What size monitor do you use?
Is it a standard CRT or one of the new LCD types?.
Just interested.
Trumpy.

Older 19-inch CRT. :-)

17" LCD.

14" CRT on this system.

I still have an original green-phosphor 12" IBM monochrome monitor on another system that I prefer for prolonged word processing.

17" CRT,
But I might buy an LCD type, if the prices EVER come down over here, by that time, the computer I've got will probably as much use as a ZX-81, is now!.

19 inch CRT

pauluk,

"green-phosphor 12" IBM monochrome"

How Retro

My 14" monitor decided to go out with an impressive display of flashes across the screen and a burning smell over the weekend.

I spent a little time inside it, but soon realized that enough components had been smoked to make it not worth spending any more time or money on. It also happened to be the only SVGA monitor I had here at the time (ain't that typical?), so I dashed out and picked up a cheap 17" monitor at the local "big box" store, the only place open around here on a Sunday.

The larger CRT certainly makes the itty-bitty text on some web-pages that much easy to read, and with an increased screen setting saves some horizontal scrolling on a lot of pages.

The only thing I don't like about it is having to go through a whole load of silly on-screen menus to adjust brightness, contrast, height, etc. You know the drill: Press the menu button, use the arrow keys to select the option you want from a load of cryptic symbols, hold the OK button until the option turns green while chanting the appropriate incantation........

I prefer the "old-fashioned" approach of physical controls for such adjustments.


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That's technology for you!


Bill

21" NEC bought used 6 months ago at computer show for $175...

and 21" Nokia bought two weeks ago, also (obviously)used, at computer show for $75.

New 21" monitors start at a little over $500. New 19" LCD $700+

Going to have dual displays pretty soon...

19" Viewsonic CRT on this machine, 17" Gateway CRT on the other. Would not mind some LCD's, we just replaced the monitors at the plant for our boilers with 23" Viewsonic LCD's, VERY nice! Saves a ton of desk real estate and are very easy to move for individual operators.

Paul,
I'd have to say I agree with you about pop-up menus on monitors for Brightness, Contrast, etc.
The newer TV's today use a similar system(as I am sure you are aware) for tuning and set-up parameters, which is a great lot of help, because of some bizarre mistake, you've got the thing stuck on Cantonese(Chinese) and can't get it back to English!.

Funny you should mention that Trumpy, as I just spent a whole afternoon sorting out somebody's TV set-up a couple of days ago.

I'll post a thread about in non-U.S. later.

'Tis a shame one can not cut-and-paste in such a situation. You could pop over to this thread and find the appropriate site for translation

I have a 17" monitor, my wife has the 19" monitor. Definitely a huge help in reducing scrolling and for being able to cram more junk onto the [Windows] "desktop."

I read once that the LCD monitors are quite popular in Japan, due to cramped office spaces. The prices there are lower, and the prices are expected to drop elsewhere once they catch on more.

Have you checked e-Bay?

Would LCDs be considered less of a health risk compared to the CRTs?

We usually buy moniors by price. We have a couple 15" LCDs and one 17" LCD all under $300.

Our new notebook has a 15" LCD, we opted out of a 16" LCD.

DVDs sure look nice on a 17" LCD monitor.

I use a 19' CRT.
I have 2 or 3 14" SVGAs sitting around. You can have them if you pay shipping.

20 inch Hitachi CRT. Bought at the used computer store for $100 a couple of years ago. Hardly ever have to wear my glasses at that screen.

19" SVGA on my "Main" Machine, 17" on the "Aux." Machine (use the "Aux" Machine for Internet access).
14" SVGA on the Server(s).

Wife's new Machine has 17" SVGA. Her previous Machine has 15" SVGA.

MAchine at Work is 17" SVGA.

P.S. all Monitors are CRT! Would really like to get an LCD Flat Screen for the "Main" Machine, that way it could be pushed back into the corner of the Work Area!

Scott35

Yeah Scott,
I hear you there.
I would like to get one of them new LCD screens, it's amazing comparing the area taken up by a CRT monitor as opposed to an LCD type!.

Have you read about the "screen" that is actually a holographic image?