The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal more.
Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used) computer
which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the same size there.

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On 03/09/14 16:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal more.
Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used) computer
which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the same size there.

seems pretty high even fir a 24".

Look at amazon. Better prices esp, on pre-owned refurbed.

If you go to 22" prices are even keener.



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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal more.
Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used) computer
which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the same size there.


I'd like a flat screen 4 x 3, much better for letters and viewing most
websites. Haven't seen any on offer though.

I'd like a flat screen 4 x 3, much better for letters and viewing most
websites. Haven't seen any on offer though.

Most people I know who have you tried a decent size full HD 16:9 with
two pages side by side wouldn't go back to 4:3.

A 1920 x 1200 or 2048 x 1152 add a bit more flexibility while waiting
for 4K screens to come down a bit
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Capitol wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal
more. Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used)
computer which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the
same size there.


I'd like a flat screen 4 x 3, much better for letters and viewing most
websites. Haven't seen any on offer though.

You can have the old 19" Iiyama, then. Widescreen is super for circuit
diagrams. ;-)

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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/09/14 16:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal
more. Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used)
computer which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the
same size there.

seems pretty high even fir a 24".

Probably depends on your standards.

Look at amazon. Better prices esp, on pre-owned refurbed.

Right - secondhand tat?

If you go to 22" prices are even keener.

14" are keener still.

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On 03/09/2014 18:07, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/09/14 16:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal
more. Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used)
computer which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the
same size there.

seems pretty high even fir a 24".

Probably depends on your standards.

Look at amazon. Better prices esp, on pre-owned refurbed.

Right - secondhand tat?

If you go to 22" prices are even keener.

14" are keener still.

I have supplied lots of Hanns G 23.6" monitors recently (LED TFT
(HE247DPB), 5ms, VGA, DVI, with Speakers) and not had any complaints.
They work out about £110 inc VAT and are very good IME. Especially if
you feed them via the DVI.

They are probably a little crisper than the Sammy I have here (although
having a KVM switcher in the chain does not help). Only 16:9 HD though
rather than 16:10 1920 x 1200 that the samsung can do.

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On 03 Sep 2014, John Rumm grunted:

I have supplied lots of Hanns G 23.6" monitors recently (LED TFT
(HE247DPB), 5ms, VGA, DVI, with Speakers) and not had any complaints.
They work out about £110 inc VAT and are very good IME. Especially if
you feed them via the DVI.

£99.99 from ebuyer today, AND they're bigger, at 24"
Hmm, I'm quite tempted...

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On 03/09/2014 19:02, Lobster wrote:
On 03 Sep 2014, John Rumm grunted:

I have supplied lots of Hanns G 23.6" monitors recently (LED TFT
(HE247DPB), 5ms, VGA, DVI, with Speakers) and not had any complaints.
They work out about £110 inc VAT and are very good IME. Especially if
you feed them via the DVI.

£99.99 from ebuyer today, AND they're bigger, at 24"

As long as you don't read the small print... still what's 0.4" between
friends.

Hmm, I'm quite tempted...

They are quite decent.

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Robin wrote:
I'd like a flat screen 4 x 3, much better for letters and viewing most
websites. Haven't seen any on offer though.

Most people I know who have you tried a decent size full HD 16:9 with
two pages side by side wouldn't go back to 4:3.

A 1920 x 1200 or 2048 x 1152 add a bit more flexibility while waiting
for 4K screens to come down a bit

There are very few 1920x1200 screens around nowadays, they tend to be
1920x1080.

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On 03/09/2014 18:18, John Rumm wrote:
On 03/09/2014 18:07, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/09/14 16:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
The daily flier from CPC has a Samsung 24" LED backlight 1920 x 1080
monitor for 120 quid inc.

I'm using a similar Viewsonic here which is superb, but cost a deal
more. Wonder if it would be a good buy for my other (not much used)
computer which still has a 4:3 - and it would be nice to have the
same size there.

seems pretty high even fir a 24".

Probably depends on your standards.

