Recent content by terratoma

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    monitors anyone?

    blanketyblank and Yuriman, Thank you both for your information. Had never heard of in-plane switching or vertical alignment, but good old google rescued me! And it's perfectly understandable that monitors providing better viewing angles and color reproduction can command a higher price. Am...
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    monitors anyone?

    Couldn't find a specific department for my monitor questions but "graphics" was the closest I could find. If these questions are not appropriate for this forum, please redirect me. In shopping for a monitor, I knew I wanted at least a 23" with a resolution of 1920x1080 for games (flight...
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    I sure need some advice ...

    Thanks, everyone, for your input and advice. Jeff, you asked some specific questions which I'll try to answer. I'll be the sole user of the computer. My first computer was a system built by a friend (when there were no windows environments ... oh, the days of the "true" floppy diskettes and the...
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    I sure need some advice ...

    Okay, so this is how it is: I have zilch computer skills_I mean none whatsoever. But I do read; have read lots of posts on this forum, as well as numerous reviews of hardware. I don't begin to understand much of it and the varying opinions leave me somewhat confused and bewildered. I want a...