Why did the world go widescreen?

2009-05-06 07:57:11

#26

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6051|Catherine Black

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
I could never go back to a square screen. I am too used to having multiple windows open, and in games having the HUD/chat stuff off to the side.

Widescreen ftw.

Omg

I just realised

5:4 prevents all that stuff

Quick, someone, buy me a widescreen.

2009-05-06 08:04:55

#27

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

Now there is another good reason to pwn in the job interview. You can buy one yourself with the money you earn

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2009-05-06 08:40:04

#28

Ioan92: Member; +337|5985

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Ioan92 wrote:
Also don't forget 1280x1024 can let you run hardware rapists like crysis easily.
not fun when your PC's worst "bottleneck" is the 1280x1024 crap monitor

I don't see the problem with it, 1280x1024 looks nice enough.

2009-05-06 08:41:00

#29

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

Ioan92 wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Ioan92 wrote:
Also don't forget 1280x1024 can let you run hardware rapists like crysis easily.
not fun when your PC's worst "bottleneck" is the 1280x1024 crap monitor
I don't see the problem with it, 1280x1024 looks nice enough.

Try a bigger screen.

If you don't see the awsomeness.....

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2009-05-06 08:44:05

#30

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

because PC's arent just for gaming. Wider screens make doing work easier, make watching video better, are more aesthetically pleasing. and some more reasons

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2009-05-06 08:44:24

#31

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

I can barely live with 1280x1024. Too narrow for proper multitasking, and also too short for proper multitasking. Even 1440x900 is superior.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-06 08:46:07

#32

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6916

Because once you've gotten used to a 26" 1920x1200 screen, 1280x1024 is nothing but tiny.

Sometimes I find an old screenshot in 1280x1024, or even 1440x900 and it's amazing just how small they are

2009-05-06 08:47:27

#33

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6995|St. Andrews / Oslo

DonFck wrote:
My best guess is that there's just simply more action to be captured horizontally than vertically.

Then again, if we want to resort to biology:
wiki wrote:
The normal human visual field extends to approximately 60 degrees nasally (toward the nose, or inward) in each eye, to 100 degrees temporally (away from the nose, or outwards), and approximately 60 degrees above and 75 below the horizontal meridian
Horizontal: 160 degrees, Vertical: 135 degrees

Ratio
160:135 = 1.18518
4:3 = 1.33333
16:9 = 1.77777

but we use two eyes = ~180 degrees horizontal FOV.

180:135 = 1.33333
4:3 = 1.33333

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2009-05-06 08:48:54

#34

Peter: Super Awesome Member; +494|6665|dm_maidenhead

Don't be hatin' on the 1440 x 900 D:

2009-05-06 08:49:23

#35

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

Peter wrote:
Don't be hatin' on the 1440 x 900 D:

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Use an umbrella

2009-05-06 08:52:58

#36

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6995|St. Andrews / Oslo

Jenspm wrote:
DonFck wrote:
My best guess is that there's just simply more action to be captured horizontally than vertically.

Then again, if we want to resort to biology:
wiki wrote:
The normal human visual field extends to approximately 60 degrees nasally (toward the nose, or inward) in each eye, to 100 degrees temporally (away from the nose, or outwards), and approximately 60 degrees above and 75 below the horizontal meridian
Horizontal: 160 degrees, Vertical: 135 degrees

Ratio
160:135 = 1.18518
4:3 = 1.33333
16:9 = 1.77777
but we use two eyes = ~180 degrees horizontal FOV.

180:135 = 1.33333
4:3 = 1.33333

upon further thought, you would only consentrate on the screen...

fuck I hate Geometry. Give me a few minutes a couple of hours

edit- nvm, I give up.

Last edited by Jenspm (2009-05-06 08:58:04)

2009-05-06 08:54:27

#37

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

FatherTed wrote:
Peter wrote:
Don't be hatin' on the 1440 x 900 D:

My laptop is 1440x900. It's horribly small.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-06 08:57:44

#38

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

well my room's horribly small, so it does the job just fine

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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-05-06 10:51:36

#39

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6812|UK

its better

2009-05-06 19:20:13

#40

GCFC: Davide Santon; +45|6192|NY/CT

Freezer7Pro wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
Peter wrote:
Don't be hatin' on the 1440 x 900 D:
My laptop is 1440x900. It's horribly small.

you're horribly small

2009-05-06 19:33:09

#41

GR34: Member; +215|6808|ALBERTA> CANADA

tbh I hated wide screen monitors and TV's. Then I got one of each and will never ever go back

2009-05-06 19:40:43

#42

aimless: Member; +166|6388|Texas

Id like three screens, one in the middle for normal tasks/games, and two on the sides for more space (and to balance it out )

2009-05-07 04:54:44

#43

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6830|NYC / Hamburg

Freezer7Pro wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
Peter wrote:
Don't be hatin' on the 1440 x 900 D:
My laptop is 1440x900. It's horribly small.

true.

my 15'' 1680x1050 is perfect. High pixel density ftw.

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2009-05-07 15:30:10

#44

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6051|Catherine Black

I don't deny the fact that Widescreen is sexy.. I really want a good widescreen monitor. But lack of funds sets me back a bit in this dept.

Oh well, 1280x2048 will have to do

2009-05-07 18:56:27

#45

san4: The Mas; +311|6951|NYC, a place to live

.Sup wrote:
My eyes are next to each other not on top of each other. Makes sense

Dude, it's got nothing to do with how your eyes are positioned.

DonFck wrote:
My best guess is that there's just simply more action to be captured horizontally than vertically.

QFT

2009-05-08 01:46:37

#46

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6437|Sydney | ♥

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2009-05-08 01:50:37

#47

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6918

I always thought the widescreen thing was to give a sense of peripheral vision. Plus, your range of vision seems much larger side-to-side than top-to-bottom. (And no, I'm not Asian).

2009-05-08 01:58:45

#48

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

max wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
FatherTed wrote:

My laptop is 1440x900. It's horribly small.
true.

my 15'' 1680x1050 is perfect. High pixel density ftw.

Fuck you and your Lenovo.

Fuck you to hell.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-08 19:39:07

#49

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6168|CA

every morning I wake and have to set /cg_fov 80

Check out my YouTube channel

2009-05-09 06:36:50

#50

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6051|Catherine Black

TopHat01 wrote:
every morning I wake and have to set /cg_fov 80

/writeconfig

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TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

DonFck wrote:

wiki wrote:

Peter wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

DonFck wrote:

wiki wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Peter wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Peter wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Peter wrote:

.Sup wrote:

DonFck wrote:

max wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

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