Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-10 Thread Larry Colen
I've had good luck with Dell refurbished monitors. I recently picked up a Dell U2311H which I was very pleased to discover, when I got it, will rotate, so it makes a great second monitor for me, good for both editing text and processing portrait format photos On Sep 7, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Ann

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele On 9/7/2012 15:43, John Sessoms wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) ann Looking at what PC Richards appears to have available, eithe

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 9/7/2012 15:43, John Sessoms wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) ann Looking at what PC Richards appears to have available, either the HP 2311x or th

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
The screen ratio is likely to change because most new monitors are wider. Windoze XP should auto-detect the new monitor & set the ratio accordingly. From: Ann Sanfedele P s My display setting is 1280x1024 and 32bit color. The screen ratio is 4:3 again thanks for help ann I suspect you

RE: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the brightness setting (I have a Proview monitor) which is right at the bottom of the monitor itself, it starts blinking and goes dark. turning it off and on gets it back but blinking... the only way I can use it now is to keep t

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-07 11:20, Ann Sanfedele wrote: any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) If you can find one that's 1080p, take a look at the LCD TVs in the size that interests you. I've been ple

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Mark Roberts
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Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
P s My display setting is 1280x1024 and 32bit color. The screen ratio is 4:3 again thanks for help ann I suspect you won't be using anything beyond 1280x786 or 1280x1024. HTH, Igor Fri Sep 7 11:20:10 EDT 2012 Ann Sanfedele I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the bright

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I had two monitors of this mfg. One of them died totally but we took it down to a friends apartment and hooked it up to his computer to see whether or not it could have been the card instead of the monitor. IT still didnt work so this younger monitor of mine suffering from the same problem I th

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, Sorry to hear about your monitor problems. A few thoughts: 1. It might be actually the problem related to the built-in graphics controller. In that case you would need to buy a new graphics adapter. In that case you'd need to make sure it can be handled by the power supply (which is not tha

MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the brightness setting (I have a Proview monitor) which is right at the bottom of the monitor itself, it starts blinking and goes dark. turning it off and on gets it back but blinking... the only way I can use it now is to keep the brightness so lo