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I have a real monitor with that res.  The other resolution I like is 1600x1200 which I also got.  I think maybe NEC still makes monitors with those Resolutions could be wrong about that.

 

http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/ea245wmi-bk

http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/p212-bk

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On 24/12/2017 at 11:08 PM, Destro said:

 I think maybe NEC still makes monitors with those Resolutions could be wrong about that.

Not only NEC, there are still quite a few 4:3 monitors available, particularly in the high-end/professional sector, examples:

http://www.eizoglobal.com/products/flexscan/s2133/index.html

Now, current prices for these are not exactly "cheap":

NEC EA245WMi (24" 1920x1200) US$ 379

NEC P212-BK (21" 1600x1200) US$ 899 :w00t:

EIZO S2133 (21" 1600x1200) US$ 934.05 :ph34r:

There are also still a very few other "affordable" makes/models, besides the "no-name" ones from China, you can still find some "new" Samsung SyncMaster 204B, but I believe they are "unsold warehouse" items.

This is a good rant summing up the situation:

http://www.inetdaemon.com/q-and-a/why-cant-i-buy-1600x1200-monitor/

jaclaz

 

 

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NEC EA245WMi (24" 1920x1200) US$ 379

That res I'm pretty sure is 16:10 ratio. There are some 'affordable' Hanns G panels in the 27"-28" range offering it. We had an early "square faced" model where the capacitors gradually died. Later "smiley faced power light" models seem reliable enough. If I see one for cheap enough I might get one or two again. 16:10 dual monitor setup would be pretty sweet...

Replying to the original post, I really don't get what OP is complaining about. I know windows 10 sucks, but I'm on Devuan w/LXDE... I miss having some games and a working copy of Paint.NET, but those two things aside I'm not at a loss at all. If anything whatever you get that's based on debian tends to be rock solid. That said, I'm using old hardware and so I'm not trying "vulcan" or "freesync" or anything.

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On 24.12.2017 at 3:16 PM, jaclaz said:

Pickyness challenge? :dubbio:

You lose.

Not a challenge. Rather a mention, that out of all formats that were common at the time you didn't mention this particular one.

On 24.12.2017 at 3:16 PM, jaclaz said:

I never said that 5:4 weren't available, as a matter of fact they are available even today,

I have never said that you had said they weren't available. they were just worth mentioning, when speaking about popular display formats for Desktop PC monitors.

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6 hours ago, rloew said:

That is irrational so it is impossible. Too bad.

Not impossible, only very, very improbable.

@Mcinwwl

The divergence is only in the intended meaning of "common" or "popular" (and - conversely - of "not-so-unpopular")

The 5:4 has never been IMHO "common", as it equates in practice to only  1280x1024.

Remember we are talking of LCD's native resolution, not resolutions available on video cards.

On CRT's, curiously (I presume due to the non-square form factor of the "pixel") the 1280x1024 worked just fine (often even better than the the actual correct resolution for 4:3 that is/was 1280x960) and it is entirely possible that the amount of such resolution we see is partially due to its use on CRT's (besides laptops/notebooks of the time, that AFAIK were very popular at 1280x1024) :dubbio:.

This might be interesting :) (though it doesn't have much pre-2007 data):

http://www.teoalida.com/database/screenresolution/

The Author divided some of the sheets in the nice spreasheet:

http://www.teoalida.com/database/Screen-Resolution-Statistics.xls

into columns 4:3, 16:10, 16:9, Less common resolutions, Weird resolutions, BUT put the 1280x1024 among the 4:3 ones (even if he perfectly knows it is 5:4).

Anyway the registered "peaks" at around 17-18% allow us to be both right at the same time :yes: , as it is not enough to be called "common", but more than enough to be called "not-so-unpopular :thumbup.

jaclaz

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well the most common resolution I used to see and use back in the CRT days was 1152x864.  That was a really good res on CRTs back then.  Again its 4x3 now no one uses that.

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So I have a Samsung 213T LCD Monitor, which I believe is 21.5" and is the largest 4:3 monitor I've ever used.  Is it actually 5:4?  I'm not sure.

I like a large conventional screen because it allows more vertical real estate (better for scrolling web pages).  Not as many sites use the full width, so it works out better for me.  I'm set to a 1600x1200 (I think that's UXGA).  I like it though.

 

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14 hours ago, JodyT said:

So I have a Samsung 213T LCD Monitor, which I believe is 21.5" and is the largest 4:3 monitor I've ever used.  Is it actually 5:4?  I'm not sure.

I like a large conventional screen because it allows more vertical real estate (better for scrolling web pages).  Not as many sites use the full width, so it works out better for me.  I'm set to a 1600x1200 (I think that's UXGA).  I like it though.

 

Well, I am sure that it is 4:3.

It is native 1600x1200:

https://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-syncmaster-213t/specs/

1600/4=400

400*3=1200

 

@Rloew

Quantum pixels? :dubbio:

jaclaz

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Just now, JodyT said:

If I am using the Generic PnP Monitor (in the absence of a devote driver), am I really missing anything?

Naah.

Sometimes the trouble is if the monitor EDID does not provide the correct native resolution (or the windows doesn't understand it correctly) and if the native resolution is unknown or *somehow* forced to a different one, see, as an example of a "queer" case:

but your monitor is native 1600x1200 and you run it a the correct native resolution, so nothing to worry about.

jaclaz

 

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