I use a 1080p and 1024x1280 (WXGA?) dual monitor setup. If I want to work with several windows open at once, I prefer the side-by-side method with (e.g.) tool palettes on one display and work window on the other. TBH I don't think I was even aware that 16:10 displays were a thing. If I were arsed about screen real estate beyond my current needs, I might go for an hdpi display. I used one at work (a large-screen, relatively recent iMac), because that's what they had (unfortunately iMacs didn't support multiple displays), and I can't say I've missed it terribly since I retired.

16:10 displays were the original aspect ratio when widescreen monitors first came along back in the mid-late 2000s. Pretty much all widescreen monitors were 16:10, as were widescreen laptop displays for a few years. Then enshitification came along as the manufacturers realised they could make cheaper screens by dropping to 16:9, and could market them more easily "Full HD" and all that, despite the resolution being less than their previous models (1920x1200 became 1920x1080 and all that).

Now they're pretty rare, outside of screens aimed at professional users with calibrated colour and whatnot. Personally, I see them as being a downgrade and always have done.

Thankfully they have returned to laptops in the past few years as they fit much better into the shape of a laptop chassis and avoid the massive top/bottom bezels that were common for a long time.

I ordered the PA248QV from Asus Store on Wednesday, and received order confirmation emails.

By Friday, having received no dispatch confirmation, I phoned to ask what was up. Was told it was stuck on "processing" for an unknown reason. I would get notification by end of day or early tomorrow (i.e. by Saturday morning), because they needed to check with the warehouse. I got the impression the CS agent was fobbing me off, so was unsurprised by the not having received any email.

The Asus Store is operated by "FiveTech Ltd", which is a trading name for "Laptop Outlet", and if I had thought to check before ordering I would have seen large numbers of bad reviews, and ordered from elsewhere instead.

So now I guess I wait until Monday to see if they actually dispatch it, or I start the hassle of getting a refund and go somewhere reliable.

I'm just glad they replaced CRT displays, and that I did too, 10-years later. Fetishizing tech is an expensive game.

> So now I guess I wait until Monday to see if they actually dispatch it, or I start the hassle of getting a refund and go somewhere reliable.

As expected, still no shipping notification, so I called to ask what was up, and was ultimately told it would be 2-4 working days from dispatch, and as that hasn't happened it wouldn't be with me tomorrow.

So I said I wanted to cancel, and they said they would get back to me later today, after they have confirmed with the warehouse team that it hasn't been dispatched. Uh... well, maybe they happen to have a courier pickup at that exact time or something, I dunno. This guy didn't seem as useless as the one I spoke to on Friday, but didn't fill me with confidence either.

A few hours later, realising it was almost 5pm and I hadn't heard anything, I phoned back, and this time spoke to a helpful and polite CS agent who was able to reassure me that it will be cancelled, said it takes 3-5 working days to refund, and so to call back if that hasn't happened by this time next week.

Meanwhile, I ordered from CCL who will deliver tomorrow, and took 38 minutes from order acknowledgement to send dispatch notification and tracking code.

Let's open the bets. Does Pete receive his refund? Or two monitors?...

I'll take "they both arrive, but the first one will be a mis-boxed 16:9 and a week later a damaged refurb is left outside the door." :<

Never change.

Tough remit.

How? :(

Nah! Everyone changes. Just don't blame your past on who you used to be. It was you.

I admire your commitment to screen resolution/aspect ratio.

At home I'm using a 4K 43" TV as a monitor.

I'm going to have to think whether that makes me feel jealous.  :-S

It sounds great but there's definitely drawbacks, it's certainly not a perfect setup for many reasons.

I thought it would be interesting to hook up my desktop  pc to our 34" 1080p TV for gaming, but the logistics of moving shit around makes it more trouble than it's worth.

Huh? Past me was awesome.

Always so much smarter than everyone else, never needing to worry about what's around the next corner, nothing I couldn't do.

Excellent!

It would be if I was still those things. :<

Some would say that we just become more realistic as we get older. I'm less than 18 months away from being 70. I don't feel any more realistic. A bit grumpier maybe. 

On the trying-to-be-optimistic side, I did get the refund without further chasing, no unwanted deliveries.

The other monitor arrived from CCL and (despite a scuffed box that made me paranoid) appears new and works adequately.