Why monitors are not square

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Larger aspect ratio formats are used in the motion picture industry. These are often referred to as square monitors. They are not capable of displaying HD high-definition video. The aspect ratio dates back to , when the Society of Motion Picture Engineers adopted it as the standard format for film.

Television broadcasting stayed with the standard, until the recent move to HDTV and widescreen. Some models can also display SD standard definition video signals, but this will require some compromises, as you will read below.

Nearly all experts agree that in order to display optimal video images, it is critical to match the aspect ratio of the monitor to the aspect ratio of the camera or other incoming video source. I realize that the aspect ratio ceases to make a difference after a certain monitor size as far as document viewing are concerned. Question is, do inchers fit this criteria? Do square monitors still have a clear advantage compared to widescreen ones?

Last edited: Jul 15, Shubham Adept. For the same screen size, a square monitor will be better for A4 documents than a widescreen one. But, since you have to choose between a 19" square vs 22" rectangular monitor, I'd say go with the rectangular one as it will offset the form factor with its larger screen size. You can also read two documents side by side comfortably on a larger widescreen monitor.

Shubham said:. Click to expand Super Mod. He was briefly using my widescreen WFP and would get bugged whenever MS Word would automatically line up pages side by side Websites are still optimised for the x res. In terms of area, the square panels are actually kinda larger, so with that res the pixel pitch tends to be a little larger. In my case it worked out favourably since older people prefer larger looking fonts and scaling up looked a little weird on XP; Win7 seems to do a better job.