Guide to Widescreen Notebook Displays
The earliest instance of the widescreen display being installed inside a notebook computer can be traced back to the Sony C1 which displayed a resolution of just 800 x 480. Widescreens made their official entrance in PC notebooks in 2003, although Apple preceded this by offering the 15” widescreen Power Mac. In 2005, the popularity of widescreen notebooks reached a new high with the unveiling of the Thinkpad widescreen Z60 series notebooks.
The question is: Is the widescreen format for everybody? A big part of the answer will depend on what a widescreen notebook or monitor is used to do. Here are some considerations that might help with your decision:
1. Widescreen Notebooks
The length and width of a widescreen notebook’s screen set it apart from the standard notebook. The average notebook uses an aspect ratio of 4:3 and a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. The widescreen notebook breaks with tradition and increases screen size 25% lengthwise for proportions equal to that of the cinema screen or a widescreen LCD TV.
2. Widescreen Display Sizes
The Sony C1 may have started it all, but it is by now considered only as a small-sized widescreen notebook, which is anything below 12.1”. Currently on offer are 8.9”, 10.6”, 11.1”, 12.1”, 13.3”, 14”, 15.4”, and 17” display sizes, with 19” products reportedly in the pipeline.
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