Microsoft recommends 16:9 displays for Windows 8

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According to multiple sources Windows 8 will work best with displays with the aspect ratio of 16:9.

One ex
"In terms of display support, Windows 8 will work best on 16:9 screens"

How will this effect the sales of different displays?
 
TV and computer convergence is coming!

Windows 8 enabled TVs! WinTVs!
 
We'll continue to see an inferior aspect ratio shoved down the throat of the average PC display consumer.
 
16:9 for tablet, or for PC? Source?

I found ths source. Ironically, the OP linked it here:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1037599498#post1037599498

and was refuted rather quickly:

http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2011/06/02/windows-8-hardware-recommendations-for-oems/ (in case if he tried to edit it out)

by the first line in the article, lol...

Microsoft discussed the new hardware recommendations for the upcoming Windows 8 tablets and slates today during the OS’s unveiling at the Computex trade-show in Taiwan
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Considering those are hardware recommendations for tablets/slates, I would say it will have zero effect on sales of desktop displays.

The goal should be an OS that is as resolution/aspect ratio independent as possible anyway. Designing a GUI that only works good with one aspect ratio would be a step backwards and thankfully won't happen.
 
It looks like the article you quoted this from was geared towards mobile devices (tablets, phones, slates, etc) and not towards desktop PC's.

If anyone here at [H] used the "reccomended" specs of anything, we wouldnt be the community that we are today. We exceed the recommended specs as far as our wallets will take us.

As long as manufactures still produce 16:10 panels we will buy them, the only reason 16:9 has taken a foothold in the market is because its cheaper to produce and joe consumer doesnt want black bars on the top and bottom of his DVD's.

If you want less desktop real estate you will go with 16:9. Most of us here at [H] will pay a premium to have 16:10, giving us more workable space than someone with the 16:9 counterpart monitor. (e.g. dell 24" 16:9 resolution of 1920x1080 vs 16:10 1920x1200)
 
Maybe it should be moved to tablets? I still think it is intresting to discuss how this may effect how suitable Windows 8 are for bigger 4:3 and 16:10 monitors.
 
What nonsense. You a mixing up some tablet rumors and applying it to monitors.
It isn't even confirmed from Microsoft for tablets.

Total garbage thread.
 
Snowdog said:
What nonsense. You a mixing up some tablet rumors and applying it to monitors.
It isn't even confirmed from Microsoft for tablets.
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Microsoft revelead it on a pressconference. So it isnt romurs. It is official.

"On June 2011, Microsoft officially unveiled the most anticipated upcoming version of Microsoft Windows- Windows 8 at the Computer Electronics Show (Computex 2011)."
"Windows 8 will support a wide range of different 16:9 screen resolutions"
http://bytelib.com/windows-8-microsoft-boldest-reinvention-in-years/

16:9 Tablets with a 1366x768 resolution or higher is now being marketed as "Windows 8 Ready".

"Dell Latitude ST - 10.1-inch Windows 8 Ready, full HD Tablet Spotted in the Wild"
http://www.consumermate.com/tablets...ready-full-hd-tablet-spotted-in-the-wild.html
 
Oled said:
According to multiple sources Windows 8 will work best with displays with the aspect ratio of 16:9.

One ex
"In terms of display support, Windows 8 will work best on 16:9 screens"

How will this effect the sales of different displays?
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Even if this is false it wouldn't affect sales all that much since most displays are 16:9 now days and if you are buying something else its because you are going out of your way to buy it which you would do on win8 as well.
 
I think they are just saying that the UI will be designed more for widescreen devices (16:10 and 16:9) rather than older 4:3 and 5:4 that many people still have. Most college computer labs have mostly 4:3 and 5:4.
 
That isn't a Microsoft source it is just a tech blog site mixing things up. Here is another unofficial source:

http://www.techexplorer.in/2011/06/...are-requirements-revealed-by-microsoft-video/
Hardware requirements

You’d be happy to know that Windows 8’s hardware requirements are the same as that of Windows 7. If your computer runs Windows 7, it will run Windows 8 in all its glory. However, there are a couple of minimum requirements:

The minimum screen resolution required for the new interface is 1024×768. Windows 8 will fall back to classic desktop on lower resolutions. The recommended resolution is 1366×768 or higher.
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This is as it was first reported. Only an idiot would read that and think it would only work with 16:9.
 
Snowdog said:
That isn't a Microsoft source it is just a tech blog site mixing things up. Here is another unofficial source:

http://www.techexplorer.in/2011/06/...are-requirements-revealed-by-microsoft-video/


This is as it was first reported. Only an idiot would read that and think it would only work with 16:9.
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4:3 TV:s still work. Does that make them suitable for watching TV today?

Clearly this is the next phase in the 16:10 phase out. Software are starting to be made for 16:9. Not just TV, movies and games which primarly are made for TV. 16:9 takes over the computers more and more.
 
The only official statement I can find from MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/exec/treller/07-11WPC11.mspx

In both of our Windows 8 previews, we talked about continuing on with the important trend that we started with Windows 7, keeping system requirements either flat or reducing them over time. Windows 8 will be able to run on a wide range of machines because it will have the same requirements or lower.
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Seriously one of the most idiotic things I have read in this forum in some time. MS is going to lock the OS into one aspect ratio. Who believes such nonsense?
 
Oled said:
Maybe it should be moved to tablets? I still think it is intresting to discuss how this may effect how suitable Windows 8 are for bigger 4:3 and 16:10 monitors.
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Another nonsense thread from the same "source".
 
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