Recent content by amylake

I'm finally set up and thought I'd report back. I bought the Samsung 215TW. I decided that I wanted the slightly larger text and adjusability rather than the NEC 20WMGX2. I'm not sure I would have liked the glossy screen on the NEC either but that probably would have been fine. I decided to...

I checked out some options and Lenovo has a couple of docks for the laptop I've got. The mini dock has one vga and one dvi connector. The advanced dock has each plus a slot for a second video card in case someone wants two dvi monitors. So if the vga doesn't look great, I'll try one of the...

I saw the Dell 2007WFP today and the text size is fairly similar to my laptop and it's comfortable to read. A little bigger might be nice but this was fine. So there is still a decision to be made, the NEC 20WMGX2 or the Samsung 215tw. The Dell looked very nice, in comparison to what I now...

Both of those resources are helpful. I will go check out the Dell tommorrow. In the meantime I'm wondering if comparing two different screen sizes with similar pixel pitch is apples to apples or apples to oranges. My Thinkpad is a 15.4 widescreen with a 1280 x 800 resolution. The pixel pitch...

I've been reading a lot of stuff about monitors the last few days and this thread has been the most helpful (and overwhelming) information I've come across. I have a dual monitor set up with one monitor being my laptop. I want to get a widescreen monitor so there's some room to breathe. The...