Hardy Hardy Har... Me Has A New 19' WS Monitor

my Chrissy present to me.....

Published on December 26, 2007 By starkers In Personal Computing

Yeah, was out earlier and noticed my fav puter store was open....huh, on Boxing Day??? Well I went in to wish Pat, the owner, a great day and a happy New Year if I didn't get to see him beforehand, etc, etc.

Well, as always, the conversation gravitated towards computers and etc... and the next thing I know I'm walking out with a new ViewSonic 19' LCD monitor for AU$250. I think Pat was just as surprised as I was... he was showing/telling me about this new Gigabyte mobo that'd go perfectly with an Intel Core Duo I've had my eye on for a while now... and the next thing he knows is that I'm handing over the cash for the monitor... no warning or indication I was even interested....

OK, so it was an impulse buy, but I'm as happy as a hog in muck with my purchase and just had to come crow about it here cos I felt like so much crap yesterday.

Oh, and before anyone says: "Why didn't you get a bigger one?"...my eyes are real close together and I wouldn't be able to see both sides of the screen...'specially when I gits meself all cross eyed on the Playboy site.

Nah, truth is, a larger one wouldn't fit in the pigeon hole on my desk, not with my speakers as well, so the 19" is perfect and just what I wanted... and my regular 19" Samsung is now hooked up to another rig I just finished assembling from mostly old parts, just got to load XP Home and Ubuntu on it and I have me a spare to play with.

Well that just about covers it for now, so see ya's 'round like a cartwheel.

Comments (Page 8)

106

starkers

on Jun 27, 2008

I'm just wondering.When you go there with multiple monitors,is there a staple showing in between them?

Yeah, more is the pity... and always strategically placed so's it makes you wanna upgrade to the premium subscription... without staples. Damn that Hugh Hefner! I mean, it's not like he's broke or anything... and he gets to see all the 'unstapled' centrefolds up close n' personal, like

Great..now everyone has screenis envy.

Oh dear... what have I started here!!! We're told that size doesn't matter, and here's me advocating that bigger is better... and maybe giving lesser endowed folk an inferiority complex. I mean, there was a time when 14" was considered more than adequate, but with all the advancements that have gone into chip and implant technology in recent years, folks who can afford it are able to tote ginormous screenis... up to 36", even.

37in LCD TV that I also use as a monitor. Oops, did I say a 37in LCD TV.

Yes you did... and of course you just had to go one... er several better.

And, of course, human nature dictates that somebody 'll come along and say they've got a 37 1/4" LCD TV that they use as a monitor.

107

starkers

on Jun 28, 2008

I'm not a fan of multiple monitors at all.

Neither am I really... but having a PC set up for multi-media pretty much makes a second monitor essential. I don't watch a lot of TV (cos there's too much 'reality crap on), but I do like to keep up with the rugby league and cricket (Lost and Stargate Atlantis when they're on) and having the dual monitor setup allows me to do that without interrupting what I'm doing on the PC.

Sorry if you've been asked this before, but what are your system specs?

Here ya go...

AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400 @ 3.4ghz.
Gigabyte GA-MA770 DS3 mobo.
4gb of Corsair DDR2 800 RAM.
nVidia 8800GT GPU @ 512mb.
Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Pro
x2 LG DVD RAM Drives
x1 Samsung CD ROM drive
XP Pro/Vista Ultimate dual boot.

108

starkers

on Jun 28, 2008

Har, har, Har. I just bought a new computer for my aunt, and it came standard with a 19". And to think what I paid for mine.

What? You're now saying it didn't fall of the back of a truck after all?

Yeah, most PC's these day come standard with a 19" WS LCD monitor... well I don't see too many being advertised with 17in ones any more... and I don't think you can buy a new 15" monitor, even if you wanted to.

OI, and annuver fing! Wot be ye doin' orf tha 'Sister'??? Yer s'posed t' be on tha bridge chartin' a course fer Stardock n'gittin' us out o' these 'ere doldrums, wot us've bin in fer months now. Why I bin seein' tha same blasted fish swimmin' round tha same blasted bit o' seaweed orf tha starboard side fer weeks now... so fer barnacles sakes, man, git us under way afore us gits charged wiv loiterin'

I just ordered my new monitor.

