[Pc_Support] 19" widescreen LCDs are awesome

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 15:50 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
> (from my blog)
> I'm having a major bout of monitor envy. At work, after my  
> suggestion, they upgraded the office so everyone is on LCDs and as  
> part of the deal the Geek gang got swishy new 19" widescreen  
> Viewsonics. They're awesome. With a native resolution of 1440x900 it  
> has 1.6 times the screen real estate of a 15" 1024x768 screen, has  
> lots of width to place windows side-by-side (useful for code  
> comparisons) and doesn't make you crane your neck to look from top to  
> bottom, unlike some larger screens.

You can get 20.1" widescreen LCDs with 1680x1050 for not much more.
That gives you near 1280x1024 for near 4:3 compatibility.

> One really cool feature is that  
> if you have two computers available, one with a regular 15-pin VGA  
> connector and one with a swishy new DVI connector, you can have both  
> of them connected simultaneously and just press a button on the  
> screen to switch between them, so using this I've got both my Mac and  
> beefy PC ready to go as needed.

Don't tell me you haven't been buying LCDs with DVI+VGA?  Please don't.

> I will definitely say that the DVI  
> output from the Geforce 6800 in the PC is far superior to the VGA  
> from the Geforce 4 MX on the Mac, the text is much more crisp.

Of course, hence why DVI rules!

The new double DVI input connector allows 2500 or so horizontal lines at
60Hz, or 1600x1200 at 120Hz.

> To give you even more screen envy we got them for about $216 with free  
> shipping and a $20 rebate brings the price to under $200, a third of  
> what we paid for our 17" LCD a few years back! NewEgg is where we got  
> them and to make life easier for you here's a link to search their  
> site with the various options we went for:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2090190020 
> +1109917096+1233214217+1233314219&Subcategory=2

Yep.  You'll find most 20.1" are well under $300 as well, many times
below $250.

_Never_ buy a LCD without DVI.

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Bryan J. Smith           Professional, technical annoyance
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