Ya I just noticed the Asus ROG X13 and while I’m not going to buy one, it did get me thinking. The screen size is so close, and you get a little extra relative height with 16:10. Guess it just depends on what you’re using it for.
But both are too small for me. I even tried the new 14" MacBook Pro which is 16:10 and that felt small.
Cinema likes the widescreen format for some reason. I kinda like the old 3:2 aspect ratio as well but the content isnt there… i also havent seen much modern/recent monitor in that ratio.
Huawei has 28" 3:2 MateView. I only saw it in an office somewhere for like 5 mins. It looked great so I asked what it was, but looking up reviews later people are not happy about the panel.
I hate nothing more than needing to fight the auto-hide functionality of media controls when viewing video; with 16:10, viewing 16:9 video is much more pleasant because I can see all the content from the very moment I press play.
If black bars trouble one so, there is OLED for that, but personally I will always prefer black bars over the software UI equivalent of a notch, having to fight against auto-hide media controls. For example, if I need to rewatch something on my phone or a 16:9 display, I am always rewinding a few seconds extra to give the UI a chance to fade out.
Add to that the generic additional benefits of more vertical space for reading, programming, etc.
The one exception to this would be DCI 8K/4K, if I could afford one, I would get it just to support a display that is actually the number of pixels it says it is.
Until recently I had a 32 inch 1440p screen with 75Hz. 75Hz was okay, but with a Nvidia GPU you can use DLSS for higher framerates. As long as it is not too expensive I would go for 120Hz. It will be rewarding if you game a lot.
