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mixmastamyk
Kinda weird, remember my 4:3 in portrait mode fondly. 16:10 might be decent.
vmception
Are Gen-X'ers still thinking the user's creating vertical videos are the problem instead of the user experience of viewing vertical videos? Seems they were the only ones ever passionate about protesting this and 'correcting' users.

But on the user experience side, this monitor seems to take this concept to an extreme!

saurik
I mean, if you want to take it to the actual "extreme", just get a normal widescreen monitor you can rotate to portrait (as opposed to this slightly squarer panel). I have one to the left of my normal monitor, and I use it mostly for chat apps and documentation for the work I'm doing on my main monitor.
nsonha
no you would have to get a monitor big enough to do that and still have a comfortable width. As manufacturer makes more of those ultrawides and alike these days, it's actually not easy to find a monitor that's good for use as a SINGLE vertical screen
saurik
Well, trying to find a monitor that works well as a single monitor for other purposes sounds like the opposite of wanting to "take this concept to an extreme".
nsonha
What do you mean "other purposes"? My only purpose of the monitor is for work. I need a monitor that's big enough and I don't like to have to make unnecessary head movements while working, hence vertical monitor. There is nothing extreme about it.
elromulous
The problem with vertical videos isn't the screen. The problem with vertical videos is our vision - our eyes are not stacked vertically.
vmception
It’s not recorded differently at that aspect ratio so it wouldn’t matter how our eyes are stacked.

The image processor nor renderer does anything different for the experience to be different.

No different than a crop.

elromulous
Is this actually true? Are you saying the imager itself has a square ratio?

Edit: So that's absolutely false. Imagers absolutely do not have a square aspect ratio. So it's not just about cropping. E.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exmor

jdlshore
> Are Gen-X’ers still thinking

Please don’t do this. You can make your point without resorting to stereotypes.

0xdeadb00f
The way you've quoted this I almost thought you were implying "stop right there. Gen-X'ers don't think" ;P
vmception
Alright alright, I had meant some, #notall, and thats it’s peculiar that it seemed generational
nsonha
Met a few Gen-Xes who think more worldly than myself and know what a CD is, among other things. We should not make social media think what's on there is representative of society or any particular generation.
neetrain
I love watching old films and playing old games, which are all 4:3 aspect ratio.

Is this going to be a desirable option?

Tepix
It's really bad for your neck if the upper edge of the monitor is higher than your eye level.

In Europe Huawei sells the MateView, a slick 28.2" 3:2 3.840 x 2.560 monitor. Its monitor stand does not support pivot.

ThatMedicIsASpy
16:18 just means 16:9 stacked on top of each other. my least desirable configuration of two monitors. If it were two actual 16:9 i could adjust and angle them properly.
nsonha
that's just you, vertically stacking monitors makes sense to me, because I only need to move my neck on one axis if any at all.
jen20
The point is that with separate stacked monitors you can angle them independently such that one tilts downwards.
fargle
could I have a 16:12 instead please?
ekianjo
Erm, do people know you can turn at 90 degrees most of the regular monitors you buy these days? There is no point in buying a specific model for that.
joshu
that’s not what this is
Sander_Marechal
I knew my setup of 3 4:3 monitors side-by-side would be coming back into fashion!