March monthly poll - What type of display are you using?

[michaewlewis]

Actually, if I had a 24" monitor, I think I might no longer see much need for dual monitors.  I've never used a monitor that large but I would think that size screen has enough space to have two windows open side-by-side and achieve somewhat the same advantage as two smaller monitors, especially if those two monitors are 17".

I somewhat agree..... I've got one 24" monitor on my Internet computer, and it's plenty. I usually only have Firefox and Outlook open with a couple instances of explorer open in the background in case I need them. Firefox and Outlook are side by side with a little overlap. On the other hand, with my development computer, I would hate to have to get by with only one monitor. Sometimes I do wish I had two 24" monitors instead of the two 22" monitors I have, to give me a higher resolution and more real estate.

[kareem eltanahy]

i use the projector when i get to our villa .in the night and it is
 very cool

[2x3i5x]

22" LCD monitor for me. Not HD, but still good anyway 

[macabdul]

22" Digimate wide screen LCD monitor

[Treval]

Desktop: 19" 1440x900 LCD
laptop(Toshiba L300): 15.4" 1280x800
older laptops- 800x600(passive matrix (=washed out) and 640x480(active matrix)

Those are incredibly low resolutions, aren't they? At least for a 19" I would get minimum 1280x1048 (or something), like I have. People nowadays have 3448x2978 res'.. it's nuts, but it's very good for programming. I can't imagine programming on a 640x480. The scrollwork would be nuts..

[BC_Programmer]

I can't imagine programming on a 640x480. The scrollwork would be nuts..

I had to work in 640x480x4bpp (16 colors) on my 486 with 24MB of RAM... and this was running windows 98 and Visual Studio 6. It worked OK, I suppose. When I got my K6-2 (and after a while, finally did my first ever install of windows 95 or higher) it automatically detected the ATI rage pro that was in the machine and installed the drivers (this was really a pleasant surprise) and I was able to use 1024x768, which I considered mega-high resolution at the time. (I still consider it rather high, certainly workable, depending on the program). The monitors I was using were crap though. most of them couldn't even go higher then 1024x768 anyway. This LCD was the first monitor I got that was capable of anything higher (well, without threatening to explode or giving out a constant,loud tortured scream).

Also, the LCD was a gift a few Christmases ago... (or maybe a birthday present, can't remember), and considering the tech skills of the gifter it was a really good choice.

I haven't had any issues with screen real-estate in any of my development; scripting in editpadpro, VB6 and Visual Studio 2008 get along with the size just fine.

Also: at least one thing can be said for smaller resolutions & programming- it makes you write shorter code or break things up into procedures, which is a good thing in the long run; certainly not something to use low resolutions for on purpose, though.

[richard2999]

  Hi i'm using a acer #AL1716W, good enough for me.

[overthehill]

Hi. I was satisfied with my 17" LG  CRT Flat Screen until I had occasion to work on a neighbors system which includes a 22" ACER LCD. I had lots of work on that PC so I was going there off and on for quite a while. After using that monitor it didn't take long until I was looking for something similar. I ended up purchasing a 22" Samsung LCD. Nice monitor, just love it. Also, it's easier on the eyes(they ain't what they used to be), plus the added space on my desktop is a real bonus too.
The old dependable LG will go in my storage shed where I have an old DELL PC set up that I use to send music to my work shop/garage. (Too much sawdust etc. in the work shop for the system so I pump the music over).

Anyway,as an added note, here's the only problem that my Samsung created: I like my LCD monitor so much that I became unsatisfied with my 27" Hitachi CRT TV, so I went and purchased a 47" LG LCD TV.

I guess the moral of this(if there is one?) is, if you're satisfied using a CRT monitor, stick with it as long as you can.  It just may save you a lot of cash.   

[substrate001]

I'm using a Samsung PN50A550 50" plasma. It's driven by an EVGA 9800GTXSSC Special Edition video card. The connection is DVI to HDMI. Rez in 1920x1080 @60Hz. It's awesome for games and movies!

[patio]

i use the projector when i get to our villa .in the night and it is
 very cool

What does this do ? ?

[Helpmeh]

What does this do ? ?

Well, you can make a really trippy slideshow in powerpoint, put that on the ceiling and that will be cool.

[BC_Programmer]

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[patio]

I wonder who that's addressed to ? ?

[jawanda56]

Present 17" LCD flat panel.

Before this, ProView 15" LCD Monitor.

My first Monitor was Samsung17" CRT.

jawanda56