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That's awesome. 16:9 monitors only make sense for watching video, and are an abomination for pretty much any kind of work involving text. I will be very happy

That's awesome. 16:9 monitors only make sense for watching video, and are an abomination for pretty much any kind of work involving text. I will be very happy when 4k 16:10 or 3:2 desktop monitors become widely available at an affordable price.

partiallypro 7y ago
Microsoft's Surface has the perfect aspect ratio for screens (3:2), imo. Wide screen devices just look wrong. 16:10 is fine, but it still isn't quite right (this is also what Apple uses.)
- stevehawk 7y ago
  I very reluctantly gave up my Thinkpad Yoga 2 for a new Surfacebook instead of sticking with Lenovo but I have no regretted the switch yet. Any chance you can recommend a USB C hub that retains a USB-C plug on it that will do DisplayPort out? I have a nice Anker USB-C hub but it only gives me HDMI out and even though it retains a USB-C plug on it it downgrades it to USB 3.0.
  - partiallypro 7y ago
    Unfortunately no, and I'm surprised that Microsoft hasn't upgraded their dock to have USB-C ports. I have been holding out on upgrading my dock for this reason.
  - kaibee 7y ago
    There's two Lenovo docks that do this. One has an integrated GPU that I guess you can use if you have thunderbolt, one doesn't. Both provide plenty of displayport/hdmi out. I think this was it: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Thunderbolt-40AN0135US-Capability/dp/B07M6S81CM/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=lenovo+dock&qid=1578085392&s=electronics&sr=1-4 https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Thunderbolt-40AN0135U... I bought one to use with my HP work laptop at home.
  - dementik 7y ago
    I dont know if I understood your need correctly, but I am using Dell D6000 usb-c dock with two displayport-connected monitors. Dock works perfectly, cannot say the same on other Dell docks (TB15 and some other).
- randyrand 7y ago
  For anyone wondering, 3:2 is equal to 16:10.67
BossingAround 7y ago
To make a screen with any ratios other than 16:9 seems to be very expensive nowadays though. I personally would rather a laptop be cheaper than to have a 16:10 or 3:2 monitor. Then again, it would probably be only visible in greater margin for the manufacturer :/.
- unilynx 7y ago
  It's probably not that they're much more expensive to make, but there are much better economies of scale with a 16:9 ratio... the same panels work for TVs too
  - mamon 7y ago
    There isn't a market for 13-inch TVs... But mathematics support your reasoning about economies of scale: with constant, 13.3 inch diagonal, higher the aspect ratio, lower the screen area,thus less raw materials used, cheaper to produce.
somehnguy 7y ago
Agreed. I got very used to 16:10 when I bought my monitors as a teenager. A couple of years ago I finally decided the 19" screens weren't cutting it anymore after 10 years of service and wanted to move to 24". Spent some time looking for 16:10 but ended up with 16:9 unfortunately. 16:10 monitors were way less common and way more expensive. And 144hz 16:10 monitors just don't even seem to exist. 16:9 feels so much more cramped than it should given the screen size.

partiallypro 7y ago

Microsoft's Surface has the perfect aspect ratio for screens (3:2), imo. Wide screen devices just look wrong. 16:10 is fine, but it still isn't quite right (this is also what Apple uses.)

stevehawk 7y ago
I very reluctantly gave up my Thinkpad Yoga 2 for a new Surfacebook instead of sticking with Lenovo but I have no regretted the switch yet. Any chance you can recommend a USB C hub that retains a USB-C plug on it that will do DisplayPort out? I have a nice Anker USB-C hub but it only gives me HDMI out and even though it retains a USB-C plug on it it downgrades it to USB 3.0.
- partiallypro 7y ago
  Unfortunately no, and I'm surprised that Microsoft hasn't upgraded their dock to have USB-C ports. I have been holding out on upgrading my dock for this reason.
- kaibee 7y ago
  There's two Lenovo docks that do this. One has an integrated GPU that I guess you can use if you have thunderbolt, one doesn't. Both provide plenty of displayport/hdmi out. I think this was it: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Thunderbolt-40AN0135US-Capability/dp/B07M6S81CM/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=lenovo+dock&qid=1578085392&s=electronics&sr=1-4 https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Thunderbolt-40AN0135U... I bought one to use with my HP work laptop at home.
- dementik 7y ago
  I dont know if I understood your need correctly, but I am using Dell D6000 usb-c dock with two displayport-connected monitors. Dock works perfectly, cannot say the same on other Dell docks (TB15 and some other).
randyrand 7y ago
For anyone wondering, 3:2 is equal to 16:10.67

BossingAround 7y ago

To make a screen with any ratios other than 16:9 seems to be very expensive nowadays though. I personally would rather a laptop be cheaper than to have a 16:10 or 3:2 monitor. Then again, it would probably be only visible in greater margin for the manufacturer :/.

unilynx 7y ago
It's probably not that they're much more expensive to make, but there are much better economies of scale with a 16:9 ratio... the same panels work for TVs too
- mamon 7y ago
  There isn't a market for 13-inch TVs... But mathematics support your reasoning about economies of scale: with constant, 13.3 inch diagonal, higher the aspect ratio, lower the screen area,thus less raw materials used, cheaper to produce.

somehnguy 7y ago

Agreed. I got very used to 16:10 when I bought my monitors as a teenager. A couple of years ago I finally decided the 19" screens weren't cutting it anymore after 10 years of service and wanted to move to 24". Spent some time looking for 16:10 but ended up with 16:9 unfortunately. 16:10 monitors were way less common and way more expensive. And 144hz 16:10 monitors just don't even seem to exist. 16:9 feels so much more cramped than it should given the screen size.