Re: [OT] Monitor madness

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

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From: "Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
> The screen res I can handle (it's what I have now), it's the
flickering
> @ 60Hz that's drives me nuts.
>
> I like to have a lot of desktop realestate, I like to be able to see a
> lot of code at once, I find that anything less than 1280x is too
little.
> If I could get away with it, I'd have 1600x and use that!!

All joking to one side Stuart, don't do it!

You have precisely one set of eyes, and that sort of resolution on a
15"
screen is *seriously* bad news for your them..

Have you looked at one of the short tube 19" monitors? or even the
possibility of going dual head?

I use 1024x768 on an LCD panel as my main "reading" screen, and
1600x1200 on
a 22" CAD monitor (which I picked up at a knock down price!) as my
main
screen for games/ running apps/video etc.
because of the "fuzzier" text on the CRT, I use a larger point
size for
everything I run on the CRT normally...

It's like brakes on a car: if it's a choice between some go faster stuff
like CPU, memory etc, or the device you are going to trust your sight to...
it's not the place to scrimp on :

Ian.