Widescreen LCD displays
 

My dad just got a nice new Sony Vaio and doesn't like the small 17inch lcd that it came with. He's arranged to swap it in and get credit towards a different display at Fry's. I told him that Samsungs are nice and that I personally like Dell but that they aren't carried at Frys. He's interested in the widescreen displays and wondering if they're worth the extra cost. He strictly does advanced Excel and business related stuff on his computer, so no DVD or gaming quality is relatively necessary. I know most widescreens aren't any better in general, but he's wondering if the seamless "real estate" is worth the extra price than getting say two 19inch LCD's (he's seen my setup so he know's how it works).

Guess I'm just looking for some opinions on widescreens in general, and furthermore, which ones to look at if you know of some. He specifically has mentioned the Samsungs and Dells so far.

Thanks for any info.
-T

I'm getting an Acer AL2032W 20" in a couple days. Don't know why I settled on it, as opposed to a non-ws aspect, but looking forward to watching 16:9 dvd's. I won't buy some $4000 TV for that. I'll have to settle on a $3500 pc rig.

I love the widescreen monitors, but they do take up a lot of real estate on the desk. I recently bought two Dell 2005FPW's for my desk at work. Have them connected through my docking station on my laptop. Beautiful.

Dell had them on sale for like ~$500 each. Much better than the $789 the are regularly.

Thanks for the replies. My dad's also really considering the 2405fwp, the 24 inch widescreen. I wonder if I should mention the two 20inch widescreen route.

Take care
-T