Look at amazon. Better prices esp, on pre-owned refurbed.

Right - secondhand tat?

If you go to 22" prices are even keener.

14" are keener still.

I have supplied lots of Hanns G 23.6" monitors recently (LED TFT
(HE247DPB), 5ms, VGA, DVI, with Speakers) and not had any complaints.
They work out about £110 inc VAT and are very good IME. Especially if
you feed them via the DVI.

They are probably a little crisper than the Sammy I have here (although
having a KVM switcher in the chain does not help). Only 16:9 HD though
rather than 16:10 1920 x 1200 that the samsung can do.

16:10 is getting rare now, so £120 is a bargain, especially if it is an
IPS panel ??

My Hazro 24 inch IPS cost me £448 in 2008 but the picture is brilliant,
especially now it is effectivally a TV plugged into a Humax HD FOX T2
stb, which seems to upscale to 16:10 very nicely.

I'm waiting for the Dell 4K 32 inch monitor to come down to a sensible
price.

Decided to get the CPC offer - and it arrived first thing this morning.
Bit of a surprise. ;-)

Seems to do what it says on the box - only complaint being there is no
tilt adjustment. And like all LCDs needs to be viewed at the correct angle.

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On 04/09/14 11:27, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Decided to get the CPC offer - and it arrived first thing this morning.
Bit of a surprise. ;-)

Seems to do what it says on the box - only complaint being there is no
tilt adjustment. And like all LCDs needs to be viewed at the correct angle.


Depends. IPS panels mostly have a wider viewing angle than others. I can
walk around this room without seeing bad colour shifts and brightness
wobbles - well, up to a point where I crash into the walls ;-)

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Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 04/09/14 11:27, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Decided to get the CPC offer - and it arrived first thing this morning.
Bit of a surprise. ;-)

Seems to do what it says on the box - only complaint being there is no
tilt adjustment. And like all LCDs needs to be viewed at the correct
angle.


Depends. IPS panels mostly have a wider viewing angle than others. I can
walk around this room without seeing bad colour shifts and brightness
wobbles - well, up to a point where I crash into the walls ;-)

I'd say it's not so important with a monitor as a TV as only one person
tends to view a monitor and from a fixed position?

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En el artículo , Robin
escribió:

A 1920 x 1200 or 2048 x 1152 add a bit more flexibility while waiting
for 4K screens to come down a bit

Dell have just launched a 5k 5120x2880 27" monitor, though you will need
a seriously f'off graphics card to shuffle all those pixels about.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09...tor_and_stuff/

I'm very happy with my Dell U2711, 2560x1440, 27", £370 off ebay a year
ago. More inputs than you can shake a stick at.

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In article ,
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Robin
escribió:

A 1920 x 1200 or 2048 x 1152 add a bit more flexibility while waiting
for 4K screens to come down a bit

Dell have just launched a 5k 5120x2880 27" monitor, though you will need
a seriously f'off graphics card to shuffle all those pixels about.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09...tor_and_stuff/

I'm very happy with my Dell U2711, 2560x1440, 27", £370 off ebay a year
ago. More inputs than you can shake a stick at.

Wonder how big you can go to with a monitor designed to be fairly close to
the eyes? Unless you are using it for two separate displays side by side.

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En el artículo , Dave Plowman (News)
escribió:

Wonder how big you can go to with a monitor designed to be fairly close to
the eyes? Unless you are using it for two separate displays side by side.

I did wonder the same, but use it at the recommended distance - arm's
length plus extended finger from your normal seated position - and it's
fine. I worried it would dominate my desk but it's not that much bigger
than the 24" one I previously had. Dell do a soundbar (speakers) which
clips to the underside of the front lip and takes its power from the
monitor, so that saves on the desk real estate previously occupied by
standalone speakers plus a power socket.

Some fonts are small, but that's easily fixed by changing settings or
using ctrl-alt-numeric+ in a browser to increase font size (works in
many other apps too.)

