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Your pick: 16:10 or 16:9?

16:10 or 16:9?

  • 16:10

    Votes: 35 44.9%
  • 16:9

    Votes: 28 35.9%
  • 21:9

    Votes: 13 16.7%
  • 4:3

    Votes: 2 2.6%

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I assume this was aimed at me (plus the cussing, which I agree on).
I am sorry, the guy was just pointlessly trying to wind others up. I don't like when someone tries to provoke me very much.

no I think he was aiming at my post that I got abit emotional.

@HammerON I apologized.
 

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I assume this was aimed at me (plus the cussing, which I agree on).
I am sorry, the guy was just pointlessly trying to wind others up. I don't like when someone tries to provoke me very much.
lets stop it from here. all I can say again is that I said I prefer 16:10 due to height and thats what my eyes like. its like comparing a longer mouse to a normal mouse. For all people they use the standard mouse. But I prefer the longer mouse because thats what my hands like. 16:9 is the standard or even it is the widely used. Fine and dandy. I respect that. But I fall inlove with 16:10 when I start to use it. And I kept it that way. Then I figured oh it was the height that makes my eyes easier to work with. To play with. For all other people like you, you got used to 16:9 and you like it. Thats fine. I respect that. But I wont be bashing you guys who prefer 16:9 because thats what you like.

anyway, looking at your number of post and how long you've been in TPU, I know you more. you have keep pushing me that the height is not enough and telling me im just whining. well, look who's talking? You pushed people who prefer 16:10. so what. Cant you respect that?
Fine, I'll drop it, but both of you are basically saying "Because my eyes like it," which is like saying "my car is better than the other one on the lot because it's blue". It's a not a good argument and it yet still doesn't explain what it gets you. I can understand someone getting something like a 1:1 monitor or a 4:3 for very good reasons, but to complain about something like 9% of the "lost" height is insane.

Since, none of you can describe the tangible differences and are getting angry while doing so, I would conclude that saying crap like:
I think he is just a troll or something. Or just plain stupid. I don't know, he just keeps babbling the same stuff over and over, not taking ANY answer for an answer. I'm done with this thread, there are only so many attempts to provoke me before it explodes.
P.S. I hate overusing of the word "whine" where it doesn't even apply.
makes me question that you actually have an answer to my question. So how about not calling me a troll and actually explaining yourself. I want to know what it gets you but all you two can say is that you like it more. I don't care that you like it more, I care why you think that's the case.
But I fall inlove with 16:10 when I start to use it. And I kept it that way. Then I figured oh it was the height that makes my eyes easier to work with.
...but yet you never say what you do where that 9% instead in height actually gets you anything. You say it's nice for your eyes, that's dandy, but I don't see how a tiny bit of monitor space is going to change that and I'm trying to coax that answer out of you. People have perferences for a reason and I'm trying to get a reason other than "because I do" out of you and you and Octopuss are getting super unhappy because I'm not happy with non-detailed answers.
I am sorry, the guy was just pointlessly trying to wind others up. I don't like when someone tries to provoke me very much.
You wouldn't have gotten yourself angry if you just answered my question instead of getting pissed off and yelling at me, hence why I said you were whining. Once again, tell me what those 120 lines gets you. I'm not asking a hard question and it's on topic. Either answer it or say you don't have an answer, but don't profess you have an answer but fail to actually articulate it.

Saying that you prefer something because you do is not an appropriate discussion like statement for a thread like this to be completely honest. No one cares what you prefer if you can't truly explain why.
 
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You wouldn't have gotten yourself angry if you just answered my question instead of getting pissed off and yelling at me, hence why I said you were whining. Once again, tell me what those 120 lines gets you. I'm not asking a hard question and it's on topic. Either answer it or say you don't have an answer, but don't profess you have an answer but fail to actually articulate it.
I hope you realise people got angry after you posted in the thread. You should have worded yourself better because it seems to me you are provoking people.

On 1920x1200 you get 230400 more pixels. 2560x1600 you get 409600 more. Everything except watching movies or gaming on consoles can benefit from that.
If you don't read and don't edit stuff, and don't care about scrolling I can understand why you think the 120 lines is no big deal. I don't think my explanation will convince you anyway.
 
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I'm not about to read all the propaganda on these three pages, but I will say that 16:10 is obviously better for productivity (word processing, browsing, blah blah blah). For movies it doesn't really matter, the letter-boxing on a 16:10 isn't going to bug you too much. But for games it's a matter of preference. The first thing you should know about 16:10 in games is that the rendered image will have the same height (though with 120px better detail) as 16:9 but the sides will be cut off. It's unfortunate but it's true in almost all games. For single-player games, you probably won't care, but that extra width that 16:9 provides is very helpful in online games. I have a 1920x1200 monitor but in DOTA I use 1920x1080 because it provides more width.

