Re: Looking for a 17" lcd monitor - high resolution

anoneds@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
cga wrote:

Bob Tennent wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:54:46 +0000, Dave {Reply Address in.Sig} wrote:
> cga wrote:
>> I am currently looking for an lcd panel/monitor with a 4:3 ratio and a
>> native resolution of 1600x1200 or better. Matte finish preferred.
>>
>> Does anybody make these..?
>
> I don't think you can get a 1600x1200 smaller than 19", tehy don't
> bother making them.

They do make them, for laptops. Check out

http://www.screentekinc.com/

for example.

Bob T.

One problem with laptops is the price.. It does strike me as a paradox
that the only way you can benefit from high-quality display technology
is by acquiring one of the better laptops. Everything else on a laptop -
including the video chip.. is both more expensive and of a lower quality
than the desktop equivalents..

As you probably guessed I am a laptop user.. always have been.. but I
was looking into switching to a desktop for ergonomic reasons - so I can
type on a quality keyboard for a change - and also because laptops do
not let you adjust the height of the display.. In other words they only
provide a comfortable working environment for people 2'6" and under..



Well, how about a laptop and an external keyboard? Place the laptop at
one height and your keyboard where it is comfortable...

That's exactly what I am doing right now.. wait for it.. :-)

...because due to my pounding on the laptop's flimsy keyboard for too many years I guess.. it just died on me.. well.. at least a couple of keys did.. and since they happened to figure prominently in my id and root's password.. I had to rapidly grab an external keyboard at the local compusa to be able to login so I could go online and evaluate my options.. :-)

The nice thing is that even with this cheap external keyboard my typing speed and accuracy instantly went up 30-40%.. amazing.. quite and eye opener..

But the problem with this setup is that with the additional depth/breadth of the external keyboard and since I suffer from acute myopia the laptop's screen is now too far away from my eyes and everything is blurred. So I have to stop typing.. lean forward.. take a quick peek at what's on the screen.. lean back.. etc... :-(

I'm thinking that if I'm to stay with laptops as you gentlemen recommend I would need to build an adjustable shelf/platform that would sit on my desk.. place the laptop on it with the screen roughly at eye level.. and the external keyboard underneath.. that should leave enough room for my (large) hands to type without hindrance and since I can touch type the entire keyboard I don't even need to be able to see the keys.. this might look pretty horrible - and guarantee that the wife never uses *my* computer.. but it might just about work..

The other option I have contemplated would be to have the external keyboard at a higher level than the laptop - either by sinking the laptop beneath desktop level.. or propping up the external keyboard so it clears the laptop's body but these "external kbd above the laptop" options do not strike me as suitable because the laptop's screen would end up even lower than eye level than it already is..

Thanks much to you all and have a nice day.

Chris.
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