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[Bloodwych]

You're right Stephen - the only real benefits are video and films, if you watch them on your PC from time to time. Games also look good in widescreen, so it's more of a media thing, as is the actual 1080p resolution thrown around these days.

But as you said, for general work you need the vertical and squarer resolutions but those are getting phased out in favour of cheaper 1080p mass-produced panels.