New LCD arrived today

[sparhawk]

After waiting for more than a month now, finally my new monitor arrived. Pretty cool!

 

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000IXYXP2...4142001-4165318

 

The nice thing is, that I also have my old CRT, and in direct comparison, this beast is still as sharp as the LCD.

I bought this monitor 1999 on recommendation of a friend, and it was quite a high price at this time, but considering this, it was easily the best buy I have done. It's a Nokia 445Xi Plus. my last CRT was done after 6 years and started to blur quite a lot (a Philips), but this one is still working perfect. Only it takes some time not until it heats up. When switched on it's a bit dark for a few minutes.

Since these monitors don't fetch any price, and it's still in such a good condition, I set it up as a dual head display now, with the LCD as my main display. Quite cool!

Now I have two 1600x1200 resolution desktop windows when I feel like it. I think when I work on the mod, this should come in hand, because I can keep the mod on the main display and the debugger on the other one. Have to test this though.

 

Well, I can definitely recommend this LCD if somebody is looking for a new one.

[oDDity]

Yeah, I recently switched to a Dell 24" widescreen LCD monitor. Compared to my old 17" CRT, it's like sitting in the cinema.

Native resolution is 1900x1200.

They certainly are worth getting - as long as you get a good one.

Why did it take a month to arrive?

[sparhawk]

Because I was looking for one which has all the features that I wanted and for a good price. I found this one, but it wasn't available anywhere, and when I looked, all the other were much more expensive, with similari features. So I ordered it because it was a real bargain. The price has gone up for at least 30 or 40 Euro in the meantime. Since I still had my CRT in good condition, there was really no hurry for me to get a new one. One of the major points was that it takes so much space on the desk, and that it is already quite old, so I would rather buy one, while I still have a choice, instead of waiting until the other one breaks and I need one fast.

 

As for the CRT, my old one is also 20 inch, and compared to the LCD, it seems to be bigger. So it actually feels a bit as if I were switching back to a smaller one. But when I compare the actual dimension, without the case, then both are the same. It's just the casing, that makes the CRT appear much bigger. I haven't used a 17" since ages. At least not at home.