High Refresh 16:10 Monitors?

[Contreramanjaro]

Hey guys. Most of you are likely purely gamers and find 16:9 and ultrawides to be the obvious way forward. Great! However some people like me are stuck in the past and prefer a more narrow aspect ratio.

 

For years the sweet spot was 4:3 and then later became 16:10 as flat panels took over. You've probably used a 16:10 monitor in fact! Most Apple computers used to be 16:10 (1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 2560x1600) and many others too. Lenovo seemed to cling to 4:3 a bit longer.

 

I recently got to play some higher refresh monitors, 144hz and some freesync ( I know, I know), and I somewhat immediately became dissatisfied by my 60hz 1920x1200 panel.

 

So from the main brands I haven't seen anything come up that was 16:10 and... well... modern. I know some of the lesser known Korean brands can surprise with a nice panel so I was wondering if any of you have seen a worthy successor in the 16:10 aspect ratio?

 

Or just want to talk about the obvious superiority of 16:10.

[WereCat]

There is huge lack of 60Hz 16:10 monitors and I think there are no high refresh rate ones.

[m0k]

5 minutes ago, WereCat said:

There is huge lack of 60Hz 16:10 monitors and I think there are no high refresh rate ones.

pretty much all 16:10 monitors are 60hz...
or did you mean those are hard to comeby nowadays

[Contreramanjaro]

1 minute ago, mok said:

pretty much all 16:10 monitors are 60hz...
or did you mean those are hard to comeby nowadays

I was hoping for a panel that could do maybe 75Hz. I think it wasn't possible over VGA but I was hoping someone out there would throw a display port on a panel and let me overclock it.

[WereCat]

6 minutes ago, mok said:

pretty much all 16:10 monitors are 60hz...
or did you mean those are hard to comeby nowadays

I meant that there are almost no 16:10 monitors nowadays and that I don't think there are any above 60Hz.

Maybe there are some that OC well enough though.

[Coombzy]

Wouldn't say 16:10 is highly adopted at all, the last time I saw a 2560x1600 monitor was quite some time ago. The industry is favouring ultrawide and high refresh 1440p panels. I doubt that 16:10 monitors with G-Sync or Freesync and a decent refresh rate from a reputable brand will become a thing.

[Contreramanjaro]

6 minutes ago, Coombzy said:

Wouldn't say 16:10 is highly adopted at all, the last time I saw a 2560x1600 monitor was quite some time ago. The industry is favouring ultrawide and high refresh 1440p panels. I doubt that 16:10 monitors with G-Sync or Freesync and a decent refresh rate from a reputable brand will become a thing.

All pre-5k iMacs were 16:10 and AFAIK all MacBooks are 16:10. The panels are out there,

 

I guess I'm just having trouble letting the dream die.

[Coombzy]

Just now, Contreramanjaro said:

All pre-5k iMacs were 16:10 and AFAIK all MacBooks are 16:10. The panels are out there,

 

I guess I'm just having trouble letting the dream die.

Yeah, I wouldn't count on seeing anything like what you want unless it is Korean. 

[NumLock21]

16:9 is adopted by the industry or they like to call it HD, even though 16:10 is way above the HD specs of 1920x1080.

 

[Glenwing]

There are a handful of old 120 Hz monitors that were produced back when 16:10 was still the standard, with a resolution of 1680×1050. I don't know of any higher resolution ones.

[3NMa]

It's not high resolution, but u could buy a cheap, old mac and just use the screen

[Jameszy12]

I found this: bestbuy.com/site/aoc-c32g2e-31-5-va-wled-curved-freesync-fhd-gaming-monitor-displayport-vga-hdmi-black-and-red/6493248.p?skuId=6493248

 

It's a VA panel unfortunately :/