Our TV set was broken, and when my dad went to have it repaired, he was first suggested to buy a new one instead. The sales clerk basically told him that it's outdated anyway, not being 16:9.

Fortunately, my dad doesn't let people talk him into buying stuff that easily. We got out (100 Hz, 4:3) TV set repaired at a different place, and cheaper.

Actually most TV productions are still at 4:3, so IMHO it doesn't make much sense to buy a 16:9 screen, unless you are a cineast and watching DVDs every day. I don't.

Where 16:9 strikes me as even worse is with computers. Why would you want a 16:9 screen unless you are watching DVDs on it all the time? For most people, the relevant sizes are 4:3 (photos) and their paper size (e.g. A4).

So if you are using word processors a lot, a 16:9 screen is just stupid. You'd probably be better off with a 9:16 screen, which could contain a full page and the edit toolbars. However, such a screen on a laptop would look odd, and probably be not too stable. But 4:3 works, and is better than 16:9.

Summary: Think, Bike, Dance.

Best grade in final exam for my previous six years of life. Biked 20 km in 50 minutes in city after-work traffic. Partied 9:30 hours, dancing most of that. Biked 20 km back, in 55 minutes.

• 7:00 wake up, having slept too little after having IRCed for too long
• 7:30 enjoy reading the morning newspaper
• 10:30 final oral exam for my studies. Programming paradigms, object oriented software development, UML, OCL, XML, CSS, XSLT, XQuery, techniques of logic programming, Prolog. Grade: 1.0 (best possible grade)
• 12:00 lunch with collegues
• 13:00 rest up. buy some hard to find lindy hop dancing CDs
• 15:00 return home by train
• 18:15 leave for an invitation-only-all-inclusive party. by bicycle.
• 19:05 arrival at the club, 20 km in 50 minutes having crossed most of munich. New personal record for this route.
• ... food, cocktails, dancing, more cocktails, more dancing ...
• 04:30 notice that you're the "last man standing" (i.e. dancing) and decide to leave, too.
• Bike back in 55 minutes, new personal record for this direction, too.
• Enjoy the sunrise for another sunny hot day, take a shower, go to bed.