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Unless I am expandable, I am expendable - Robert Schuller
LG stretches its resources
LUCKY GOLDSTAR proves once again that Life's Good by adding to its expandable monitor range with the arrival of their very first stretched display screens, the M3800S-BN and M2900S-BN
The 38-inch and 29-inch screens respectively are monitors aimed at exhibiting information in large commercial areas, such as shopping centres, cinemas, airports and train stations and not really for the bedroom of some kid being scared witless by playing Bioshock at 3am.
The screens boast silly high picture quality, which can be switched horizontally or vertically both in large format and full colour. Users of such beasts can easily manage the power, contrast, brightness and volume from a solitary computer from just daisy-chaining a cable between each monitor.
"This is the first time LG has launched stretched screen monitors in the UK, " said marketeer Fiona Landsberg. "They’re great for use in all locations that require large format digital signage, whether it’s on a 38-inch or 29-inch screen. We’re excited about expanding our range with these two new products that offer monitor solutions not just for the home or office, but also for the commercial sector."
The M3800S-BN and the M2900S-BN have the impressive screen resolutions of 1366x398 and 1366x480, with a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 9ms (grey-to-grey) response time, digital and analogue video input and PC input via 15-pin D-Sub.
16:9 screens have been common place for sometime, so why not a 26:9 monitor? µ
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They're not stretched. They're squashed. A 29" 26:9 screen has only very slightly more screen area than a 24" 16:10 display, and smaller than a 24" 4:3 display. The 38" panel compares even less favourably to more standard ratios. Not that this necessarily affects the target market, and nor is it necessarily the case that the "impressive" 1366x480 resolution (about the same pixel count as 1024x600) is a problem for them, but let's not get unduly excited. Besides, 1366 pixels is the number of the beast, whose sole redeeming feature is letting 1024x768 production lines get above 1280x720 HD resolution. 1366x768 panels have been responsible for mangling more people's impression of HDTV than I dare contemplate, and the 1366 part is a pain for computers to support. I'm sure there's a really good reason why 1366x398 is suitable for a specific application, because otherwise it feels as though the hardware team has a grudge against someone's graphics driver group. Viva la difference, though, I'll give them that. If only it had been 3840x1200.
I dont' even want a 16:9 monitor. They take up more desktop space while providing less on-screen working area. Also most digital content is still vertical page format... Its a shame 4:3 panels are a thing of history. I've tried working with a 16:9 panel rotated 90deg to provide a 9:16 format. It worked, but the viewing angle limits of LCDs made color reproduction unusable in that direction.
Where Talkin Turtle TV Dinner Style, with Pengie suits. Plosh. Weight Lifting Ads at Tube, Vertical. Kids could Stop & imitate it on Way to Fair. New House of Mirrors at Carnival.... Drashek
You say stretched, I say collapsed, when you read the resolution it's clear they just cut the top/bottom of a old normal display. It's handy for signs though obviously.
nice to see the articles