Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not going to make a recommendation to a specific monitor, but would like to comment on what TYPE of LCD you get..... I decided to replace my monitor a few months ago. I looked everywhere.... my computer is maybe 2 years old, and its video card will not support a wide screen monitor... even though the idiot salesman at the local Circuit City said it would work.... ( I was the Marketing Manager for Video Chips for Western Digital ( Paradise was the consumer brand) so I know a bit about specs(manship). I am also a EE. If you are considering ANY monitor, get the specs ( on line for most companies) and check the specs against your video card specs..... you want the Monitor's maximum resolution to be less than or equal to what your video card can produce. If you do the wrong thing, you will end up also buying a video card, which while not expensive necessarily, is an additional and somewhat hidden cost. And for free, you get to play with video drivers not written by MS or your computer maker.... . BTW, I bought what may be a the last good NON-widescreen 20" monitor out there..... a Samsung 204B. about $300, 1600x1200, good contrast and good brilliance ( for a sun filled room). Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net