I am interested in people’s experiences/opinions regarding large
screen monitors for Windows. I currently use a NEC 3D, but I find
that at higher resolutions than 640×480 the fonts get too small
for extended use. I want to use higher resolutions to get more
useable desktop space, without having the fonts get too small
to read easily.
I have been considering a Sony 17" monitor (I forget the model number)
that is going for about $1000 from the mail order places, but I
am uncertain wheter 16"/17" is enough bigger to be useful, and I
can’t afford the 20" monitors that I have seen.
Any and all help/advice will be appreciated.
Chris
Christopher A. Vick
v…@cs.rice.edu
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In article <1992Aug3.205620.7…@rice.edu> v…@cs.rice.edu (Christopher Vick) writes:
>I am interested in people’s experiences/opinions regarding large
>screen monitors for Windows. I currently use a NEC 3D, but I find
>that at higher resolutions than 640×480 the fonts get too small
>for extended use. I want to use higher resolutions to get more
>useable desktop space, without having the fonts get too small
>to read easily.
>I have been considering a Sony 17" monitor (I forget the model number)
>that is going for about $1000 from the mail order places, but I
>am uncertain wheter 16"/17" is enough bigger to be useful, and I
>can’t afford the 20" monitors that I have seen.
>Any and all help/advice will be appreciated.
>Chris
>Christopher A. Vick
>v…@cs.rice.edu
I use a NANAO Flexscan F550i 17" monitor running in 1024x768x256. The font
sizes are just fine. Running in 640×480 or 800×600 I can almost read the
screen from the other side of the room. In my opinion 17" is quite
satisfactory (considering the price of 20").
I paid about $1200 for the NANO 550i in Augest of ’91.
In comp.os.ms-windows.misc, v…@cs.rice.edu (Christopher Vick) writes:
>I am interested in people’s experiences/opinions regarding large
>screen monitors for Windows. I currently use a NEC 3D, but I find
IMHO, the importance of having a big monitor cannot possibly be overstated.
Do whatever is required to get one. But make sure you get a suitably
fast video card to go with it. I have a NEC 5D (19") and a NEC Multisync
Graphics Engine … a good combo, but expensive. There are plenty of
good products available for less than what I spent. If there’s any
way you can pull strings to get a 19" or 20" screen, *do it*.
–
Chris Ruckman, Ship Acoustics Department (Code 1941)
Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
ruck…@oasys.dt.navy.mil
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In article <1992Aug3.205620.7…@rice.edu> v…@cs.rice.edu (Christopher Vick) writes:
>I am interested in people’s experiences/opinions regarding large
>screen monitors for Windows. I currently use a NEC 3D, but I find
>that at higher resolutions than 640×480 the fonts get too small
>for extended use. I want to use higher resolutions to get more
>useable desktop space, without having the fonts get too small
>to read easily.
>I have been considering a Sony 17" monitor (I forget the model number)
>that is going for about $1000 from the mail order places, but I
>am uncertain wheter 16"/17" is enough bigger to be useful, and I
>can’t afford the 20" monitors that I have seen.
>Any and all help/advice will be appreciated.
>Chris
>Christopher A. Vick
>v…@cs.rice.edu
I have a "16 inch" monitor (a Nanao 9080i) which I like very much. I run Win
3.1 at 1024×768 and find that it’s very usuable. I expect that you’ll like
your 17" and won’t regret buying a larger monitor. Make sure, however, that
it’s multi- sync and can operate NON-INTERLACED at the highest resolution
you need (or even higher – you never know what video adapter you’ll want
next year) with a refresh rate of ~70 Hz, and a decently small dot-pitch
(less than 0.30 mm, the smaller the better). HTH
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ruck…@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Christopher Ruckman) writes:
>IMHO, the importance of having a big monitor cannot possibly be overstated.
>Do whatever is required to get one. But make sure you get a suitably
>fast video card to go with it. I have a NEC 5D (19") and a NEC Multisync
>Graphics Engine … a good combo, but expensive. There are plenty of
>good products available for less than what I spent. If there’s any
>way you can pull strings to get a 19" or 20" screen, *do it*.
>–
>Chris Ruckman, Ship Acoustics Department (Code 1941)
>Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
>ruck…@oasys.dt.navy.mil
I have a Tseng Lab card(ET4000) driving a 14" monitor at 1024x768x16.
It works great except that the words are sometimes a bit small, esp in
the eqn editor of W4W. I am thinking of getting a bigger monitor. I would
really like a 20" or 21" monitor but I can’t spare the money. I am
looking at a 16 or 17" monitor. My question is would my card handle
the bigger screen at an acceptable speed? Accepatable in that I don’t
have to wait more than ~1/4 of a second for a complete screen redraw, as
in pageup/pagedown. Thanx for any info.
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Liang Tian Soon
lia…@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au
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lia…@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au (LIANG TIAN) writes:
> I have a Tseng Lab card(ET4000) driving a 14" monitor at 1024x768x16.
>It works great except that the words are sometimes a bit small, esp in
>the eqn editor of W4W. I am thinking of getting a bigger monitor. I would
>really like a 20" or 21" monitor but I can’t spare the money. I am
>looking at a 16 or 17" monitor. My question is would my card handle
>the bigger screen at an acceptable speed? Accepatable in that I don’t
>have to wait more than ~1/4 of a second for a complete screen redraw, as
>in pageup/pagedown. Thanx for any info.
You’ll get no speed difference at all. When you move up to a bigger
monitor, you don’t get more pixels, you just get bigger pixels. The
graphics card is still moving around the exact same number of bytes –
it can’t tell what size monitor you have hooked up to it.
—
Whoever pats scorpions with the hand of compassion gets stung.
v…@cs.rice.edu (Christopher Vick) writes:
>I am interested in people’s experiences/opinions regarding large
>screen monitors for Windows. I currently use a NEC 3D, but I find
>that at higher resolutions than 640×480 the fonts get too small
>for extended use. I want to use higher resolutions to get more
>useable desktop space, without having the fonts get too small
>to read easily.
First off, font size is not just a function of resolution. Some video
cards allow choices of font sizes at higher resolution to overcome this
problem. For example, the driver for the Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 allows
you to select large or small fonts at 800×600 and 1024×768 resolution.
The biggest problems you will have with the NEC 3D are: (1) it
won’t run 1024×768 non-interlaced; you would need to run interlaced and
that spells f-l-i-c-k-e-r, and (2) unless you have good lighting, the
3D is a glare nightmare – too much curve and not enough recess.
>I have been considering a Sony 17" monitor (I forget the model number)
>that is going for about $1000 from the mail order places, but I
>am uncertain wheter 16"/17" is enough bigger to be useful, and I
>can’t afford the 20" monitors that I have seen.
16" and 17" monitors are good. There have been some quality and
availability problems with the Sony 1604 (I really like the 1304,
and the big 20" Sony, but the 1604 does not seem to measure up).
I like the Mag, Nanao 550i, and the ViewSonic 7 in this size range.
All run in the $1K+ range. 20" are nice, but the price jumps to
$2K+, and they are much heavier (20" monitors run 70-100 lbs. – not
for the weak of body or desk).
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>Any and all help/advice will be appreciated.
>Chris
>Christopher A. Vick
>v…@cs.rice.edu