Widescreen vs Standard Aspect ratio monitors

[blackicefx]

I currently am running dual monitors, 22" widescreen and 19" standard aspect ratio monitor. I like the dual monitor setup and the 22" ease of view, but hate the fact that my designing is on widescreen and needs to be previewed on a standard screen to make sure it looks right instead of stretched out. What is the largest standard aspect ratio monitor that you guys have seen? I can't find larger than a 20" and it's too small.

Thanks,
Matthew
BlackIceFX

 

[iSign]

as far as I know, widescreen monitors should include a choice of various setting options, which, if I remember correctly, in the case of a Dell that I owned, the choices were one stretched view, one being a sideways version of "letterboxed" (meaning dark unused sections at each end, with a standard ratio section of undistorted image in the center) and one being a cropped view that filled the entire screen with undistorted view, but the top and bottom were cropped. The only view i could live with was the sideways letterboxed, which defeated the purpose of having a widescreen... so I returned it.

I saw some monitors at Costco yesterday & although I've only seen larger screens available in widescreen options for a few years now... I'm pretty sure I saw a 24" standard aspect ratio screen yesterday, for around $450

 

[cOrKinSA]

Large screens are great for designing but what sucks about my 17" monitor is that I can't seem to utilize the whole area on some websites.

 

[RebeckaR]

I have two 22" widescreen monitors at work and one here at home and none of them have a stretched appearance. You should be able to adjust your screen resolution to take care of that.
I switched from a 19" square monitor about six months ago and no way would I go back to that. Love the wider screen.

 

[Air Art Girl]

I currently am running dual monitors, 22" widescreen and 19" standard aspect ratio monitor. I like the dual monitor setup and the 22" ease of view, but hate the fact that my designing is on widescreen and needs to be previewed on a standard screen to make sure it looks right instead of stretched out. What is the largest standard aspect ratio monitor that you guys have seen? I can't find larger than a 20" and it's too small.

Thanks,
Matthew
BlackIceFX

You have to set it at the high resolution and it will not look stretched. You just have to get used to looking at things smaller.

 

[fozzyber]

You have to set it at the high resolution and it will not look stretched. You just have to get used to looking at things smaller.

What Air Art Girl said, your aspect ratio should be 16:9 not 4:3 and things will not seem stretched....

 

[iSign]

oh yeah... in my post, I was mixing up the settings on a widescreen TV I had that I returned...

 

[Todd-sta]

No problems here with stretched images either.... using a widescreen 22".

 

[Tagdog]

Graphics Card

I had the same problem with my wide screen. I put in a more advanced graphics card and it fixed the problem. If your graphics card does not support your monitor evrythinbg will be stretched.
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[Fred Weiss]

It's like Fozzy Bear posted. Widescreens must be set to any multiple of a 16 to 9 ratio. I have my 24", for example, set to 1440 x 900.