Face it, The first Wide screen (not in a theater) for public purchase that was for any decent use, was on our laptops. You can give huge thanks to the laptop computer creators for your new wide screen television, or wide screen monitor on your computer. sure there were a few devices out before the laptop computer that had flat screens . But this whole post is about anything greater than 8bit. I am talking about something that evolved into a nation wide demand for higher resolution to be broadcast for television purposes.The better the laptop monitor got, the more appealing it got want that kind of thin screen on your personal desktop computer. And the more you wanted a flat screen monitor, the more you wanted a flat-screen television. This would lead to so much more real estate on your desktop and your entertainment center. With all of this extra space we could now see ourselves with wider monitors. That of course triggers the gears in your head. You find yourself saying “hey, at the beginning of all of the movies, they say the movie has been modified to fit my screen”. Now we have an idea.
So everyone has one these days, except for a few people. The world treats them as if they are leaving themselves behind. Or they are just stubborn. But really, are they? Could they just have better things to spend their money on?
I was using a 25 inch crt Monitor and had a 62 inch crt television. Now I am on a 19″ widescreen monitor and a 42″ widescreen television. Some how I tell myself I am better off because the videos fit my monitor and television. The truth is, it’s not any wider now. In fact I lost the whole top section of my monitor and top section of my television. Instead of the video being made to fit my tv, my tv is now made to fit the video. Sure the tv is now at a higher resolution than the old one. Now the colors are crazy now. One show is what they call “hot” while another is not . So the red or the yellow bleed out.
I do know one thing, my desk isn’t bowed in the middle like it was with that big glass monitor. I am happy to move the television upstairs on a whim. Much lighter now. A bit more expensive still.
Do we really need wide screen monitors and wide screen televisions? or are we just happy with flat screens and our movies fitting the view area?
There is no widescreen / flat screen that I enjoy more than my hd tv. Other than my LG flat screen widescreen monitor.
Sounds like you are using the wrong sources for input to your wide screens. I too have a 42″ wide screen TV and 22″ wide screen PC monitor and neither have any problems with the picture fitting correctly, except in the case of some old TV shows that that were made before the format and TV stations can’t or don’t adapt them for the wide display.