I would personally never buy a 1920x1080 monitor for my main monitor but I would definitely buy a 2560x1440 for a good price. I'd prefer 2560x1600 though.

I can fit an entire 1920x1080 page in my browser.

 
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lol he's still raving about not getting an answer despite getting it numerous times in numerous ways.
Why don't you write the answer for us so you are happy with the reasoning?
Some people are just incredible. But hey, I forgot we were on the internet.
 

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I voted 16:19
 

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I hope you realise people got angry after you posted in the thread. You should have worded yourself better because it seems to me you are provoking people.
I think you missed this post which made before I entered the thread, which I replied to. Tell me again, who is getting angry?
16:9 makes me see fuck all. Can't use it. Just can't.
How about the immediate follow up?
What's so difficult about understanding such simple sentence as "I can't see shit on 16:9 screen."? I just fucking can't, it's vertically so thin it's disturbing to my eyes. It looks like crap in games, and I don't even want to imagine how would I do ANY work on such monitor. I'd go apeshit within 5 minutes. No window of reasonable size will fit on that.

lol he's still raving about not getting an answer despite getting it numerous times in numerous ways.
Why don't you write the answer for us so you are happy with the reasoning?
Some people are just incredible. But hey, I forgot we were on the internet.
That's because your bitching and moaning and not giving me a real answer other than you can't see the other 1080 lines because you're butt hurt.
I have a 1920x1200 monitor but in DOTA I use 1920x1080 because it provides more width.
What do you mean by that? You still only have 1920 pixels going from side to side. You mean wider with respect to height? I'm a little confused.
 
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I think you don't even understand what butthurt means. It's used in slightly different context.

I've just realized I have so much room in my ignore list in this forum. It's time to feed it.
 

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Move along guys, last warning. Its just monitors, no need to get all fired up.

As for my preference, the cheaper one wins my monies. 16:10 is slightly better for games, 16:9 slightly better for movies.
 

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I shall give an answer. As the comparitive images several posts above indicate, 16:9 nets one slightly more real estate right to left. As a gamer, that is more important to me than 120 lines top to bottom. The loss of those has never hurt my office use productivity either. Besides that, 16:9 being the most common, it is easy to see movies full screen and 16:9 resolution is almost the default for games now, so I have less fussing with game settings when starting. That's my detailed explanation as to why I prefer 16:9.
 
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What do you mean by that? You still only have 1920 pixels going from side to side. You mean wider with respect to height? I'm a little confused.

This is how it works in every single modern game. Open them both in a tab then switch between them. Edit: switched to JPEG. They were massive.



 

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I shall give an answer. As the comparitive images several posts above indicate, 16:9 nets one slightly more real estate right to left. As a gamer, that is more important to me than 120 lines top to bottom. The loss of those has never hurt my office use productivity either. Besides that, 16:9 being the most common, it is easy to see movies full screen and 16:9 resolution is almost the default for games now, so I have less fussing with game settings when starting. That's my detailed explanation as to why I prefer 16:9.
I thank you for the description. I would like to say this is the kind of answer I've been looking for in general. Why someone prefers one, what they use it for, and why someone feels it is better for those purposes.

I will apologize for angering people, but I really just want some constructive discussion what what use cases are better for different ratios. Not just simplying repeating what they voted for in the poll.
This is how it works in every single modern game. Open them both in a tab then switch between them.



Ohhhhh. I never noticed that. Very interesting, thanks for contributing. :)
 

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This is how it works in every single modern game. Open them both in a tab then switch between them.




They look the same to me. I must be getting pretty old :eek:

Side Note: I love Dota (2). Playing with some teammates will leave you raging so hard that you want to punch the screen, whatever monitor you are using.
 

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They look the same to me. I must be getting pretty old :eek:

Side Note: I love Dota (2). Playing with some teammates will leave you raging so hard that you want to punch the screen, whatever monitor you are using.

Look at the wall on the right and the column on the left. 1920x1080 (16:9) gets you more of the scene, more akin to the way our own eyes work (or should, in your case, LOL). :D
 
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You'd be surprised at how much of a difference the extra width makes in DOTA. It can make the difference between winning a battle and getting raged at by Russians because you failed miserably.
 
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To me, the 16:9 shows more of everything. Even vertically there is more than in the 16:10 res. It looks like the HUD scales larger in 16:10 and covers more space.
 

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I will chime in and say that I do have some HD video where the ratio is wider than 16:9 which means black bars on 16:9. It would be interesting to see how some of it would compare side-by-side on a 16:9 versus a 21:9 (or similar).
 

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I Wish all the monitor company STOP producing 16:10 monitor and all the game reviewer stop using 16:10 (like TPU hehe)...
I wish they'd stop producing 16:9 monitors. 8:5 has always been more appropriate for computer use (:love: feet viewing distance). The only reason why 16:9 is taking over is because of mass production for TVs (lower price per unit).


