May get a new monitor.
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I am looking at getting a new monitor this year. I would like to get a monitor with the resolution of 1680x1050. It will either be a 20 inch or 22 inch. This acer looks like a good deal and it seems to be of good quality. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2549197&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[^] I have seen that same monitor at bestbuy but it was not set at its native resolution so I couldn't see how good it really was. What do you think? I would like any advice you have.
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I just ordered a Samsung 225BW. It was one of the few 22-inch monitors that has a height-adjustable stand. It was only (*)$290 at Amazon. It'll be here tomorrow. (*)Actually, the cheapest price for a new one was $269, but the vendor had a less than spectacular customer rating, so I chose to go with a fulfillment from Amazon itself.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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It must be just me then! :-> I typically work with two vertical panes in the main area - one for code, and the other for help topics/browser. ;) With the solution explorer etc. docked on the right, I really appreciate the extra 320 pixels width. :-O
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
I really appreciate the extra 320 pixels width.
What is this? Carry on Computing?
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
I really appreciate the extra 320 pixels width.
What is this? Carry on Computing?
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Yeah...didn't you see them at Brighton Pride last year? They were just behind the "Carry on Cruising" float, if I remember rightly. ;P
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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I am looking at getting a new monitor this year. I would like to get a monitor with the resolution of 1680x1050. It will either be a 20 inch or 22 inch. This acer looks like a good deal and it seems to be of good quality. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2549197&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[^] I have seen that same monitor at bestbuy but it was not set at its native resolution so I couldn't see how good it really was. What do you think? I would like any advice you have.
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Except for the small fraction of items on sale (typically slowly processed rebates, or bundled with an AV program that'll hit you up with a charge if you don't cancel the subscription) TD is generally one of the more expensive online retailers.
-- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?
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Yeah...didn't you see them at Brighton Pride last year? They were just behind the "Carry on Cruising" float, if I remember rightly. ;P
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
:laugh::laugh::laugh:Brings a new meaning to Stelios Easycruise.:-D
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I don't get why everyone is after 16:9 monitors. Visual Studio works best at 4:#, in my book. I have 1600x1200, and it works a treat. I have 2 x 1200x1024 as well ( and room for more, if I ever want to buy more ). I have a Samsung SyncMaster 204B. It still looks great after a year, and when I did get a dead scanline, they sent me a new monitor, right away. I have only good things to say about Samsung monitors.
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Actually, Visual Studio works best on 3 4:3 Monitors: one for the editor environment, one for MSDN and one for all the tool windows. I prefer 2 4:3 over one 16:9.
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Actually, Visual Studio works best on 3 4:3 Monitors: one for the editor environment, one for MSDN and one for all the tool windows. I prefer 2 4:3 over one 16:9.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighistmy 2nd 4:3 (actually 5:4 unless the pixels are rectangular but who's counting) is for firefox.
-- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:Brings a new meaning to Stelios Easycruise.:-D
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
I was't joking about the "Carry on Cruising" float! ;)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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Except for the small fraction of items on sale (typically slowly processed rebates, or bundled with an AV program that'll hit you up with a charge if you don't cancel the subscription) TD is generally one of the more expensive online retailers.
-- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?
dan neely wrote:
TD is generally one of the more expensive online retailers.
Yeah, but there website is easy to navigate. When I buy it I will probably go with NewEgg unless I find a better deal.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I don't get why everyone is after 16:9 monitors. Visual Studio works best at 4:#, in my book. I have 1600x1200, and it works a treat. I have 2 x 1200x1024 as well ( and room for more, if I ever want to buy more ).
I find with 4:3 monitors that I never have sufficient width to dock the displays I want. The code editor just gets "squeazed" too much at the sides, and I end up having to autohide displays - which bugs the hell out of me. I'm currently using an Acer AL2423W 24" widescreen TFT (1920x1200) and believe me once you've worked on that you wouldn't want to go back to a 4:3. :laugh:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
I find with 4:3 monitors that I never have sufficient width to dock the displays I want. The code editor just gets "squeazed" too much at the sides
Me too. I keep VS stretched across two 21" monitors...one entire monitor just for the code editing window, and the other monitor has the docked windows. I could never go back to a single 4:3. I dream of two widescreens! Mark
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I just picked up a 22" Dell meeting your specs with a 4 year warranty for $279.
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code-frog wrote:
I just picked up a 22" Dell meeting your specs with a 4 year warranty for $279
Really? Have a link?? :)
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dan neely wrote:
TD is generally one of the more expensive online retailers.
Yeah, but there website is easy to navigate. When I buy it I will probably go with NewEgg unless I find a better deal.
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I got my new samsung 225bw yesterday. All I can say is WOW. Including shipping, Amazon was $20 cheaper than NewEgg.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I got my new samsung 225bw yesterday. All I can say is WOW. Including shipping, Amazon was $20 cheaper than NewEgg.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I read some reviews of that monitor. On almost all the bad reviews they complain about the panel's back lighting or it has a lot of dead pixels. They said there were three types of panels that go into that monitor. Sometimes you may get a cheap panel and there is no way to tell which panel you are going to get until you get it.
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