WTFGA (Score:4, Informative)
That's 5:4 aspect ratio.
Re:Waste Line (Score:5, Informative)
It's the line of space wasted by having mostly empty tool bars and docks stretching across the bottom or top of the screen.
It's why when I get stuck with a 16:9 monitor I dock everything to the left side.
The wasted space is bad, but comparing monitors becomes bad too. A 21:9 monitor which is 29" has a lot less area than a 29" monitor at 16:9 which in turn has a lot less area than a 29" monitor at 4:3. A marketer's wet dream probably, but terrible for the consumer.
This 22:9 monitor which is 29" is about 11" high in usable area. My 21" 16:9 monitor at work is about 10.3" high in usable area.
A 22:9 monitor at 29" only has the area of a 26.5" monitor at 16:9 or a 24.8" monitor at 4:3.
Re:WTFGA (Score:4, Informative)
I thought that LCD screens don't count the bezel as part of the screen size. CRT monitors did, because the actual tube stretched beyond the display portion.