You will notice that in widescreen view, you don't get a wider angle view to the left are right. Instead, you get the same angle view, but LESS of a viewable angle up and down. Since view up and down is critical in dogfighting, widescreen view is a handicap compared to standard 4x3. I have a 1920 x 1200 res monitor but I run it in 1600 x 1200 res to remain competitive in the game. I hope one day that HITECH changes his philosophy and gives the widescreen guys the same view up and down as the standard aspect monitor pilots. Until then, I fly with 2" of black on each side of my visual image.