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Sure. It works even better with a little extra height.
by jagger27 5y ago
Sure. It works even better with a little extra height.
- chrisseaton 5y agoIsn't that argument circular? Wide screen - great but add a little height so you can see more rows. Now you have a tall screen - great but add a little width so you can see more columns.
- jagger27 5y agoSee layer8’s comment above. Let’s say there’s a sweet spot somewhere between ultrawide and square. Why would 16:9 be ideal? The golden ratio is pretty close to 16:10, which is the basis of A4 (etc.) paper.
- lmm 5y ago> Why would 16:9 be ideal? The golden ratio is pretty close to 16:10, which is the basis of A4 (etc.) paper. No it isn't. A4 paper is roughly 7:5 (actually sqrt-2). The fact that people consistently get this wrong suggests that the golden ratio isn't actually all it's cracked up to be (IME the golden ratio makes for things that are too wide. My laptop has a 3:2 screen that I'm very happy with)
- jagger27 5y agoWhoops, so it is. I agree that 3:2 is close to ideal in a laptop form factor.
- admax88qqq 5y agoYup. In the end, wide vs tall makes less of a difference than total size in inches and total number of pixels. Take your preferred 4:3 and add horizontal pixels under 16:9, or your preferred 16:9 and add vertical pixeks under 4:3, on either case you can fit more on the screen.