Wild_Bill wrote:
The small TV/DVD screens of LCD displays are commonly wide screens, so
you may lose the height you're accustomed to.

The 4:3 aspect ratio was the (RCA input) TV/VCR, CCTV and video
camera/monitor standard for decades, but movies are typically displayed
in letterbox or wide formats, so new LCD monitors intended for movie
displays have gone to the wide format.

The screen height on widescreen displays is shorter for given size,
since they are measured diagonally.

I bought a couple of wide 7" LCDs (for about $70 each) and they fill the
width of the screen (slightly stretched width-wise) instead of cropping
the sides with black.
I think a 5" 4:3 display would look about the same size for a composite
video input.

Other wide monitors may display the RCA input 4:3 input differently. If
the width is stretched to fill the screen, it may be annoying to look
at, particularly for text.


You know, I have an old Toshiba notebook computer that mostly works....