RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors

2011-02-22 Thread Terry Dickson
After the Australia Situation it adds a whole new meaning to "Wet Bar". -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors O

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2011-02-22 Thread Jonathan Link
:dangerw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:38 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > > > And then added the wet bar? > > - WJR > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 09:23, Steven M. Caesare &g

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2011-02-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Of course not. I knew EXACTLY where the wet bar was going, and built the rest of the basement around that. -sc From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monito

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2011-02-22 Thread William Robbins
g angle was... > > -sc > > > -Original Message- > > From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com] > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:27 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > > > Our 50&qu

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2011-02-22 Thread Steven M. Caesare
uary 18, 2011 10:27 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Our 50" is viewed from about 7'-8' away and seems to be just about perfect. > Any larger/closer and you'd feel like you were in the first few rows

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2011-02-18 Thread Steven Peck
gt; live without them! > > > > BF > > > > *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, February 18, 2011 12:38 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > > > Yep, overki

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2011-02-18 Thread Bob Fronk
I have three 27” monitors for my workstation. I am not sure how I could live without them! BF From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Yep, overkill … I have a

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2011-02-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
ime event ! ' From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Regarding that calculation indication 2.5 times the diagonal size of the screen...I guess it would be overki

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2011-02-18 Thread Harry Singh
Regarding that calculation indication 2.5 times the diagonal size of the screen...I guess it would be overkill to get a 32" LG as my pc monitor. :) 63" Panny Plasma here and I'm about 8-10 feet away. Perfection. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > LOL > > Thanks, I re

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2011-02-18 Thread Andrew S. Baker
LOL Thanks, I really worked on it. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me ) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:39 AM, William Robbins wrote: > We all experience "middle age spread" ASB, nothing to concern yourself

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2011-02-18 Thread William Robbins
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! :) - WJR On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:23, Bill Humphries wrote: > That's what she said. > > > Andrew S. Baker wrote: > >> I prefer widescreen monitors these days. More going on horizontally than >> vertically for me, most of the time. [1] >> >> >> *ASB *(Find m

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2011-02-18 Thread Bill Humphries
That's what she said. Andrew S. Baker wrote: I prefer widescreen monitors these days. More going on horizontally than vertically for me, most of the time. [1] *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me ) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... [1] Don't

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2011-02-18 Thread William Robbins
t; > From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Now I know I'm just looking for fault...but c'mon...WTF says they like a > URL? &

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2011-02-18 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks, Erik..that's good to know. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors I've usually gone by the rule of optimum viewi

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2011-02-18 Thread John Aldrich
Ok...how about this.. I like the page indicated by that URL. ;-) From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Now I know I'm just looking for fault...but c

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2011-02-18 Thread Erik Goldoff
ss, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Depends on the room size and how far the TV will be from the couch. _

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2011-02-18 Thread William Robbins
:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=121501 > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich > wrote: > Oh, I definitely intend to get a widescreen TV, just w

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2011-02-18 Thread Charles Whitby
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2011-02-18 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks! I like that URL! :-) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=121501 On Fri, Feb 18, 20

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2011-02-18 Thread Steve Ens
t; Fax: 610-293-4499 >> www.fiserv.com >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:28 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors &

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2011-02-18 Thread Charles Whitby
> Fax: 610-293-4499 > www.fiserv.com > > -Original Message- > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Depends on the

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2011-02-18 Thread William Robbins
We all experience "middle age spread" ASB, nothing to concern yourself with. ;) By the way, nice move with the subtle foot note. - WJR On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:14, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > I prefer widescreen monitors these days. More going on horizontally > than vertically for me, most

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2011-02-18 Thread Guyer, Don
om Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com -Original Message- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Depends on the room size and h

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2011-02-18 Thread Steve Ens
gt; -Original Message- > From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:58 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Don't recall the discussion, but I know that a 19" widescreen has >

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2011-02-18 Thread Cameron Cooper
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Oh, I definitely intend to get a widescreen TV, just was wondering if there were a "magic formula" for figuring out what size TV/m

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2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
> equivalent viewing size... :-) > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > That's another discussion altogether,

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2011-02-18 Thread John Aldrich
NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors That's another discussion altogether, and one that has been largely decided with the move to HD.  If you expect a TV to last more than a few years, get a widescreen.  End of discussion.   On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:0

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2011-02-18 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I prefer widescreen monitors these days. More going on horizontally than vertically for me, most of the time. [1] *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me ) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... [1] Don't hurt yourselves... * On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at

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2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
, 2011 9:58 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors > > Don't recall the discussion, but I know that a 19" widescreen has > roughly the same vertical space of a 17" "standard" (what is that, 4:3 > aspect ra

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2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan Link
I will say a 22" wide screen with a minimum of 1680x1050 res, stood up in portrait mode is dynamite for code work, or anything that approximates the printed page (web browsing, anyone). Many of our tax users have three monitors (when taking into account the notebook monitor), and they leave one in

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2011-02-18 Thread John Aldrich
011 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: widescreen vs "standard" monitors Don't recall the discussion, but I know that a 19" widescreen has roughly the same vertical space of a 17" "standard" (what is that, 4:3 aspect ratio?). My OPINION, based on expe

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2011-02-18 Thread Jonathan
Don't recall the discussion, but I know that a 19" widescreen has roughly the same vertical space of a 17" "standard" (what is that, 4:3 aspect ratio?). My OPINION, based on experience, because I have deployed a lot of both standard and widescreen monitors is this: If you work with lots of big sp

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2011-02-18 Thread Ken Schaefer
I don't remember the discussion, but surely resolution is the determining factor, rather than monitor size? A 24" 640x480 res screen is going to display exactly the same as 12" 640x480 res screen. There's a diagram of resolutions here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution Cheers Ken