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I was surprised yesterday with a new 21'' wide screen LCD monitor, the Dell Ultrasharp 2005FP. First of all, let me say what an awesome piece of electronics this thing is. If you Google this thing, you'll see what rave reviews it has received - and it deserves every single one of them. The picture quality at its native 1680x1050 resolution with DVI cannot be put into words. Not one dead pixel, extremely bright, crisp, 12ms response time, simply incredible and a beautiful piece of electronics. DVD's are a sight to behold, and I hooked my PS2 into its S-Video jack and saw a picture so clear, it actually made Gran Turismo 3 look bad because the monitor is able to show every graphical imperfection and polygon with such precision!
So, why do I hate this thing? Because I just can't get used to Windows computing in the widescreen format! It's AWFUL!!! Webpages, although they display fine, look very, very strange. Rows in tables stretch seemingly for miles, while specific elements of pages are lost in the extremely fine resolution. It's not so bad in other programs, like Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Outlook, but the dimensions still feel awkward to work with. Everything I do just feels so uncomfortable and unnatural.
Now, what I'm asking is this: have I completely lost it? I've been given one of the best LCD's on the market, and I'm complaining about it. I feel like someone gave me a Ferrari and now I say I don't like it because I can't fit my luggage into it and the drink holder is too little. Should I just wait it out? Keep using it and get used to it? I've already got a 19'' Dell Ultrasharp LCD that I absolutely adore - I've already switched back to it "so I could get a few things done", so should I just keep it and save widescreen computing for another day?
Here's a few pictures of my old 21'' Dell CRT (which is for sale, and was used in the creation of the last two versions of GTP), this new 19'' Ultrasharp, and the newest 21'' widescreen side-by-side, to put all of this in perspective.
So, why do I hate this thing? Because I just can't get used to Windows computing in the widescreen format! It's AWFUL!!! Webpages, although they display fine, look very, very strange. Rows in tables stretch seemingly for miles, while specific elements of pages are lost in the extremely fine resolution. It's not so bad in other programs, like Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Outlook, but the dimensions still feel awkward to work with. Everything I do just feels so uncomfortable and unnatural.
Now, what I'm asking is this: have I completely lost it? I've been given one of the best LCD's on the market, and I'm complaining about it. I feel like someone gave me a Ferrari and now I say I don't like it because I can't fit my luggage into it and the drink holder is too little. Should I just wait it out? Keep using it and get used to it? I've already got a 19'' Dell Ultrasharp LCD that I absolutely adore - I've already switched back to it "so I could get a few things done", so should I just keep it and save widescreen computing for another day?
Here's a few pictures of my old 21'' Dell CRT (which is for sale, and was used in the creation of the last two versions of GTP), this new 19'' Ultrasharp, and the newest 21'' widescreen side-by-side, to put all of this in perspective.