What's what with LCD resolution and aspect?

[Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

Hey all. 

If you were about to receive (not ordered yet) a monitor to replace a dying
CRT, 
and the offering was 1680x1050 LCD, would you make a fuss and hold out for 
1600x1200?

Other than a few rows of characters, am I losing anything important  - in a
visual, 
staring at the monitor all day this-is-what-I-do kind of way - if I accept a
wide-aspect 
monitor with the lesser vertical count?

Is the aspect generally well-handled by software, or will I be looking at
horizontally 
stretched characters and illustrations?
I'm using MS Office, OpenOffice, FrameMaker, MadCap Flare, Acrobat, and a
few 
browsers on Win XP Pro. I don't game or do high-end photo or video
manipulation. 
I just want to be comfortable with the thing I'll be staring at for at least
the coming five years.  :-)

They already think they're doing me a favor, over the 17-inch 4:3 display
that's 
the office standard (well yes, they are...but), so I'll be raising the
annoyance factor 
for a while if I follow my first instinct and press for at least 20.1 inch
1600x1200.

The hoops ya gotta jump through for a measly additional hundred bucks or
two... 

Oh, by the way... no, I _don't_ actually want to hear from those who have 
multiple 27-inch displays, etc., etc.  That's just rubbing salt in wounds,
and 
doesn't reflect well on you.    <g>

Cheers,

Kevin





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