A wide monitor is terrific. I have the 30" cinema and I'll never go back to anything smaller (or square). I can see (in a usable percentage) a full score top to bottom, and one or more phrases left to right in scroll view (often at 100%). In page view, I can get an 8.5x11 page at 200%, (just cutting off the bottom margin). Amazing for editing. There is plenty of room for palettes and even a word doc with text (or a web page or -- for those tedious days -- a movie window. Did I just admit that?).
There are very few issues with stretching square to wide. There are some smarmy web designers who add a command for full screen, but you can always drag it back. I find few web pages force full screen, and those that do are usually in fixed columns. I'd simply get the biggest monitor that you can afford and have room for. Screen real estate is a precious commodity. -Carolyn On 8/11/07, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 11, 2007, at 10:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It looks like my current monitor is coming to the end of its life, > > so I > > have been considering what to get as a replacement. LCD TFT > > screens seem > > to be the only option now, but what opinions does the group have on > > wide-screen versus 4:3 or similar square formats? Does Finale work > > correctly with wide-screen? I thought I might see a lot more bars > > when in > > scroll view, or two pages side by side in page view, but some of > > the demos > > I have seen (generally web pages) have square formats stretched to > > wide-screen, therefore they are completely useless. On the other > > hand a > > square shape is probably better for the maximum number of staves > > visible. > > Also does anyone have any other factors they think are worth > > considering > > when getting a monitor for Finale? > > Finale works great with a wide monitor. This kind of thing is handled > by the video driver of your computer (video card, I would assume) so > Finale has little to do with it, except that I love it. I can get a > whole phrase on the screen in scroll view (depending on viewing size) > and I still depend on Staff Sets so that the staves I need are visible. > > I have an Intel Mac, which has screen rotation built in, so if I had > my 10.75 X 17.25 inches viewing area rotated 90 degrees, I could > easily get an 11X17 large orchestra score page onto the screen at > full size. I don't know what the Windows situation is for that, but I > think it is a combination of video card and video driver (which > happens to be there in Mac OS 10.4). > > Highly recommended is the short answer. You won't regret it, but make > sure that your video card is up to it. Any newish one should be fine. > > Christopher > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
