08-15-2005, 04:44 PM
So my trusty Samsung SyncMaster 955DF isn't so trusty anymore. The focus for green colors is totally dead, meaning pure green is headache inducing and anything else that includes green is getting too fuzzy to read. The problem has been there for awhile, but it was only minor before and it appears worse since I've also been staring at my sister's brand new LCD alot recently too.
I know I want an LCD. The technology has come far enough, the benefits of LCD far outweigh the negatives for me at this point. However, I don't know how big I want to go. I see that most bigger LCDs are 16:9 instead of 4:3 aspect ratio, and I was wondering how people handle that. I know new games generally support 16:9, but what about games that don't? Do you stretch the image, or do you leave black bars on the side? Is either terribly annoying?
From a non-game perspective I would love widescreen, but considering how often I go back to the old games that I know won't support it natively, I would like to hear other people's experiences with it.
I know I want an LCD. The technology has come far enough, the benefits of LCD far outweigh the negatives for me at this point. However, I don't know how big I want to go. I see that most bigger LCDs are 16:9 instead of 4:3 aspect ratio, and I was wondering how people handle that. I know new games generally support 16:9, but what about games that don't? Do you stretch the image, or do you leave black bars on the side? Is either terribly annoying?
From a non-game perspective I would love widescreen, but considering how often I go back to the old games that I know won't support it natively, I would like to hear other people's experiences with it.
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