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What size monitor do you have?

Aug 18, 2005 3:32AM PDT

What size monitor do you have?

15-inches or smaller (what type?)
17-inches (what type?)
19-inches (what type?)
21-inches (what type?)
22-inches or larger (what type?)

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17" Sylvania F74
Aug 19, 2005 6:03AM PDT

I have two F74's, both faultless for years. Both have survived three previous systems. One gets about five hours daily use; both are faultless.

A smaller footprint would be nice, but not enough to warrant the cost.

Herb

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monitor
Aug 19, 2005 6:32AM PDT

my next w/b a flat screen and much larger.

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monitor size
Aug 19, 2005 6:43AM PDT

I have a syncmaster 243T wide-screen 24" TFT monitor and it rocks for games!

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What size monitor do you have?
Aug 19, 2005 7:17AM PDT

19" Sony Flat Screen

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What Kind of Monitor
Aug 19, 2005 7:35AM PDT

I have the DELL 15" ULTRASHARP LCD and I love it. I could never go back to a conventional monitor. This monitor has served me well for 2 years and been problem free.

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Dual LCDs
Aug 19, 2005 7:46AM PDT

Dual 19" Eizo Nanao LCDs. Remarkable. I could never go back to using just one monitor.

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Dual 19" SONY Trinitron CRT monitors
Aug 19, 2005 2:18PM PDT

I have been using dual 19" monitors since 1998. I do full time stock trading in 9 accounts. I have from 7 to 11 windows open most of the time. Some windows I squeeze them in half or a third of screen width on each monitor so i am watching 5,6 or 7 windows at the same time with so much real-time info. I cannot imagine using any screen size smaller than 19" nor less than 2 monitors. The one desirable thing left is LCD over CRT on account of their bulk and weight!!!

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Reload.
Aug 19, 2005 8:08AM PDT

All you have to do is save her pictures and word docs to a CD or external hardrive. Reload the the laptop, buy a good suite like Trend Micro PC cillin, internet security, and before you put the pictures and docs back in place you scan them, they should be fine. Make sure you update windows and install a firewall before you carry on. Also don't use IE, there are lots of others, I like slim browser from Flash Peak.
Next time get Acronis, and take an image of your hard drive fresh and clean, so you can reload in minutes.
Good luck

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Dell 19"
Aug 19, 2005 8:22AM PDT

Another 19" LCD, DELL UltraSharp 1905FP. Absolutely wonderful.

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I also have a 19" LCD, DELL UltraSharp
Aug 23, 2005 5:40AM PDT

I also have recently purchased a 19" LCD, DELL UltraSharp and I think it is the best thing since slice bread.

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Samsung 955DF
Aug 19, 2005 8:32AM PDT

I am currently using a 19" monitor, but because I do a lot of AutoCAD ADT 2005, I am looking to replace it with a 22"-42" LCD monitor. The larger size is much easier to see more detail for the kind of work I do, which is architectural drafting.

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32 inch Gateway Destination monitor
Aug 19, 2005 8:34AM PDT

It's an older monitor, and the highest resolution available is 800 x 600, but it's perfect for my needs. I use my computer as a Home Theater PC, with wireless keyboard and remote, and instead of getting an adapter to hook up to a TV with disappointing results, I found this available on EBay for only $200.

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Size of Monitor
Aug 19, 2005 8:52AM PDT

17 inch LCD. Samsung 710MP.

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19" Samsung 900DF
Aug 19, 2005 9:22AM PDT

I am pretty happy with this one. Have been using it since May 2004

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At Work: 17" IBM ThinkVision L170
Aug 19, 2005 9:31AM PDT

Since I work for IBM this is standard issue and I'm not complaining. Its a great monitor.

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LG F700P still got the "Bang for Buck Award" for a 17" model
Aug 19, 2005 9:23AM PDT

If you compare most of 17" LCD and CRT monitors, you will notice that both look good at 1024x768 or higher, but LCD still cost WAY more. Back then, it was even worse...

As for flicker and radiation (er, Ergonomics...), I chose F700P exactly because it is able to give me 1280x1024 at 85Hz in its RECOMMENDED MODE, which is quite impressive for any 17" CRT. Only high-end ($$$$$$$) 21" Samsungs and Sonys can achieve such a feat in their "fate-default" settings.

Given "flicker-nagging" is out of the way, all you have to do is to tune down the brightness a bit, in order to extend the monitor's life span, (along with your eye's). On really dark conditions (as for Doom 3, I might add...) you should tweak it a little bit.

When I bought this one, some LCD models were made famous for burnt images, even with aggressive screensaver settings. No names, because newer versions of these LCD have been corrected, but even today you must be aware of burn-in times for LCD monitors. CRTs are not plagued by that, only special, dedicated, 24/7 business applications might burn your CRT.

