I was wondering if anyone with a widescreen iMac or one of the cinema displays and a ruler could answer this question:
What are the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the viewable are of the widescreen displays?
I would like to know if the new widescreen displays are a true 16:9 apsect ratio, as widescreen HDTV TVs are. I have looked over the specs of the 17" iMac and the Cinema monitors on the Apple website, and although they mention diagonal size and pixel resolutions, they don't have the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the screen itself.
By doing some math on the pixel resolutions, I find that:
17" iMac display - 1440 x 900 = 14.4:9 aspect ratio
23" cinema display - 1920 x 1200 = 14.4:9 aspect ratio
22" cinema display - 1600 x 1024 = 14.1:9 aspect ratio
The pixel resolutions might translate into a true 16:9 HDTV aspect ratio if the pixels themselves were not perfectly square, but only a direct ruler measurement would tell this for sure.
What are the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the viewable are of the widescreen displays?
I would like to know if the new widescreen displays are a true 16:9 apsect ratio, as widescreen HDTV TVs are. I have looked over the specs of the 17" iMac and the Cinema monitors on the Apple website, and although they mention diagonal size and pixel resolutions, they don't have the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the screen itself.
By doing some math on the pixel resolutions, I find that:
17" iMac display - 1440 x 900 = 14.4:9 aspect ratio
23" cinema display - 1920 x 1200 = 14.4:9 aspect ratio
22" cinema display - 1600 x 1024 = 14.1:9 aspect ratio
The pixel resolutions might translate into a true 16:9 HDTV aspect ratio if the pixels themselves were not perfectly square, but only a direct ruler measurement would tell this for sure.