Slightly OT:Standard or Wide Screen PC monitor?

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Jun 17, 2005
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I’m going to upgrade my 17" LCD PC monitor in the next few weeks, and I’m considering two models in particular. They are:

Eizo L768 19" monitor (1280 x 1024)
http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l768/index.asp

Acer AL2032wm 20" wide screen monitor (1680 x 1050) http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page4.do?dau22.oid=9902&U serCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&ctx1=UK&a mp;crc=4288051543

Would a 20" WS monitor offer more/better working space than say a standard 19" monitor? And what about gaming? The native resolution of the above Acer monitor is 1680 x 1050, so would games appear stretched horizontally, or would the display compensate for the game’s resolution? I would be mostly using it for serious apps though, such as Dreamweaver and Photoshop.

Mike.
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Mike Russell
Jun 17, 2005
".:mike:." wrote in message
I’m going to upgrade my 17" LCD PC monitor in the next few weeks, and I’m considering two models in particular. They are:

Eizo L768 19" monitor (1280 x 1024)
http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l768/index.asp

Acer AL2032wm 20" wide screen monitor (1680 x 1050) http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page4.do?dau22.oid=9902&U serCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&ctx1=UK&a mp;crc=4288051543

Would a 20" WS monitor offer more/better working space than say a standard 19" monitor? And what about gaming? The native resolution of the above Acer
monitor is 1680 x 1050, so would games appear stretched horizontally, or would the display compensate for the game’s resolution? I would be mostly using it for serious apps though, such as Dreamweaver and Photoshop.

Keep both monitors, and use the left one for tools.

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Hecate
Jun 18, 2005
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 06:33:21 GMT, ".:mike:."
wrote:

I’m going to upgrade my 17" LCD PC monitor in the next few weeks, and I’m considering two models in particular. They are:

Eizo L768 19" monitor (1280 x 1024)
http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l768/index.asp

Acer AL2032wm 20" wide screen monitor (1680 x 1050) http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page4.do?dau22.oid=9902&U serCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&ctx1=UK&a mp;crc=4288051543

Would a 20" WS monitor offer more/better working space than say a standard 19" monitor? And what about gaming? The native resolution of the above Acer monitor is 1680 x 1050, so would games appear stretched horizontally, or would the display compensate for the game’s resolution? I would be mostly using it for serious apps though, such as Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
The Eizo is properly colour correctable and will give you the most accurate colour by a long way. If that’s what you need then buy the Eizo. Use the 17" you already have to play games on as the Eizo is useless for that. It’s a professional monitor and Eizo are more concerned with providing professional features, not games playing, hence the response time isn’t a priority.

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