We should have better displays than most of the desktop LCD monitor screens available, not to mention what they're offering on netbooks and lots of notebooks. Let's look at why this is happening and some alternatives, and think about what we should demand that the display screen vendors produce for better computer monitors.
The reason for this situation is the infatuation of LCD panel manufacturers with so-called 'high definition' (HD) televisions with a screen height of 1080 pixels and a 16:9 aspect ratio, yielding screen resolution of 1920x1080, along with their simultaneous adoption of that same format for many computer screens.
The big display panel vendors also make TVs, so it's all too convenient for them to size and cut all of their large 'mother' sheets of LCD display panels to the 16:9 aspect ratio that's defined by the HD 1080p standard designed for television viewing.
The problem is that the HD 1080p TV standard that has mesmerised the big LCD screen vendors is intended for consumer use, and is only meant for displaying media content that is passively consumed by the great unwashed in their living rooms. But it's not what productive knowledge workers really need.
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