topic Recomended Monitor in Installation & update

Recomended Monitor

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:02:32 GMT

My boss had recently purchased some new flat screen monitors but I was certainly not happy with their performance. the fixed resolution gave me no more working space than the 16" one I had been working on and I didn't have the crispness that I would have liked. I am planning on returning it for a crt instead and was hoping for a recommendation. Thanks.

Re: Recomended Monitor

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:03:14 GMT

Mike wrote:
My boss had recently purchased some new flat screen monitors but I was certainly not happy with their performance. the fixed resolution gave me no more working space than the 16" one I had been working on and I didn't have the crispness that I would have liked. I am planning on returning it for a crt instead and was hoping for a recommendation. Thanks.

Could have been cheap monitors and/or video card issue and/or interfacing the LCD via VGA adapter rather than DVI. I've got twin 19" LCD that I'm much happier with than my old 21" tubes ... and even like my 15" laptop screen (at 1400 x 1280) better than any CRT for crispness.

What brand/size/res LCD did your boss buy, and what size/res CRT have you been working on? (Not that I have more to contribute, Mike, but others might given the info...)

Karl

Re: Recomended Monitor

Dwight — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:57:23 GMT

While saving up for twin 30" Cinema displays, still using Sony Flat 21" Trinitrons at 1600 x 1200 - a similar unit is available for $140 at:

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_mon_sonapp20.html

a place that specializes in refurbished monitors.

Otherwise, see:
http://www.creativepro.com/hardware/home/1324.html

For another cheap screen see:

http://www.lacie.com/clearance/products/?id=10010

22" Electron Blue LaCie - $549.

was highly rated years ago.

Re: Recomended Monitor

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:55:16 GMT

Thanks for the feedback. The monitors purchased were "Planar 19" - model PL1910M-BK" with a resolution of 1280 x 1024. Perhaps I had some setting amis but I felt that working on that monitor for extended periods would be very tiring.