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Date:	Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:48:34 PST8
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Trouble with ViewSonic Monitor

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I was faced with a similar decision recently. I buy new hardware
only infrequently, so I try to anticipate trends (my main computer
is still a '99 vintage 550MHz AMD KIII+ ).

It seems to me that 16:9 is a "for sure" trend in video displays.
It also seems (to me) that a 19" or 20" screen is about right.
I currently have an 18" (viewable) CRT on my desktop. More is
definitely better.

I recently bought a 16:9 20" LCD display for a desktop upgrade,
knowing that I would need a video card upgrade too. Remembering that
LCD's are advertised as true viewable whereas CRT's are advertised
at glass envelope size, at least one inch larger than true viewable.

I have yet to research video cards. Recommendations for something
_REASONABLE_ would be welcome. Video cards become obsolete faster
than yesterday's news. YMMV....

+++++++++++++++++++
On 3/15/06, Colin Campbell wrote, in part:
>My ViewSonic E773 (a 17" CRT unit) monitor, ...
>Is it dying?
>
>What would be a good replacement? Should I look at 16:9 monitors, or
>stick with 4:3? Flat panel or CRT (and are there other choices)?
>
>SNAP Graphics shows that I have a Matrox MGA-G400 "chip set" with 32MB.
> Should I be thinking about upgrading the video card as well?
>
>(This monitor is used on my Indelible Blue PC that also dates from
>sometime in the year 2000. I also have a Dell PC from January, 2005; it
>uses a Dell 19" 4:3 flat panel monitor.) >Thanks, Colin

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