Well, I do have a 23" widescren with 1680 x 1050 resolution, so yeah it looks fine on my screen, and I realize not everyone has a screen like mine, but when I move the resolution down to 1024 x 768 it still looks good.
My girlfriends sister has a 15" monitor and she loaded up the site. Said she had no problems with it. /shrug
But you guys know best cause it's what you do
So.. I guess if I did shrink it down, what would you guys recommend as the max header area? I did make my site at 970px wide so that 1024 users wouldn't get horizontal scroll bars. If I did make it any smaller than what it is now, I would loose the ability to make links in the controller. Granted the controller buttons aren't my main navigation links, just the most frequently used and I thought it would be a cool idea to have them there. Thats why I made the header area like it is now, big and all.