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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.

[Stephen Coates]

I've been looking at LCDs recently*. It seems the majority are 16:9 and have a resolution of 1920x1080, for HD stuff. Of course that will probably be fine for a lot of people's needs, as it is still bigger than 1280x960 and 1280x1024, with the advantage of being able to play HD video.

But there are a few around which are 16:10 and have resolutiuons of 1920x1200 which would be a lot better than 1920x1080.

*There is a small possibility that I may get one, if someone else helps pay for it.