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Originally posted by Overpaid Slacker
Steve -
It's an adjustment, but I can get two full, page-width panes open side-by-side (which is really nice).

Now that I've given you the responsible hooey, the real reason is widescreen gaming is freaking great! And, if you want to use the monitor as part of a PC-based home theater system, the screen rocks!

I guess this is food for thought for others in the market.... ATEOTD, you can do stuff with widescreen you can't with standard 4:3 ... AND the 19" widescreen LG was cheaper (with better specs) than a 4:3 19" LCD. YMMV.

JP

I run regular monitors at 1600x1200, so I'm used to getting lots of real estate. For me to get a widescreen that was an upgrade it'd need to be something like 2500x1600 otherwise it'd be a downgrade.

Weird thing, at work my previous laptop was a Dell with a 15" screen that would go to 1600x1200. The newer, faster, better Dell that replaced that old laptop is now capable of 1400x1050. And I find it weird that my old laptop with a 15" LCD was capable of 1600x1200, but if you want a freestanding LCD capable of that resolution you have to go up to at least 20".

Things are getting bigger, but not necessarily better. I guess that's what happens when the prices drop the way they have.