Are you in favor of a 16x9 display on MacBooks?

[theSeb]

Originally Posted by Retina MacBook

That's what they said before with 4:3. Guess the majority of the aspect ratios now.

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Basically, it means that whenever I make a video from FCP, it is in 16:9 aspect ratio. It is not in full screen when I watch it because there's black bars in the top. By full glory, I mean that I want to see it perfectly fit in the display.


Besides, if you guys REALLY think that 16:10 is perfect, then why were movies in 16:9 aspect ratio? Think about that for a while.

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Isn't this the exact same thing people said before about 16:10? They loved 4:3 so much.

Movies are usually not in 16:9 aspect ratio. That's why when you watch a BR on a BR player you still get black bars unless you use an odd zoom mode. Movies are not shot in 16:9. When you watch a movie in the cinema you won't be watching it in 16:9. Read the history of the aspect ratio that you love so much - it's just a compromise. You can argue until you are blue in the face, but it won't make your argument right. It's nonsensical to be arguing for an inferior standard, so I find it hard to understand why someone would do that, unless they were joking.

[Pompiliu]

Thank god Apple still makes 16:10 laptops, it seems like everybody else is switching to 16:9, which is really really bad.

[jcpb]

Linked again because OP doesn't get it.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/t...tellite-u840w/

...that funky-looking laptop is indeed the Toshiba Satellite U845W (or U840W in Europe). Its display measures an unusual 14.4 inches diagonally, which translates to a severe 21:9 aspect ratio (and 1792 x 768 resolution, in this case). All told, it's the first panel of its kind to be used in a PC. But who's it for, exactly? Toshiba reps said the aspect ratio is meant to mimic a movie theater screen...

A lot of the movies you see on Netflix have to be shrunk from 21:9 to 16:9 so it's viewable on most widescreen TVs and computer displays.

[Wafflausages]

I have a 16:9 external and watching youtube most videos are 16:10 which leaves horrible vertical bars (on the side). I'd much rather have horizontal bars. Though I like watching netflix/hd movies though since the whole screen gets filled up from being 16:9. Only thing 16:9 is good for imo is just watching movies. Browsing sites and doing some coding is better in 16:10 because you have more vertical pixels. Guess its just user preference My share of jellybeans

[brentsg]

Originally Posted by Retina MacBook

Besides, if you guys REALLY think that 16:10 is perfect, then why were movies in 16:9 aspect ratio? Think about that for a while.

You need to think about it for a little while. 16:9 was nothing more than a compromise between 4:3 and the aspect ratios typically used in the movie theater (which are generally wider than 16:9). Example, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is 2.4:1.

[Pompiliu]

I still have an old Thinkpad T60 with 2048 by 1536 display (4:3). Just a pure joy to edit word documents, read pdfs and i remember i used it quite a lot at my ex-job as a medical lab assistant where i worked with lots of graphs, charts, etc.

Pretty happy that the new retina MBP is 16:10, much better for productivity than a 16:9 display.

The point is some of us use the computer for REAL WORK and we don't give a **** about black bars in Youtube.

P.S. I think the ideal display for me would be 30-inch, 3:2, 3000x2000.

[tillsbury]

Originally Posted by borisiii

About five years ago at work I had a desktop with an NEC 24" 1600x1200 4:3 monitor that you could rotate so it was portrait or landscape. Putting it in portrait for web browsing and working on documents was great - truly the most productive setup I have used.

I had a view sonic 24" 4:3 for many years, it took a 30" widescreen monitor to replace it with more usable screen space.

And who ever watches movies on a laptop except perhaps on a plane? That's what tv's are for. A movie on a 15" monitor???

[voronoi]

Originally Posted by Retina MacBook

That's what they said before with 4:3. Guess the majority of the aspect ratios now.[COLOR="#808080"]

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Basically, it means that whenever I make a video from FCP, it is in 16:9 aspect ratio. It is not in full screen when I watch it because there's black bars in the top. By full glory, I mean that I want to see it perfectly fit in the display.


Besides, if you guys REALLY think that 16:10 is perfect, then why were movies in 16:9 aspect ratio? Think about that for a while.

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Isn't this the exact same thing people said before about 16:10? They loved 4:3 so much.

Not exactly, when 16:10 was introduced, people liked it because they could display 2 standard letter sized pages side by side without losing too much of the verticality that text flow requires.

16:9 became more commonly adopted because it's cheaper to produce and ultimately more marketable to consumers as HDTV became a standard. Most movies, however are closer to a 2.35:1 ratio.

Think about this for a while: computer displays aren't just used to watch videos. A laptop is capable of more than watching movies, why should it be constrained to an aspect ratio suited for such a singular purpose?