Monitor aspect ratio; Does the difference matter?

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Published on 2011-01-08T09:01:41Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 9:59 UTC
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So, I'm looking ordering myself a new development desktop soon and setting up a PROPER office environment by the end of this year.

To boost productivity, I'm going to purchase three new monitors. I find that two just isn't enough when I'm debugging or doing something intensive.

That said, I had something pointed out to me the other day that I never really noticed nor cared about before - is the difference between a 16:10 and a 16:9 monitor noticeable when programming? Do you really miss those few extra lines, or is it something that you don't notice at all.

I notice HP only seems to sell 16:9 monitors (as far as I have found). Is this becoming something of a new standard with the recent growth and cleaver marketing of of "HD 16:9"?

To summarize: Has anybody made the switch from 16:10 to 16:9 (or vise-versa) and actually noticed the difference while programming?

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