2560x1080p? is it good?

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I was thinking about getting a 2560x1080 wide screen monitor but will certain games even run at this resolution? and what will happen to videos or movies running at 1920x1080
 
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If you're referring to those new Super Wide Screen Monitors... I'm WITH YOU. I've been thinking about grabbing one myself. It's true that some games aren't designed for that particular aspect ratio... BUT that is only because it's only now becoming mainstream. Expect all popular games coming out to pretty much support it and a few older ones to have patches or "workarounds" created.

As far as movies... yes, you could have black bars... but I think it's possible for movies and shows to support this ratio very soon. Remember when regular widescreen came out.. almost everything was square..

But getting back to games... playing a game at this aspect adds a new level.. or I'm told. Since I'm an AMD user, I've decided to get an LG monitor since they support FreeSync and seem to have the best prices.
 
I own a 21:9 monitor, and while it is mildly obnoxious to run fullscreen games because you get the black bars, it works well enough. Some monitors have over/underscan presets for watching movies that are letterboxed. I don't use those features so I can't report how well they work.

It certainly is nice from a productivity standpoint, at least.
 


As long as the TV manufacturers stick to 16:9, nobody is going to master movies in anything but what is the standard. 4kUHD BD's will be mastered in 16:9, movies you find online are ripped BD's. The only exception to this are indie movie makers, though from what I've seen, the standard still seems to be 16:9 in the full 1920x1080, but 1920x817 being the actual movie.

As far as 21:9 for games, I believe it's still too early, as early adopters are nothing but BETA testers for the developers. If you want no complications, stick to 16:9. 21:9 game play to cutscene can instantly ruin your immersion as a lot of the pre rendered scenes are mastered in 16:9.

This is of course not black and white, but just like when people jumped to 4k without realising how much money they wasted because early displays don't support the required specs for the actual 4k content, this works as a methaphor for 21:9 aspect ratio, in a way.


As soon as you manipulate the image to get rid of the black bars, you lose 1:1 pixel mapping. You might as well watch Netflix at that point, save some money over BD.
 
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