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Thread ID: 52816	2004-12-30 22:53:00	LCD Monitors	eddie1 (3003)	Press F1

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309035	2005-01-02 01:35:00	Well, all I can say Metla is that I am sitting in front of one... even looking at it while I type this, so I guess I know diddly squat because it is just fine. Even if it was 'slightly' better running at a higher resolution the drawback of everything looking smaller would not compensate. (remember this thread was about helping the sight impaired!) Perhaps you should try out a few 'high end' LCDs so you can advise your clients knowledgeably sigh. How sad,You own an LCD and are therefore an expert on the matter. Guess that goes with the others here who own computers so are also experts. Heres a thought,Take your limited views and use them to tell me how to advise my customers. Or,I could just do the right thing,and advise sight impared people that if they have trouble viewing an LCD in its native format then they are better off with a CRT.	Metla (12)
309036	2005-01-02 01:40:00	Have you tried holding ctrl and hitting the + key a few times? Or ctrl + mousewheel does the same thing. Increases text box size, everything. I've just done this on my 19" LCD and increased the DPI to 200%, everything is huge and seeing I'm running it in 1280x1024, everything is crisp and sharp, whereas if I was running in 800x600 everything would be blocky as. Agreed some things are smaller, but you can increase the size of them no trouble. There are adjustment controls are all over the place, so there is absolutely no need to run it at 800x600. Some people just don't want to listen to reason I guess. ctrl+ works a treat EIm, I did not know that! (and not ashamed to say I don't know everything). Still have an issue with text and icons in the window borders being small, I have different window styles installed and it appears you cant change fonts etc unless using 'Windows classic'. Much improved though with your tip :)	Shortcircuit (1666)
309037	2005-01-02 01:47:00	sigh. How sad,You own an LCD and are therefore an expert on the matter. Guess that goes with the others here who own computers so are also experts. Heres a thought,Take your limited views and use them to tell me how to advise my customers. Or,I could just do the right thing,and advise sight impared people that if they have trouble viewing an LCD in its native format then they are better off with a CRT. Here's a thought, people who own computers usually know what suits them... seeing is believing as they say. Believe it or not they sometimes know more than the self professed 'experts'. As I said (and which you seem to have ignored), try out a few better LCDs for yourself and then you can advise your customers accordingly. If they want want to spend the extra dollars then it's win-win... just think- you'd make more money too :D	Shortcircuit (1666)
309038	2005-01-02 01:55:00	Here's a thought, people who own computers usually know what suits them... seeing is believing as they say. Believe it or not they sometimes know more than the self professed 'experts'. As I said (and which you seem to have ignored), try out a few better LCDs for yourself and then you can advise your customers accordingly. If they want want to spend the extra dollars then it's win-win... just think- you'd make more money too :D Your opinion doesn't alter facts,The one in question being that lowering the res on an lcd causes quality degradation. This is true whether you can register it or not, and if i ever decide i want to talk utter bolluks inorder to make a sale rest assured i shall come seek your opinions.	Metla (12)
309039	2005-01-02 03:26:00	Well, you won't be making a sale to anyone I know with your attitude... but pat yourself on the back anyway, you've managed to be no help at all with the actual question of someone wanting help choosing an LCD (note- not a CRT) for a sight impaired person. It may also help to change your patron saint :thumbs:	Shortcircuit (1666)
309040	2005-01-02 06:12:00	My attitude? of calling a spade a spade? Or is it just facts were spoken that you didn't like? as for being no help, people are best served by the truth. Whether or not a purchaser finds the lowered res acceptable they have to be presented with the facts if they are to make an informed decision.	Metla (12)
309041	2005-01-02 06:31:00	My attitude? of calling a spade a spade? Or is it just facts were spoken that you didn't like? as for being no help, people are best served by the truth. Whether or not a purchaser finds the lowered res acceptable they have to be presented with the facts if they are to make an informed decision. Well said Met. :lol:	Cicero (40)
309042	2005-01-02 10:09:00	My attitude? of calling a spade a spade? Or is it just facts were spoken that you didn't like? as for being no help, people are best served by the truth. Whether or not a purchaser finds the lowered res acceptable they have to be presented with the facts if they are to make an informed decision. You obviously don't like having your so-called 'expertise' questioned, that's fine and I bow to your superior wisdom if it makes you happy. I will say it again and hopefully even you will get my point... Some LCDs can run at lower than recommended resolutions and display a very acceptable image, the one I am using does this. It is irrelevant whether or not you think LCDs MUST be run at the native resolution, they can be run at lower res with correspondingly larger more readable text and this is what matters to sight impaired people. Of course you could try telling the next sight impaired person you get in the door that if they are having trouble reading an LCD at the native resolution they should try using it at a lower resolution and let them be the judge, that would be the thing to do instead of presenting them with 'your facts'.	Shortcircuit (1666)
309043	2005-01-02 10:20:00	This is just getting sad.	Metla (12)
309044	2005-01-02 10:56:00	Well, looks like this question really stirred up a hornets nest ! However I want to thank everone for their thoughts. I think in fact a 19 or 21 inch CRT might just be the overall answer as the guy is a pensioner and does not have all that much spare cash. We were just considering an LCD for the lower power/heat and of course space required. Again, thanks to everyone Eddie	eddie1 (3003)
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