[mythtv-users] Is Wider better?
Stroller
linux.luser at myrealbox.com
Mon Apr 30 21:29:51 UTC 2007
On 30 Apr 2007, at 16:05, Peter A. Daly wrote:
> ...
> I think I've decided to go the LCD computer monitor route rather
> than the LCD TV route. We watch exclusively (right now) SD
> recorded from TV content.
>
> Budget wise, it looks like a 22" widescreen or 20" (normal) display
> is the choice it's coming down to.
>
> Would I be better off with a 20" 4:3 display instead of a
> widescreen? The 22" widescreen seems like the obvious choice on
> the surface, but since I mostly watch SD content, would I be better
> off with the 4:3 20"?
This has got to be entirely your choice. Widescreen viewing is
important to me, and I find letterboxed movies insufferably small on
quite adequately-sized 4:3 screens.
Basically, do the maths on viewable area against price.
You may find the table on page 2 of this document helpful:
PDF:
<http://www.necdisplay.com/support/css/Techlibrary/
whitepaper_measuring_screensize.pdf>
Google's HTML cache:
<http://66.102.9.104/search?
q=cache:EQkHJ3ZS0VwJ:www.necdisplay.com/support/css/Techlibrary/
whitepaper_measuring_screensize.pdf>
Stroller.
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