The USB HUB on its back proved essential (I thought it was not necessary back then), since I got today a PDA, some pendrives, printer, scanner, flash card reader, all on USB. Even when I upgraded my PC, those extra ports still remained down there, and at least I don?t have to cut through that wire jungle just to plug my daily backup pendrive; the permanent USB stuff is now plugged directly on the PC ports, but mobile items still some acessible port up on the desk.

As a matter of fact, I?m glad I got this bulky monitor, since its inertia helps stabilize my desk when this age-old printer of mine starts shaking around. A LCD monitor would probably stay put on the desk, but the desk itself wouldn?t.

Forget any speakers on LCD as decision maker. You are better off with any multimedia speaker out there.

As prices drop, and quality remains the same or improves, I might upgrade to 21", but it won?t be a chunky CRT.

Less watts are stolen from the wall to keep any LCD lit too, no matter the size.

Er, I ended up comparing LCD to CRT, but I believe this will help in size decision. As monitors get larger, they don?t need to be heavier, given you got deep pockets.

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monitor
Aug 19, 2005 9:37AM PDT

17" Dell LCD for me.

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NEC MultiSync LCD1970v
Aug 19, 2005 10:25AM PDT

nm

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Samsung SyncMaster 997DF
Aug 19, 2005 10:27AM PDT

Until a year ago and for the previous 13 years or so I had used Mitsubishi Diamond scans. First a 15-inch and then a 17-inch. Each one lasted about 5-7 years or so. As a matter of fact I still use the 15-inch when I am working on friends PCs. The display is a little distorted but it works good enough for reinstalling windows and similar tasks. A year or so ago the 17-inch completely quit so I went looking for another diamond scan in 19 inch but found the pricing very steep. A little web research indicated that the Samsung SyncMaster 997df was highly rated. I found one on sale at Circuit city for less then $200 and bought it figuring that at worse case it could become my utility monitor. I have been very impressed with it. It has exceptional color and clarity at my preferred resolution of 1280x1024. I am an avid gamer and I have no trouble seeing the detail I need to smoke the bad guy when playing and it is very easy on the eyes when doing office documents in Word or Excel. When I changed jobs recently to a company that only provided a generic Dell 15 for my desktop I decided to take the Samsung to work and upgrade my home PC to a LCD. I went to Best Buy and purchased what the sales people said was one of the better LCDs and took it home and tried it out. I was very disappointed with the way it looked. I don?t remember the brand but I took it back to Circuit City. Circuit City just happened to have Samsung SyncMaster 997dfs on sale (well below $200 this time) so I exchanged the LCD for another Samsung and have been happy with both my home monitor and my business monitor ever since. Of course the newer of the two stayed home.

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15 inch for progressive lenses
Aug 19, 2005 12:33PM PDT

I find that anything larger than 15 inch is very hard to manage with progressive glasses or even trifocals because I keep having to move my head around to get the right part of the screen in focus. Of course this only happens to us over 55 or so.

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17" Hp VS-17
Aug 19, 2005 1:47PM PDT

i have a hp vs-17 flat panel monitor. it produces verycrisp and clear images and is partially good for running myhigh end games on my hp-mediacenter pc m-7160n with dual core processor and geforce 6600gt graphics

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17" Hp VS-17
Jan 5, 2006 7:00PM PST

PLease to "meet" you, i'm from Portugal and I would like to ask you this.
I'm thinking about buy a flat monitor as yours. I work mostly with Internet Explorer, Excell, Word (office 2003) and Photoshop. Does it has a good image quality?

Rui Jorge Lopes

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What size monitor
Aug 19, 2005 2:11PM PDT

I have been using a 17" Viewsonics 17G monitor for the last 9 years and am very satisfied with it. I get great color and graphics, I like games. It is a CRT, I would probably get another Viewsonics if I needed one.

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(NT) (NT) 17" Pac Bell CRT That's 6 years old & doing great
Aug 19, 2005 2:13PM PDT
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21.3" Samsung Syncmaster LCD
Aug 19, 2005 2:29PM PDT

Great...big...less than $600 to the house. Feel like I'm viewing a 60" in the family room.

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Tow Samsung 17" Monitors
Aug 19, 2005 2:44PM PDT

One has digital input, the other is Analog. No difference for daily acitivities but digital unit has a decided edge for video clarity.

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17 inch
Aug 19, 2005 2:47PM PDT

17 inch optiquest by viewsonic plus a couple of home built pcs

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My Monitor
Aug 19, 2005 3:03PM PDT

I use a 22" ViewSonic Professional Series P225f. I prefer CRT over LCD for only one reason. I am an avid gamer and have been using stereo graphics for several years. At the moment, there are no LCDs that can reproduce stereo graphics very well, although SHARP has been getting closer to an LCD that can produce a 3D image without the need for electronic glasses. As soon as some manufacturer produces an LCD monitor with 3D capability, I will convert.

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monitor question
Aug 19, 2005 3:27PM PDT

sharp 17''wide screen lcd/tv monitor (has glass cover over plasma screen). i love it!

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What size Monitor
Aug 19, 2005 3:30PM PDT

I have a Philips 17 inch