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How big is your co

Neo Kervoskia
03-10-2006, 01:16
mputer screen? Also, what kind do you have and do you want to smash it because it's so goddamn slow!?!!!
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 01:19
mputer screen? Also, what kind do you have and do you want to smash it because it's so goddamn slow!?!!!

I am running quad 19 inch monitors now ... I like the multi rather then the one large personaly
Dobbsworld
03-10-2006, 01:20
Nah, I got a 19 inch NEC flatscreen LCD that's suiting my needs perfectly right now. I want to get a second one for an extended desktop, though.
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 01:21
Nah, I got a 19 inch NEC flatscreen LCD that's suiting my needs perfectly right now. I want to get a second one for an extended desktop, though.

Its worth it I am running the samsungs right now almost that identical monitor (but 4 of them) it is worth every bit to have two
Monkeypimp
03-10-2006, 01:23
19 inch flat.
Smunkeeville
03-10-2006, 01:24
I have a generic 20 inch that I got from someone who was buying a flat screen.

I have a really old keyboard (think probably early 90's) right now because I broke mine.

My computer itself is mishmashed from things my husband was able to get me when he worked on upgrading other people's computers, I am looking at a USB 2.0 card now that I might install tonight.

I got a free optical mouse in the mail today......


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Pyotr
03-10-2006, 01:26
*gets out tape measurer*

17 inches, plasma screen.
Andaluciae
03-10-2006, 01:26
15.4" Laptop Widescreen.

I really don't think of it as a laptop, so much as a desktop that I can fold up and move around, and that beats the shit out of an apple.
Nadkor
03-10-2006, 01:32
17" TFT and it's very good.
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 01:35
*gets out tape measurer*

17 inches, plasma screen.

Why plasma for a computer screen?
Bodies Without Organs
03-10-2006, 01:40
15", made in 1993.

The word 'oversized' hardly covers it.
Iztatepopotla
03-10-2006, 01:41
19 inches, I don't know whether I should buy a second 19 in monitor or a 21 in wide monitor. I'm not in a hurry to choose either one, though.

I use an old keyboard because it's damn hard here to find a keyboard with a full set of keys that I can use to map the ñ, the ¡, and the ¿ without losing the < and >, the only thing I've been able to find are old French keyboards.
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 01:43
19 inches, I don't know whether I should buy a second 19 in monitor or a 21 in wide monitor. I'm not in a hurry to choose either one, though.

I use an old keyboard because it's damn hard here to find a keyboard with a full set of keys that I can use to map the ñ, the ¡, and the ¿ without losing the < and >, the only thing I've been able to find are old French keyboards.

I would go to the dual ... having two monitors being able to set at conventional resolutions but have the ultra wide desktop is hot
Whereyouthinkyougoing
03-10-2006, 01:46
14". It's a laptop. Everybody knows size doesn't matter. *challenging stare* :p
New Xero Seven
03-10-2006, 01:56
19", Samsung SyncMaster 920N FTF-LCD ;)
Zolworld
03-10-2006, 01:58
19" samsung. the colour isnt great though, and im tempted by the new Benq 24" widescreen. its a colossal waste of money though so il probably not bother.
Iztatepopotla
03-10-2006, 01:59
I would go to the dual ... having two monitors being able to set at conventional resolutions but have the ultra wide desktop is hot

Yeah, a dual sounds very sweet, but what about games? I know they play ok, but having a gap between the two screens doesn't sound like a good thing.
Kyronea
03-10-2006, 02:04
I'm really annoyed at all of you LCDers. I'm still stuck with an 11 year old 17-inch CRT. :(
Avril Lavigne Land
03-10-2006, 02:07
Three inches.



Wide.
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 02:12
Yeah, a dual sounds very sweet, but what about games? I know they play ok, but having a gap between the two screens doesn't sound like a good thing.

Games dont streach they spawn on one monitor or the other ... I actualy preffer that as it leaves me the other monitor to watch for events such as messages
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 02:19
Yeah, a dual sounds very sweet, but what about games? I know they play ok, but having a gap between the two screens doesn't sound like a good thing.

oh btw this is what it looks like with two monitors ... for some reason it dont like taking a picture of all four must be the seperate video cards

http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/newwindows.jpg
Smunkeeville
03-10-2006, 02:27
Games dont streach they spawn on one monitor or the other ... I actualy preffer that as it leaves me the other monitor to watch for events such as messages

my husband has 2 monitors at work, one for a program that he runs to fix things that takes up the whole screen and the other to talk to me on IM. ;) (oh and yeah answer emails and stuff...whatever)
Iztatepopotla
03-10-2006, 02:27
Games dont streach they spawn on one monitor or the other ... I actualy preffer that as it leaves me the other monitor to watch for events such as messages

Some stretch, Star Wars Galaxies, for example, flight and racing sims and many modern FPS. And gaming on an extra wide screen would be one of the main reasons to get a second monitor.