I was going to get one just like that... but the missus reckoned we should wait until they get all the black squares off the screen before investing in one.

Congrats on your new monitor...great choice!

Thanks Cynders... haven't seen you around for a while, so it's good to see you again.

btw; when do you celebrate Christmas, just curious?

When I got cash... er, any day that ends with an a n' a y.

109

starkers

on Jun 28, 2008

It's so sad to see a pirate trying to compensate for a short mizzenmast.

Orright... so me cabin door don't shut all proper like in tha cold weather n' all, but it don't mean t' say ye 'aves ter be tellin' tha crew all about me shortcomin's.

i just picked up a 28inch viewsonic

With that much screen real estate you could sub-divide and go into the screen rental business.

110

Dr Guy

on Jun 28, 2008

OI, and annuver fing! Wot be ye doin' orf tha 'Sister'??? Yer s'posed t' be on tha bridge chartin' a course fer Stardock n'gittin' us out o' these 'ere doldrums, wot us've bin in fer months now. Why I bin seein' tha same blasted fish swimmin' round tha same blasted bit o' seaweed orf tha starboard side fer weeks now... so fer barnacles sakes, man, git us under way afore us gits charged wiv loiterin'

I be sorry Cap'n. I drank too much o'er ta rum, and woke up in Singapore. Gots to get me back to the ship.

111

starkers

on Jun 28, 2008

Gots to get me back to the ship.

Ye 'ad best watch out fer tha cobwebs, then... it 'ave bin deserted fer months now, n' I 'spects thar'll be a few creepy crawlies about on tha bridge that ye'll 'ave ter dodge afore ye can git t' tha charts.

112

Lotherius

on Jun 28, 2008

Long Live CRT!

I'll go LCD when they pry my pair of 21" Trinitrons from my cold, dead hands. I like being able to run at whatever resolution suits me/the game I'm playing. And Trinitrons are ultra-crisp compared to any other type of CRT.

113

starkers

on Jun 28, 2008

Long Live CRT!

I'll go LCD when they pry my pair of 21" Trinitrons from my cold, dead hands.

Each to their own, I suppose, but my LCD's are ultra-crisp as well... and I like the additional room on my desktop that LCD's allow. I still have a 19" BENQ CRT monitor and will always keep it as a spare/for when I've finished building another spare rig, but my main rig will always be a flat-screen setup now that I've indulged.

I like being able to run at whatever resolution suits me

You can still do that on a LCD... although the native resolution on my 22" is 1680 x 1050, I can/could run it from upwards of 800 x 600 to the native resolution if I wanted to, not that *say* 1024 x 768 would necessarily display the best.

114

basj

on Jun 28, 2008

oh I feel soo tiny with my almost dead 17" CRT

115

PuterDudeJim

on Jun 29, 2008

Pales in comparison to my 24" widescreen. And hey....1600x1200 isn't widescreen...

How about my 26" high def widescreen tv tuner/monitor. I love it! I work a while, switch over to tv awile, work...etc.

116

PuterDudeJim

on Jun 29, 2008

I just ordered my new monitor.

WWW Link

Funny...

117

starkers

on Jun 29, 2008

oh I feel soo tiny with my almost dead 17" CRT

Now is this screenis envy we're hearing... er, reading here???

I know what you mean, tho!! When I still had my 15" CRT, I wouldn't undress it in the computer room... cos everybody else's was bigger 'n mine.

118

stykman22

on Jun 29, 2008

Oh dear... what have I started here!!! We're told that size doesn't matter, and here's me advocating that bigger is better... and maybe giving lesser endowed folk an inferiority complex.

You know they say that if you have to brag about it, then you're making up for a shortcoming somewhere.

Some of us are secure enough with our screens so that we don't need to show off.

Besides...everyone knows that it's not the screen size that matters...it's the refresh rate

119

starkers

on Jun 29, 2008

You know they say that if you have to brag about it, then you're making up for a shortcoming somewhere.

Yeah, Po has already drawn attention to my shortcoming...

It's so sad to see a pirate trying to compensate for a short mizzenmast.

... but climb on the bandwagon regardless - publicly ask how a pirate ship with a short mizzenmast even gets going - if you must.

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