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Question: I am wondering if a widescreen or a normal ratio screen is better from the standpoint of the number of stocks shown on the screen at one time with the same setting on both screens. If there are fewer stocks displayed I think I would prefer a normal screen laptop. Can you figure out what I am trying to say and have an answer? Thanks
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I can't tell you which is better. The number of stocks that can be displayed depends more on the actual screen resolution (and your eyes ability to resolve that resolution) than on the shape of the display (although aspect ratio may be an important consideration for many uses).
An image designed for a 4 to 3 ratio screen would look too wide (or stretched) on a 16 to 9 screen with the same pixel counts. An image designed for a 16 to 9 screen would look too narrow (or squashed) on a 4 to 3 screen with the same pixel counts.
If the pixel counts were the same for both, say 1440x1080, the same information would be displayed, it would just be stretched or squashed when displayed at the "wrong" aspect ratio depending on your point of view.
What's more likely is that resolution is actually different. At 1440x1080 for example, you have what are known as square pixels on a 4x3 display. Most Widescreen (16x9) displays will actually have square pixels as well (although square pixels are not always used in either aspect ratio). This would generally mean the Widescreen version of a 1440x1080 standard display has either a 1440x810 resolution displaying less pixels or a 1920x1080 resolution displaying more pixels.
The number of stocks visible in a Watchlist at (one per line) using the same font (at the same point size) will depend entirely on your vertical pixel count. So a 1440x1080 display will have the same number of visible stocks in the Watchlist as a 1920x1080 display (and a 1440x810 will have less). The 1920x1080 display will be able to display more Watchlist Columns than the 1440x1080 display if the Chart is exactly the same size and shape on both however.
-Bruce
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Aloha Bruce: Thanks for the answer. Now the question is "Is a widescreen or regular screen laptop best for using the Worden TC2007"? Amigo
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I still can't tell you which is better. What is the actual resolution of the displays in question? What is the actual physical size of the each display? Do you have any problems reading the text on either display? If you have to carry it around, how heavy is it? Do you prefer looking at a standard or widescreen display?
I have both standard and widescreen aspect ratio monitors in use with multiple computers (and multiple monitors per computer) running TeleChart, Worden Studio and Blocks. Except when I'm travelling, all that matters to me is the total overall resolution available (if I had poor vision, pixel size or physical size might be more important).
If you have similar considerations (and only you can make this determination), total resolution can be determined by multiplying the horizontal resolution by the vertical resolution for each display and adding together the results.
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Aloha Bruce: Thanks for the response. I think I finally got it. Aloha from Hawaii.
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You're welcome.
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