Re:LG’s new 16:18 monitor
by timbit42 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @11:11AM
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Why do you prefer 4:3 ratio when 3:2 ratio is the closest to human field of view ratio?
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Re:LG’s new 16:18 monitor
by NathanielK on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:05AM
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The perimetry of human vision is a bit more complex than that. It varies by person, but each eye sees a bit of an odd shaped blob[0]. It'd be hard to generalize to several decimal places exactly what aspect ratio rectangle best fills it.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_field#/media/File:Traqu...