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Latest Poll Results - Wide or Regular Monitor?

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by Taluntain, May 25, 2008.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG]What we asked:

    Q: Do you play computer games using a wide or regular monitor?
    (413 votes total)

    Regular (207) 50%
    Wide (168) 41%
    I don't use a monitor (21) 5%
    Either, depending on the game (17) 4%

    Exactly half of those who voted in the poll (50%) use a regular-sized monitor, followed by a considerable percentage (41%) of those who already use wide monitors to play computer games.

    5% of the poll participants don't use monitors to play computer games, preferring projectors, TVs and the like to do the job of monitors.

    Only 4% of those who have voted adjust the display used depending on the game (which very likely means that not many of our visitors use two or more monitors with their gaming rig).

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    Taluntain, May 25, 2008
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  2. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    I was wondering what "I don't use a monitor" referred to. I didn't think of TVs or projectors, and assumed people played the game without seeing what they were doing. Possibly to add some challenge... :shake:
     
    Ziad, May 25, 2008
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    In hindsight it'd have been better if I'd specified it there, as there are probably a few "banana" votes in that 5% now...
     
    Taluntain, May 25, 2008
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  4. Splunge

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    Damn you, Tal. Another poll where you use the word "exactly", but this time I can't nitpick. :p

    How do you use a banana as a monitor? I know how to defend myself from someone wielding a banana, but for viewing?
     
    Splunge, May 25, 2008
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  5. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Not used as a monitor, but as a poll option, e.g. Yes / No / Banana.
     
    Taluntain, May 25, 2008
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  6. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    Err.... what????

    And I thought Splunge's idea was weird. :D
     
    Ziad, May 25, 2008
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    A nonsensical poll option that has nothing to do with the question asked and is merely there so that the kiddies have something silly to vote for. Needless to say, I never include options like that in polls on SP, but they're common on more "casual" sites.
     
    Taluntain, May 26, 2008
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  8. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    Ah ok. I've seen such options on other polls and agree they deter from the poll's seriousness. If I find the banana option really humourous I'm sometimes tempted to go for it instead. Guess that makes me a kiddie :D

    I've had a closer look at the poll and realised the number who use widescreen monitors is actually very high, come to think of it, probably due to the fact most LCDs are now widescreen (and the widescreen ones are cheaper in many countries). Also there are no widescreen CRTs that I know of, so most people use LCD screens for their gaming.
     
    Ziad, May 26, 2008
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  9. Loreseeker

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    I'll second that.

    About the "Either, depending on the game" option... Does wishing for a regular monitor when playing Planescape count? :p
     
    Loreseeker, May 27, 2008
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    Montresor, May 28, 2008
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