Of course, I could get a third one, but that'd start looking scary :)
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 02:31
my husband has 2 monitors at work, one for a program that he runs to fix things that takes up the whole screen and the other to talk to me on IM. ;) (oh and yeah answer emails and stuff...whatever)

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/09/137232

... There has been some intresting studys to show productivity with dual monitors go up
UpwardThrust
03-10-2006, 02:31
Some stretch, Star Wars Galaxies, for example, flight and racing sims and many modern FPS. And gaming on an extra wide screen would be one of the main reasons to get a second monitor.

Of course, I could get a third one, but that'd start looking scary :)

Ive never forced a streach ... some will some wont but I leave the default single monitor for games ... sutes me just fine
Boonytopia
03-10-2006, 09:49
21" Philips CRT, it's a monster. :eek: Fortunately, I have quite a large desk, otherwise I would have got a smaller one.

My PC is a real mish-mash of second hand cast-offs & replacement parts bought as previous bits broke. In a nutshell, it's bloody slow.
SHAOLIN9
03-10-2006, 09:55
19" Gateway FPD1960 TFT - I love it, it rocks! I'm epileptic and have had many problems with monitors but this works for me fine :) Plus, I can plug my XBOX 360 into one vga slot and pc into the DVI one so I can download stuff on one and play the other, and check progress by the push of a button to switch between the two :)
I V Stalin
03-10-2006, 09:56
It's about this big *indicates with hands*
Pledgeria
03-10-2006, 09:56
mputer screen? Also, what kind do you have and do you want to smash it because it's so goddamn slow!?!!!

19" LCD on my desktop, 17" on my laptop. No, I don't want to smash it. I want to smash the Internet.
Saxnot
03-10-2006, 10:02
19" LCD with TV capabilities.:D
Kanabia
03-10-2006, 10:27
17" Crt.
Pure Metal
03-10-2006, 10:45
17" TFT laptop

plus 24" HDTV with DVI input... but it runs at lower res than i'd like :(
Compulsive Depression
03-10-2006, 11:47
20.1" Formac TFT (but not actually on a Mac). I also have a 17" Iilama VMPro CRT, but Crossfire == ix-nay on the ualscreen-day.

I covet a 24" widescreen. £566 for a Dell. *Considers dumping girlfriend and getting rid of car to fund monitor habit*
Smunkeeville
03-10-2006, 13:15
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/09/137232

... There has been some intresting studys to show productivity with dual monitors go up
yep, I think he used some of that when he went in to ask for his second monitor....

in other news every freaking day he talks to me about "I saw this article on slashdot" or "in the forums on slashdot" :rolleyes: :p

although I am sure he gets tired of me talking about some of the idiocy I read around here too....
The Nazz
03-10-2006, 13:22
12 inch Powerbook--and I may have the worst eyes of all of you.
Bodies Without Organs
03-10-2006, 13:36
in other news every freaking day he talks to me about "I saw this article on slashdot" or "in the forums on slashdot" :rolleyes: :p

although I am sure he gets tired of me talking about some of the idiocy I read around here too....

Yeah, but which gets the better class of idiocy?
Smunkeeville
03-10-2006, 13:38
Yeah, but which gets the better class of idiocy?

of course he does.

I tend to not post a lot you know biting my tounge, he can't seem to help but make comment though....and then he finds people pull even more stupidity out of their asses. :p
Kinda Sensible people
03-10-2006, 13:55
I don't have a monitor! I've become part of the internet after throwing myself off a buidling in downtown Tokyo.

OK, maybe not (but cookies to whoever gets the reference). I have a 19" LCD Monitor, which handles all my computing needs just fine.
The Potato Factory
03-10-2006, 13:58
I don't have a monitor! I've become part of the internet after throwing myself off a buidling in downtown Tokyo.

OK, maybe not (but cookies to whoever gets the reference). I have a 19" LCD Monitor, which handles all my computing needs just fine.

Serial Experiment Lain?

And I'm running a 19" LCD widescreen/
Akai Oni
03-10-2006, 14:02
i think mine is a 17" Samsung syncMaster 793s.

(i do actually know how to use capitals by the way - I have a temperamental shift key).
Wanderjar
03-10-2006, 14:06
mputer screen? Also, what kind do you have and do you want to smash it because it's so goddamn slow!?!!!

Mines about 32 Inches. Its sweet!
Kinda Sensible people
03-10-2006, 14:13
Serial Experiment Lain?

http://www.nothingbutcrumbs.com/images/cookie_care.jpg

And it only took one post too...
The Potato Factory
03-10-2006, 14:34
http://www.nothingbutcrumbs.com/images/cookie_care.jpg

And it only took one post too...

Yay! *eats*
Nobel Hobos
03-10-2006, 15:24
19" flat CRT. Bought it from Aldi, so it's a Tevion.

There's vertical lines of crap near the left hand side. That's a lame power supply, so any day now I'll be back to the 16" Cheer which makes a screeching noise when asked to display 1024x768.

"Cheer" brand? I'd never heard of it either, until a friend gave it to me.
Philosopy
03-10-2006, 21:53
19 inch, flat, widescreen.