16:10 is slightly better for games, 16:9 slightly better for movies.
I disagree. 8:5 can not only show your 1080p movies 1:1, it can also show the play, pause, fast forward, title bar, etc. without covering said 1080p. TV versus monitor.
 
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The few movies I remember watching on my 2560x1080 both scaled perfectly with no black bars or blurring. However I was streaming them in 720p not 1080p since my internet is terrible.
 
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The price range is ¥117,609 to ¥134,058. Which is $18835 to $21474.
Correctly, it is priced at 117,609 JPY, equals about 998 USD at the moment.

Anyway, now I'm using FHD display, it is sufficient for media consumption, but I would like WUXGA (or SQFHD; 1920 x 1920) display, because it has a better user experience for media creation work.
 
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I voted 16:10. This provides a nice, wide expansive view of my desktop, especially at 1920x1200. I've currently got 1920x1200 and 1920x1080 monitors of similar physical size side by side and it's surprising just how much difference it makes to one's perception.

I've always found 16:9 a bit too letterboxy and wasn't keen on it, but I've been surprised that it looks better for gaming than 16:9. I don't like it all that much for TV.

Oh, I like 21:9 monitors for the novelty and would love to have one to play around with.

Ultimately, if you just wanted to maximise desktop real estate regardless of resolution you would use a 1:1 monitor, but they wouldn't be comfortable to use and are not even available to buy.
 
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I love my 1920x1200 16:10. My work monitor is 1080p 16:9 so I have a daily reminder.
 
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nitpicking about resolutions and pixels nonwithstanding, 16:10 is (to quote wikipedia) closer to the golden ratio, and one could argue that it's more aesthetically pleasing.
 
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Correctly, it is priced at 117,609 JPY, equals about 998 USD at the moment.

Anyway, now I'm using FHD display, it is sufficient for media consumption, but I would like WUXGA (or SQFHD; 1920 x 1920) display, because it has a better user experience for media creation work.
Google gave me Chinese Yuan instead of Japanese Yen... I don't know why I didn't notice that. Thanks for the correction.
 
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The Pentium 4 has a long pipeline. That "big" pipeline is why the CPU failed. Lets not use a "one size fits all" mentality when it comes to what enthusiasts want.

No it's not. You're saying you care about 9% of your screen more than the other 91%. Plus, you're just saying "ARGH OMG HEIGHT". That's not a really good example of why it's better. It's an example of how you can't articulate what it actually gets you. What does that height get you? So instead of professing that height is what you want, how about you explain to me what that height gets you instead of getting your panties in a bunch.

I'm saying neither is better, you're saying one is better than the other. I'm asking you to prove it and explain what you do where those 120 lines matter. Enlighten us. Don't just whine.
there's no need to be that dense or binary...

1200 pixels is MORE than 1080 pixels, i'm not comparing a different unit of measurement like you are with penitums, the correct analogy is a 2ghz pentium4 is faster than a 1.5ghz pentium4, which is obviously true as you have more of the same unit

50fps is more than 45fps, there is nothing around this fact, but nobody said 45fps (or 1080 pixels) is suddenly obsolete

do i have to explain why 'more is better' even though that explains itself?

your windows taskbar is a fixed amount of pixels height, your browser addressbar is a fixed amount of pixels height, every website you go to has designs that are a fixed amount of pixels height.... see the problem? things take up a FIXED amount of space on the screen, so if you have a larger amount of pixels on your screen, you can fit more on it, by definition this = better

now it seems in our society, people are taught to have an inferiority complex, companies are always pressuring users into getting the better faster stronger device every year, or to compare their neighbor's house/car/wife/posessions

life is full of compromises, in fact i actually cant stand seeing people asking 'yo what's the best gfx card' or 'what's the best laptop for gaming', why? because the best is like $5,000+ & completely irrelevant to that person's needs, nor were they planning to spend that much

1920x1080 is still 'fine', just because it's relatively 'worse' than 1920x1200 doesnt mean it's bad:
-it still fits 1080p video content 1:1
-it's still rectangular which is more pleasant than square
-it's still 1920 wide, so that old saying of 'fit 2 word documents side by side' applies
-the low end IPS variant has become so cheap that you can find it in so many 20-24" 1080p monitors, so there are great low cost choices
-games are well tested & usually are correct unless they're really old 4:3 games

so if 1:1 scaling is a big concern (& it should be if you watch blurays or console games), then 1920x1080 & 1920x1200 are in a league entirely of their own, where x1200 is only better if you have OS usage or old 1600x1200 games

everything else is junk with the 1:1 concern, especially the unfortunate 1680x1050 where not only do you end up with FOV issues in some games, but 1080p content is now blurry or cropped (notice how this is also 16:10, yet it's now 'must avoid' on my choices)
 
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