I settled on a 22 inch LG that Best Buy had a good deal on (US$230.00) . Just started using it 5 minutes ago. Looks great, have not done a dead pixel test yet but I don't see any obvious ones. I will have to play around with the optimum distance for a while.
It does have a DVI input, but my PC does not have a DVI output , maybe time to add a new video card soon. Andy K3UK On 9/1/07, AA0OI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Rick and Andy: > I have a Olevia 37" wide screen HD that I use in the shack. Res is > wonderful and can watch HD tv and HD videos on it as well.. will work on xp > and vista, and they have gotten very cheap ( compared to when I bought this > one -- it was 1300 dollars now, I look around and can find same one for > 699). Have never regretted the large HD screen New ones have HDMI input as > well,, make sure if for the shack monitor has DVI input ( and computer has > DVI out) or res will not be as good ( and can even be poor). > Use mostly for Digital SSTV ( EZPal and MMSSTV) but these are just a few.. > MixW and all the digital modes. If you get a large screen you'll wonder how > you ever lived without it. > Garrett / AA0OI > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 1:37:04 PM > Subject: Re: [digitalradio] PC Monitors for ham use? > > I have seen some multi screen shacks. In fact, I think one ham has 5 > screens for various functions, some of which are dual screens with one > computer. My idea was to keep things a bit simpler so I wanted only one > screen that was at the "right" distance for my limited eyesight > accommodation. In fact, I have some "computer" glasses which have a > large upper area set to the screen distance and the lower for reading > distance. It makes a huge difference for me compared to trying to see > the screen with the center of my trifocals. Progressive lenses have a > very small sweet spot for a given distance so I have not gone that route > either. > > My 22" Samsung 225BW works well with either Windows XP or Vista as long > as you insure that the screen is connected to and turned on when you > boot up the computer as it has to detect and set the screen parameters. > Otherwise, it can look as bad as it does with Linux OS and that is > completely unacceptable to me. > > Other advantages of a large widescreen is the ability to play widescreen > movies to match the screen size (larger) and it makes it easier to bring > up two documents you are working between and drag and drop as needed. > The one downside is that you don't necessarily have more real estate to > work with, it is just wider and because of that, you make not see as > many lines of text in a document as you would with a 4:3 monitor. As you > probably have noticed, almost all the monitors sold now are widescreen. > Same trend with notebook computers. > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U > > Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > Any thoughts on a wide screen PC monitor versus a standard screen? > > I'm thinking of adding a 21 inch wide screen. > > > > Andy K3UK > > > > > ------------------------------ > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47093/*http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222>to > see what's on, when. > > >
