Widescreen LCD monitors are 16:10, but widescreen TVs are 16:9. How come?
2007-07-08 10:58:34 · 2 answers · asked by PumpkinEater 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
While TVs must be the same aspect ratio as the HD signals being sent which are 16:9, LCD monitors arn't really designed with TV in mind so they can use their own aspect ratio, and after testing, they decided on 16:10 because you can read 2 full pages of text side by side on 16:10 not on 16:9
2007-07-08 11:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by jonathanlks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No real good reason.
The HDTV standards were defined as 16:9 before LCD TVs and widescreen monitors became popular.
LCD monitor resolutions are defined by the panel manufacturers and they want to get the most panels out of a single piece of glass. So that is going to depend on the size and the aspect ratio of both the mother glass and the panel.
2007-07-08 12:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