XLSIOR:
You made some darn good points there and I failed the OP by not covering them, you're quite right of course to raise them.
I think I am right in saying that Viewsonic have a better policy than most, at least I've often seen it said when I did my research, and yes they can be a little dearer as a result, but that's not an absolutely bad thing in my view.
Oh, and one last thought: Wide has another, not immediately obvious benefit; it's actually got less pixels for the same size (ie 19" Wide has fewer pixels [1296000] than 19" Regular [1310720]). It may be that it taxes the machine it's attached to by a marginal and notionally smaller amount. Might be an issue, but a very small one at most, I'd grant you! ;O) 16:10 is where desktop and a growing number of laptops meet, so it might be well worth getting into as "convergence" becomes a bigger issue, as it looks like it might well do. Just a little forward thought really.
You made some darn good points there and I failed the OP by not covering them, you're quite right of course to raise them.
I think I am right in saying that Viewsonic have a better policy than most, at least I've often seen it said when I did my research, and yes they can be a little dearer as a result, but that's not an absolutely bad thing in my view.
Oh, and one last thought: Wide has another, not immediately obvious benefit; it's actually got less pixels for the same size (ie 19" Wide has fewer pixels [1296000] than 19" Regular [1310720]). It may be that it taxes the machine it's attached to by a marginal and notionally smaller amount. Might be an issue, but a very small one at most, I'd grant you! ;O) 16:10 is where desktop and a growing number of laptops meet, so it might be well worth getting into as "convergence" becomes a bigger issue, as it looks like it might well do. Just a little forward thought really.