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| Thread ID: 22865 | 2002-08-01 05:01:00 | 17" or 19" monitor? | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 67287 | 2002-08-02 00:37:00 | > It could well be the monitor, but the fault lies with > the TV system, in that it indicates you do not have a > suitable aerial or have a marginal signal in your > area. not always, godfather. Had this problem once a while ago, and talked to many people about it, and it turned out to be the monitor causing the problem, but something to do with being on the same power circuit or something - bought a fairly cheap filter that we plugged into the power socket that fed to the monitor, and the problems went away pretty quick. That said, you are probably right on this one, GF, as this was quite a while ago (think 10 years+) and it could have just been how they made monitors back then. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 67288 | 2002-08-13 15:11:00 | The larger the better though it all depends on your budget I have a !9" H/P which was very good but have moved up to a 21" flat screen CRT monitor which is brilliant Diamond View weighs about 30kilos and takes up lots of desk space but great on my eyes I run it at 1024x768 at 85hertz | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 67289 | 2002-08-13 21:56:00 | > up lots of desk space but great on my eyes I run it > at 1024x768 at 85hertz Why only 1024x768? I run that on both my 15" screens - if I had a much bigger screen I'd have the resolution even higher. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 67290 | 2002-08-13 22:37:00 | Susan, I don't think anyone has mentioned here, but if your graphics card isn't up to spec, you'll have a hard time getting good resolution/refresh rates on these sorts of screens. I'm not a graphics card kingpin, so I can't quote figures, but this is something you may need to take into consideration. (assuming you haven't already purchased the screen... :-)) HTH, markOS X |
markOS X (494) | ||
| 67291 | 2002-08-14 01:22:00 | Go for the best QUALITY the money will stretch to. With quality will come all the other bells and whistles. If you go from a good 17 to a cheap bad 19 you will be real mad. Lastly, go to the shop, look at the monitor working and buy THAT one which may well have been tweaked out back !! Been caught that way several times. Currently have a Phillips 109P up from a Viewsonic PF775 both excellent, the 19 is 1/2 inch shorter than the 17 and I would not swap that extra screen real estate for anything (well, maybe the winning Lotto numbers) Crunn |
Crunn (1068) | ||
| 67292 | 2002-08-14 06:19:00 | Well I'm pleased to say that I got the Phillips 107T monitor and am pretty happy with it. You might be right about my graphics card not being up to scratch though Mark, because I do find it pretty grainy with light colours on the screen, particularly around the left and right edges. I'm going to check out the shop monitors to see if they are the same or whether it is a cunning shop ploy to have their displays on dark colours to show them at an advantage. It never occured to me to check out the monitors with light background images. It has no discernable flicker though and I love having more room on screen. One thing I must spend some time doing is fiddle with the display controls to set the desktop in the right place. If anyone has one of these monitors I'd really appreciate knowing their settings so that I can try them out. The factory settings aren't the best. The other thing I miss is our sound. The older Phillips 15" monitor had built-in speakers and the speakers that I've pinched from the 486 won't work properly on this machine - you can hardly hear anything even with all the settings on max. Don't know what to do to fix that, I think I've tried everything, including changing the sound setting from monitor to "stereo". |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 67293 | 2002-08-14 06:31:00 | If you are after some speakers Susan, check out the new TDK Tremors. | Baldy (26) | ||
| 67294 | 2002-08-14 06:36:00 | Thanks Baldy, I'll do that for the new PC. At the moment though, I'm more concerned with why I can't get sound on this machine whereas I could with the other one with the same speakers. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 67295 | 2002-08-14 07:08:00 | Have you turned the volume on the speakers, soundcard and windows up. Speakers plugged in. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 67296 | 2002-08-14 07:47:00 | the speakers prberly don't have an amp bulit into them like most do today. check the sound card, some have an option of different outputs (the terms elude me at the mo) one is normal unamped output, the other uses the soundcards amp. |
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