leik oh em jeez! Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Under 20 inches, I see widescreens as being pointless. I'd much rater have a 4:3 17" than a 16:9 17". They're just too small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democrab Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 On the subject of monitors, why does everyone like widescreen so much? wouldn't it make more sense to make larger standard resolution monitors? Our vision is widescreen, so it works better with our eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 As i said, i DO use widescreens, but i'm just wondering WHY. The debate for and against is water under the bridge, gladly it's been adopted for High Definition and beforehand, it's use in DVD and LaserDisc transfers was seen as much more troublesome, the first letterbox LD was in 1985 as I recall. This presented a VERY old tradition of film shooting for home presentation, and while Joe's comments about how we see play into it. The origins as I see it is more to do with bringing cinema-Scope to home use, across the board, I like how even computing desktops adopt to 16:9 as well, there is more detail in the technology, as well, using movies on the various home devices mean they can be presented as originally shot. There's plenty of archive on the subject, refer to Widescreen Review magazine if you can find it, they've covered many, many tech advances since 1990. They're hard to to fine now and I believe only online. Regardless, I think this thread has reached it's conclusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Well, thank you for closing the thread with a completely non-nonsensical note, Slamman. Widescreen computing has absolutely nothing to do with letterboxed Laserdiscs. Furthermore, I think you know that, yet are for some reason compelled to post as often as possible. For the love of God and all things holy, please stop it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leik oh em jeez! Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Widescreen computing has absolutely nothing to do with letterboxed Laserdiscs. So you think that Widescreen TVs would have came out without any widescreen movies? Or do you think that widescreen monitors would have came out without widescreen TVs? He was mentioning the introduction of "widescreen" Viewing to the consumer market, which created a need for wide screen displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yes, Matted and Letterboxed Laserdiscs were the first to invade the home market, it's a question of origin and the Industry move to acceptance. So, Otter, you are incorrect as evidence suggests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Or do you think that widescreen monitors would have came out without widescreen TVs? Yes, perhaps, but that's not what he's saying. He's saying Widescreen computer displays would never have come out without LaserDiscs. Widescreen/HDTV doesn't equal letterboxing. I'd love to discuss this, but we're only lending more soapbox to idiotic, off topic ramblings which are nothing more than inane spam in the guise of remaining on topic. It's like a drunk at the bar who has two bits to say about everything - as loosely f*cking associated to the topic at hand as possible. And if we HAVE to get into it, Laserdisc was far from the first home-video format to promote letterboxing. There were letterboxed Beta releases, for god's sake. I won't deny that HD video is a small factor in helping to usher in widescreen computing. However, many of the first instances of widescreen computer displays were laptops, and this was design decision - allocating better use of small space. Furthermore, HD video has nothing to do with letterboxing - rather they are two eggs that come from the same chicken. Widescreen gaming has also been a huge factor. So do we have to carry on this f*cking idiotic discussion? Or can we simply agree that rambling about laserdiscs simply has to stop, once in a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MURDOC* Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 It's like a drunk at the bar who has two bits to say about everything - as loosely f*cking associated to the topic at hand as possible. Thats a good analogy. (is that an analogy?) But seriously, as much as you love LaserDisc Bill, its not really acceptable to mention it in every topic that has to do with any kind of technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Seems this topic dosent have much to do with a Dell LCD anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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