Are we seeing the death of the 16:10 monitor?
All the new monitors seem to have the TV standard 16:9 ratio. I don't like 16:9 on a computer monitor, the only reason it works on a TV is because movies often come in 2.35:1 flavour, and the extra width of the screen helps a little.
Has the world forgotten about the golden ratio, phi? 16:10 monitors hit pretty close to the magic number (about 1.6180340) which is one reason why they just look right.
I hope we haven't seen the last of the almost perfect monitors...
What do you think?


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The reason is that manufacturers are probably trying to merge both the PC and consumer AV LCD production into one to save money. Having to produce both 16:9 consumer and 16:10 computer LCD panels must mean a replication of labour in their view. Also for most people it means that the computer monitor will have a better aspect ratio for watching their movies on!!