No, your laptop is not 16:9 Alex... It's 16:10

[doeboy]

It's not even "Widescreen" per definition, it's a wide aspect ratio monitor.
And I can bet you a nice sum of cash that every wide tft monitor(for computers) in the world is 16:10, a standard which derives from spreadsheet DTP-work not movie watching. TVs on the other hand is 16:9.

[dremmy]

Either which way, still larger than my monitor...

[tokenuser]

... and still capable of displaying movies at the 16:9 ratio and filling the screen, while still allowing for the "pop up" control panels that slide up when controlling a movie.

[doeboy]

Yes, that's sweet.

Was only tryin to point out that Alex reasoning didn't make any sense to me. "I have a 4:3 monitor because I don't watch movies on my computer..." and "...my laptop has 16:9...". But he cut's film and plays games and that can, by my terms, only benefit from more horisontal screen realestate.

[darknessgp]

doeboy, I think his point was that the only reason he would want a 16:9 monitor is to watch movies on, which he doesn't watch movies on his computer.

[greekgoat91]

speaking off 16:9, the iPod is less wide than 16:9, it's 1:1.5

[mcsurvey]

What a stupid thing to make a thread out of, seriously who cares?

[beta7]

It's not even "Widescreen" per definition, it's a wide aspect ratio monitor.
And I can bet you a nice sum of cash that every wide tft monitor(for computers) in the world is 16:10, a standard which derives from spreadsheet DTP-work not movie watching. TVs on the other hand is 16:9.

why do people keep *****ing about every small detail.... who cares what aspect ratio his monitor is... if he says its 16 by 9 take his word for it!... he has a custom made pc thats built by asus for microsoft and microsoft gave it to him... what? are you the master of all computers now?

[magunwarrior]

I think he was talking about his Falcon when he said that, not the tablet.