19" widescreen or "normal" monitor?

[John]

My existing monitor is on its last legs and I'm looking at replacing it with
a 19" LCD but.....

I don't play games and I don't watch DVD movies on my PC so is there any
advantage or benefit to spending a bit extra and getting a 19" widescreen
monitor or am I just as well sticking to the "traditional" 19" 4:3 type
monitors?

Cheers,

John.

 

[darklight]

My existing monitor is on its last legs and I'm looking at replacing it
with a 19" LCD but.....

I don't play games and I don't watch DVD movies on my PC so is there any
advantage or benefit to spending a bit extra and getting a 19" widescreen
monitor or am I just as well sticking to the "traditional" 19" 4:3 type
monitors?

Cheers,

John.

if you do a lot of text docs it's worth getting a widscreen with some wide
screens you can rotate them verticaly

 

[John]

if you do a lot of text docs it's worth getting a widscreen with some wide
screens you can rotate them verticaly

Thanks Darklight, that's a good point.

John.

 

[Pete]

My existing monitor is on its last legs and I'm looking at replacing it with
a 19" LCD but.....

I don't play games and I don't watch DVD movies on my PC so is there any
advantage or benefit to spending a bit extra and getting a 19" widescreen
monitor or am I just as well sticking to the "traditional" 19" 4:3 type
monitors?

Cheers,

John.

One disadvantage might be that 19" is not the same for traditional and
widescreen given the 19 inches are measured diagonally.

This means a 19" widescreen monitor will actually be smaller
vertically that a traditional format monitor of 19"... Only really a
problem I guess if you expected a taller monitor...

One advantage is when cutting & pasting and swapping between two open
applications.. (EG web browser and word processor).. it is so much
easier as they can exist more easily side by side on widescreen.

Pete