need some advice about monitors.smaller wide or a larger sqaure?

[geremyviterbo]

Im going to buy a new monitor and i need some advice.I have never experienced using square type monitor before.a month before now my monitor starts cracking and it's really annoying and im planning to buy a monitor these week and i saw some advertisement which is offering a square type monitors and wide type monitors,both of theme has the same price and flat screen but the square type is 0.5inch larger than wide screen monitor.can you guys help me to choose please ? Thanks .

 

[Shektron]

I don't know which model you're talking about, but I'd choose the wider one any day. You see, our eyes cover much more horizontally than they do vertically, so a wider screen is much more immersive than a square monitor. Take the wider one, it'll be better. However, I might change this statement if you can provide a link to both the monitors. But in general I'd say take the wide monitor, not the square one.

 

[10tacle]

When you say "more square" I assume you mean a non-16:9 ratio (1920x1080 or 2560x1440 resolution) monitor and instead a 16:10 ratio like 1920x1200 or 2560x1600. I know of no old CRT tube type 4:3 aspect ratio monitors anymore that were REALLY square compared to today's standards.

With that said, I have both 16:9 and 16:10 aspect monitors. I prefer the taller 16:10 aspect ratio for spreadsheets and reading websites (less scrolling up/down), but for gaming, I like 16:9 better. I definitiely do not like the extreme wide aspect ratio monitors of 21:9 like 2560x1440. To me it's not natural looking. It's like half the vertical viewing is gone. It may be a great aspect ratio for a 110" big screen and movies, but not for a monitor two feet in front of your face.

 

[Shektron]

When you say "more square" I assume you mean a non-16:9 ratio (1920x1080 or 2560x1440 resolution) monitor and instead a 16:10 ratio like 1920x1200 or 2560x1600. I know of no old CRT tube type 4:3 aspect ratio monitors anymore that were REALLY square compared to today's standards.

With that said, I have both 16:9 and 16:10 aspect monitors. I prefer the taller 16:10 aspect ratio for spreadsheets and reading websites (less scrolling up/down), but for gaming, I like 16:9 better. I definitiely do not like the extreme wide aspect ratio monitors of 21:9 like 2560x1440. To me it's not natural looking. It's like half the vertical viewing is gone. It may be a great aspect ratio for a 110" big screen and movies, but not for a monitor two feet in front of your face.

2560x1440 is not 21:9, 2560x1080 is.

 

[Karadjgne]

There's 3x basic aspect ratios, (not including the few hybrids)
4:3. That's the 'square type' which is starting to really be phased out of monitor styles because generally it ran 1024x768, just like the old CRT (TV looking behemoth monitors)
16:9 (16:10). Standard 'widescreen' monitor, most normally 1080p (1920x1080). It's what the vast majority of HDTV, pc monitors are now, but can go up in resolution to 1440p, 4k etc.
21:9. Ultrawide monitors. Several vendors from LG to Dell now make an Ultrawide, designed more for office type work where the single screen can be split up by windows for multiple views, vrs using 2x monitors to get the same document spread. Can be used for gaming, but only if the game engine supports the use of UW screens, otherwise you are reduced to standard 16:9 resolutions. (big black bars on the sides of the picture).

I have both 4:3 lcd (20" 1024x768 VGA) and 16:9 (24" 1920x1080 DVI) and even though both screens are right at the same actual 'height' the picture is totally different. The lower resolution VGA has bad coloring, bad whites, is about as crisp a picture as a rotten tomato. The digital picture on the widescreen is a huge improvement, much crisper, more vivid, far easier on the eyes and because the native resolution is 1080p (HD) has far less issues with any HD content on web pages, the other monitor gets fuzzy and blocky.

 

[10tacle]

2560x1440 is not 21:9, 2560x1080 is.

Thanks for correcting. My 2560x1440 monitor agrees. It was a long night last night in a hurricane, lol. I meant 3440x1440.

 

[geremyviterbo]

Wooh! Thanks everyone.

 

[geremyviterbo]

I don't know which model you're talking about, but I'd choose the wider one any day. You see, our eyes cover much more horizontally than they do vertically, so a wider screen is much more immersive than a square monitor. Take the wider one, it'll be better. However, I might change this statement if you can provide a link to both the monitors. But in general I'd say take the wide monitor, not the square one.

Thanks.BTW I'm talking about dell monitors 1080p,is it good enough ?

 

[Shektron]

Yes, in general, they're good monitors. Depends on the specific model as well.