What 19"" flat screen monitor?

[mybrainhurts]

Any experience out there...?

Is the reduced height of widescreen monitors a problem with the height being less than a standard monitor...?

Do you lose the bottom of a spreadsheet or web page, thus necessitating endless scrolling..?

[SneakyNeil]

Its a marmite thing, some people love widescreens cause they thing they're sexy - some people hate them because of the scrolling thing you mentioned. They're cheaper in widescreen though.

[ThePassenger]

To be honest I've not had any scrolling issues with widescreen displays. What I do find very useful is that because the screen is wider than normal you can have two things side by side with no overlap.

[TangoAlpha]

Ok, it's not 19" but I've got a Viewsonic VP2030b and it's pretty good

[Plotloss]

Just bought a 22" Dell Widescreen monitor, 1680x1050 resolution so I lose 150px against the 1200 I'm running at the moment.

No great shakes at these resolutions, most web stuff is designed for 1024x768 and Excel etc no detriment in running it at 90-95% custom zoom.

[R1 GTR]

I use a Hanns G HW191D (19" 1440x900) alongside my laptop screen (Dell 15.4" 1280x800) for extended desktop and although its an unusual combination, its fantastic.

[pdV6]

I have a Viewsonic 20" at work and an own-brand Novatech 22" at home. They're both the same resolution (1680x1050) but of the 2 the Novatech one is far nicer to use.

£200 inc VAT and delivery, give or take.

[mybrainhurts]

R1 GTR said:

I use a Hanns G HW191D (19" 1440x900) alongside my laptop screen (Dell 15.4" 1280x800) for extended desktop and although its an unusual combination, its fantastic.

No problems with widescreen chopping off the bottom of the image, thus making you scroll down more often...?

[k321]

mybrainhurts..how can you tell a troll from a real person>
i have read some of your comments saying how if someone cant spell they must be a troll. well i want you to clarify or is it just cos you live in such a small narrow minded world>

and as for tv's, just buy the most expensive one

Edited by k321 on Wednesday 9th May 00:05

[mybrainhurts]

Oh dear...

k321 said:

mybrainhurts..how can you tell a troll from a real person>
i have read some of your comments saying how if someone cant spell they must be a troll. well i want you to clarify or is it just cos you live in such a small narrow minded world>

Where did I say that...?

k321 said:

and as for tv's, just buy the most expensive one

Yes, of course...why didn't I think of that?


:leavesselfopenforsmartarsecomeback:

[biker's nemesis]

mybrainhurts said:

Oh dear...

k321 said:

mybrainhurts..how can you tell a troll from a real person>
i have read some of your comments saying how if someone cant spell they must be a troll. well i want you to clarify or is it just cos you live in such a small narrow minded world>

Where did I say that...?

k321 said:

and as for tv's, just buy the most expensive one

Yes, of course...why didn't I think of that?


:leavesselfopenforsmartarsecomeback:

Don't bite MBH..

[mybrainhurts]

biker's nemesis said:

Don't bite MBH..

He's been working for 15 months...

What a hero...

[k321]

15 months..working? you wish.. in fact i dont even work

[mybrainhurts]

Yes, dear...

[ThePassenger]

pdV6 said:

I have a Viewsonic 20" at work and an own-brand Novatech 22" at home. They're both the same resolution (1680x1050) but of the 2 the Novatech one is far nicer to use.

£200 inc VAT and delivery, give or take.

Everytime I'm in their show room picking up parts I'm impressed by their own brand displays. Very clear, easy on the eye. They do seem to whack the brightness up full though but hey it's a showroom.

[2something]

mybrainhurts said:

Any experience out there...?

Is the reduced height of widescreen monitors a problem with the height being less than a standard monitor...?

Do you lose the bottom of a spreadsheet or web page, thus necessitating endless scrolling..?

Totally depends on what you're going to use it for and your personal preference.

I have dual 19" widescreens and a mouse with a scroll wheel in the middle. Works very nicely as I have a lot of screen real estate for programming and when I scroll it tends to be for a page or two at a time so a higher screen makes little difference.

[pdV6]

ThePassenger said:

pdV6 said:

I have a Viewsonic 20" at work and an own-brand Novatech 22" at home. They're both the same resolution (1680x1050) but of the 2 the Novatech one is far nicer to use.

£200 inc VAT and delivery, give or take.

Everytime I'm in their show room picking up parts I'm impressed by their own brand displays. Very clear, easy on the eye. They do seem to whack the brightness up full though but hey it's a showroom.

It is set very high out of the box. Knock it back a fair bit and its lovely.

There's also a really useful button on the front that cycles through 3 pre-set brightness levels (photo / text / power save) that make it very easy to use day-to-day (i.e. for general office work leave it on "text" and adjust the brightness to suit and when wanting a bit more kick for photo-editing / watching DVDs etc, knock it into "photo" mode)

[mybrainhurts]

Thanks, folks...