Is 4:3 dead?

[FunkyMonkey_217_UK]

I'm in the market for a 1600x1200 Monitor.

 

Only, I don't suppose that they make 1600x1200 Monitors, do they? The whole world decided, for whatever reason, that 16:9 was the aspect ratio for them, and Good old TV-square(ish) be damned.

 

At a stretch, I might consider 1920x1200, but if 4:3 still lives out in the wild, anyone got any leads? My Google-fu ain't what it used to be.

[WereCat]

https://www.alza.sk/21-eizo-s2133-bk-d507681.htm

 

last one in stock... for that price though... ouch

[Fasauceome]

It's been dead for over a decade, 4:3 monitors are all pretty old. You won't find any modern designs or products.

[HanZie82]

And even before that the screens were rounded.
It was only 4:3 because of lack of tech to make it wider. People see in 'widescreen' as well, not square.

But i can totally understand wanting something one's used to.
So a quick google found a couple results on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monitors-1600-x-1200-Pixel/s?rh=n%3A428652031%2Cp_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A319920031

Those are however either very expensive or tiny and DIY style screens.

You might have more luck looking at (local) 2nd hand market.

[mariushm]

The obvious answer is to get a 2560 x 1440 monitor, they're as cheap as 200$ : https://pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#r=256001440&sort=price&page=1

 

Set the resolution to 1920x1440 (4:3)  and you'll have black bars on the sides, or set it to 1600x1200 if you must have exactly that, and you'll have black bars all around the image.

You can either go in the monitor's OSD menu and disable stretching or scaling and the monitor will put the 1920x1440 or 1600x1200 rectangle in the center of your screen with black bars as needed, like it happens with movies of various aspect ratios.

If there's no such option, you can go in video card's control panel / settings and there you can lock the resolution to a certain one, set scaling to none, and to center the image. This way, your video card will always output 2560x1440 or whatever the native panel resolution is, but will center the actual resolution (1600x1200 or 1920x1440) and add black bars around the image.

You won't lose any image quality because the monitor doesn't resize the image it receives, because the video card always outputs the native resolution of your monitor (2560x1440) and you see sharp image in the center of your monitor.

[Doobeedoo]

I'd like to get a 17" 4:3 CRT at 240Hz haha. 

But yeah 16:9 for some reason started appearing and now 21:9 though I'm more surprised TVs aren't 21:9 first hmm. 

[HanZie82]

Because people see in widescreen.

ie we have a wider view then high!