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08-07-2003, 12:38 AM
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Location: Boston, MA USA
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Just upgrade from a 17" to a 21" Monitor...
Damn it's so big and I think it's going to take me a week of getting use to it. Also, I got me an old 21" Hitachi Superscan 812. Yeah it's not flat screen but it looks like it just a little curve at center. ANd the best thing is, got it for $60 and I picked it up at the house. Can't beat that deal. Now, it's time to get use to it watching Jabba's videos and playing games and doing some designing. I have to love 1600x1200 it makes you split your screen in half. But most of the time, using it at 1280x1024. 1600x1200 fonts are so small to see, and I don't know how people actually use those.
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08-07-2003, 01:10 AM
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Location: USA, worldwide Pimp
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pretty fuckin big, my shit is 17 and it looks big 
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08-07-2003, 01:32 AM
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man i feel so small i'm only 10"
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08-07-2003, 09:56 AM
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Originally Posted by kRoNiK420
man i feel so small i'm only 10"
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LOL.. i think you're in the wrong forum.. he's talking about his monitor's size
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08-07-2003, 09:59 AM
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Location: Near London, United Kingdom
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the smallest monitor I have ever used is a 14" and that was almost impossible...(after you got used to the bigger ones)
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08-07-2003, 10:12 AM
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Location: Belgium
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I used to have a 13'' monitor and the screen looked like half a football.
And indeed... after you get used to a bigger one, having to use a smaller one will piss you off. So XyKo, there's no way back from that 21'', man...
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08-07-2003, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Australia
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LCD
even good old 15" are getting rarer these days. Almost all new comps come with 17". I like the LCD flatscreens... i get to look at mine every day... damn its nice. I use to get sore eyes looking at the comp screen 12 hours a day.. Now with my LCD i never get sore eyes. There is such a difference.
21" is a good size. Sounds like you got a good deal!
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08-07-2003, 10:22 AM
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LCD is much better for your eyes. We have an 17 inch LCD on one pc and a normal (with flatscreen) 21 inch on the other. The colours & the image quality of the 21 inch monitor are a lot better ... An LCD screen is made for one resolution and if you change to another resolution you get a bit of a fuzzy look, that's what I dislike about them. My 17 inch LCD is made for a resolution of 1024x1280 and I find that a bit to small.
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08-07-2003, 04:04 PM
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Location: Vancouver
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I rememberd when I upgraded from a 15 inch to a 19 inch monitor , I had to buy a new desk to make it fit. Used to think that 19inch is too big, but now I think its not big enough . There is apparently no end to men's desire of large objects  .
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08-07-2003, 04:15 PM
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Location: Belgium
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This is when you start to realise that a flat panel is what you gonna need next. 8)
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08-07-2003, 04:18 PM
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Location: Near London, United Kingdom
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I have just got a 17" flat screen...its very nice indeed...but it just doesnt seem as sharp as my 21" sony CRT (yes I know it is not meant to be)...I dont think I will be throwing my CRT monitors away just yet..although if youre short of space than LCD is an answer to our prayers...
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08-07-2003, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jabba
if youre short of space than LCD is an answer to our prayers...
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Or if you just wanna show off to some of your friends... 8)
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08-07-2003, 11:07 PM
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Location: Boston, MA USA
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Thanks for the feedbacks. But I'm into those big bulky CRT. I do have LCD but gave them to my brother, it's a 17" IBM. I just can't use those resolutions on LCd, and I prefer the CRT for their brilliant color. I'll switch to LCD only if they have specs like CRT. Until then, CRT is the only way I go.
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08-07-2003, 11:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Louisiana
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I use the computer on a 17 inch monitor (ancient piece) but anytime I watch a video it pops up on my 30 inch TV a lil ways behind me. I havent yet wired it to get the soud to come out of the tv too though so I just have to cut my computer speakers up real loud 
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08-08-2003, 05:16 AM
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Location: Belgium
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Help needed...
I'm thinking of hooking up my pc to a TV for whenever I like to watch a movie from it. Does anyone have experience with this? What I would like to know is: What kind of cable do I need (that I can probably figure out myself), do I need any other hardware, do I need any software, is it easy to set up, any problems with the resolution of the screen, anything else I forgot, have you encountered other problems?
Thanks in advance 
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