It's nice being able to edit two A4 documents side by side in Word with
the complete page showing on screen. I also use it to stream iPlayer
and movies from my NAS.

The way the menu buttons light up when you wave your hand near them is
cool too :-)

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On 06/09/14 12:38, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
More inputs than you can shake a stick at.
I have never found more than one to be necessary to produce a picture


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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 06/09/14 12:38, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
More inputs than you can shake a stick at.
I have never found more than one to be necessary to produce a picture

But very useful to connect multiple computers (e.g. I have a Raspberry
Pi on the floor beside my desktop machine), you can just change input
on the monitor and away you go. Saves grovelling around in the mess
of wires round the back every time.

Most of the time I ssh into the Pi but ocasionally one needs the GUI.

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En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

On 06/09/14 12:38, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
More inputs than you can shake a stick at.
I have never found more than one to be necessary to produce a picture

Bit dim, aren't you?

2 x PC (one Win, one Linux), RPi, satellite receiver, set top box, game
console. Switch between them all with the press of a button without
having to plug/unplug cables.

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Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

On 06/09/14 12:38, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
More inputs than you can shake a stick at.
I have never found more than one to be necessary to produce a picture

Bit dim, aren't you?

2 x PC (one Win, one Linux), RPi, satellite receiver, set top box, game
console. Switch between them all with the press of a button without
having to plug/unplug cables.


Can't you afford more than 1 monitor?!

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Robin
escribió:

A 1920 x 1200 or 2048 x 1152 add a bit more flexibility while waiting
for 4K screens to come down a bit

Dell have just launched a 5k 5120x2880 27" monitor, though you will need
a seriously f'off graphics card to shuffle all those pixels about.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09...tor_and_stuff/

I'm very happy with my Dell U2711, 2560x1440, 27", £370 off ebay a year
ago. More inputs than you can shake a stick at.

Wonder how big you can go to with a monitor designed to be fairly close to
the eyes? Unless you are using it for two separate displays side by side.

That last is what I do, 2 24" widescreen monitors side by side. Much better
IMO.

On 06/09/14 21:15, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

On 06/09/14 12:38, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
More inputs than you can shake a stick at.
I have never found more than one to be necessary to produce a picture

Bit dim, aren't you?

2 x PC (one Win, one Linux),

Have a VMM fort that. 8 virtual screens less hardware


RPi,

If telnet/ssh or remote x to that if I had one..

satellite receiver, set top box,

All in the PC dongle on the one machine with a screen]
game
console.

Who needs one? STEAM?

Switch between them all with the press of a button without
having to plug/unplug cables.


I switch between all the rest with a click of the mouse, and the other
two servers I run, one local, one remote.

Why have all that hardware when you can do it all in software?




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rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. €“ Erwin Knoll

En el artículo ,
Capitol escribió:

Can't you afford more than 1 monitor?!

Kerist, what's in the water today?

Why have more than one monitor when one can do everything I need?

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On 06/09/14 21:19, Capitol wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

On 06/09/14 12:38, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
More inputs than you can shake a stick at.
I have never found more than one to be necessary to produce a picture

Bit dim, aren't you?

2 x PC (one Win, one Linux), RPi, satellite receiver, set top box, game
console. Switch between them all with the press of a button without
having to plug/unplug cables.


Can't you afford more than 1 monitor?!

He sure can afford a lot of redundant hardware..

This machine - which has so far cost me £30 for extra RAM, runs linux,
windows, plays games, runs a TV..plays DVDS and records TV off air, ALL
AT ONCE if I want it too.

a new screen is a mouseclick away, and I haven't found it possible to
look at more than one at a time


I may need to spend another £20 on a new graphics card tho.



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On 06/09/14 21:33, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo ,
Capitol escribió:

Can't you afford more than 1 monitor?!

Kerist, what's in the water today?

Why have more than one monitor when one can do everything I need?

Why have more than one bit of hardware to drive it when one will do
everything you need?

Then you wouldn't need a screen with so many sockets


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