Wow...going from 17 inch to 19 inch monitor is huge
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You'll say the same thing again if you ever goto 21".....:beer: Also the added benefit of a 21" monitor is that it doubles as a heater in the winter time.
I like 17 inch monitors better, i have a 21inch right now, and I would like to move to a 17inch, why?
One way to get rid of aliasing is by turning on anti aliasing, another way is by increasing resolution. I have found that increasing resolution gives pretty good anti-aliasing while giving better performance. Whats the problem? To get this effect on the 21inch monitor, i need to crank up the res to 1600x1200. On a 17inch all i need to do is crank it to 1024x768. This gives the same effect just on a smaller screen with a lot better performance. Just a thought.
One way to get rid of aliasing is by turning on anti aliasing, another way is by increasing resolution. I have found that increasing resolution gives pretty good anti-aliasing while giving better performance. Whats the problem? To get this effect on the 21inch monitor, i need to crank up the res to 1600x1200. On a 17inch all i need to do is crank it to 1024x768. This gives the same effect just on a smaller screen with a lot better performance. Just a thought.
I went from a 17 inch to a 19 inch monitor at home and the difference is huge. I love the bigger real estate.
I also went from a 21 inch to a 17 inch monitor at work (switched departments) and I can't stand it.
I also went from a 21 inch to a 17 inch monitor at work (switched departments) and I can't stand it.
Wow! Then you'll be even more impressed with a 13" or 14"!
In any event, some ppl use their gear for WORK. Like documents, spreadsheets and exotic stuff like that.
They like being able to see a whole lot more at once without endless scrolling.
Yeah...17 is really restrictive.... Having a flat display helps a lot as well. But... Do you guys think i should keep this or is there a better 21 inch monitor for the same 250 dollar price?
I won a 19" used Gateway monitor at work. It is a CRT monitor.. but is a lot bigger than 17".. I can't really see a big difference other than I can have a larger resolution and can fit more on the screen. I just wish it would have been flat-screen.. It is an EV910.
I just got this monitor as an early Christmas gift from my wife, am loving the Diamondtron. I was using a Nokia 21" XPro, like the brighter aperture grille for gaming. (this one has a couple "Super Bright" modes as well)
Have a 19" Sony HMD A400 also that I love on my 3 year old's pc. (the one that always has a hosed OS ;-) )
Enjoy.
Have a 19" Sony HMD A400 also that I love on my 3 year old's pc. (the one that always has a hosed OS ;-) )
Enjoy.
Originally posted by: tenoc
Wow! Then you'll be even more impressed with a 13" or 14"!
In any event, some ppl use their gear for WORK. Like documents, spreadsheets and exotic stuff like that.
They like being able to see a whole lot more at once without endless scrolling.
work is for tards
Personally I do just fine with my 17 inch trinitron. I got a 19inc but took it back, it wasnt worth the price to me.
tell me where you can find a video card that runs HL2 or better yet, Halo, with everything on besides AA at 1600x1200. You can't.
17inch at 1024x768 although a smaller picture is better in price/performance/image quality.
That's the most patently ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
I should get a smaller monitor because some of the games I play can't be run at an uber-high resolution? 1024x768 on a 19-inch monitor is the same image as 1024x768 on a 17-inch monitor, just larger. It's the same performance and the same IQ. And on a 17" monitor I have to run *everything* at 1024x768 unless I want my desktop text to be unreadably tiny. The price difference is not that big right now -- you're talking $150 versus $250 for good quality.
I wouldn't invest in, say, a $600 22" monitor if you're not going to run *anything* at high resolutions -- the price difference is too big -- but for some people it would be worth it just for better resolution for web surfing and office apps (plus things like Photoshop, or video editing, where being able to look at multiple images side-by-side is important). I can't stand working on a 17" monitor for extended periods of time now that I've used a 19" or larger for so long.
I should get a smaller monitor because some of the games I play can't be run at an uber-high resolution? 1024x768 on a 19-inch monitor is the same image as 1024x768 on a 17-inch monitor, just larger. It's the same performance and the same IQ. And on a 17" monitor I have to run *everything* at 1024x768 unless I want my desktop text to be unreadably tiny. The price difference is not that big right now -- you're talking $150 versus $250 for good quality.
I wouldn't invest in, say, a $600 22" monitor if you're not going to run *anything* at high resolutions -- the price difference is too big -- but for some people it would be worth it just for better resolution for web surfing and office apps (plus things like Photoshop, or video editing, where being able to look at multiple images side-by-side is important). I can't stand working on a 17" monitor for extended periods of time now that I've used a 19" or larger for so long.
what he is saying is, at 1024X768, it is easier to see the jaggies on a big moniter then on a small one. And he is correct. The bigger the picture, the higher the IQ or your eyes will catch the flaws.
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I think people are blurring the line between Image Quality and Image Size. What happens if you blow up a picture 1000%? You see the individual pixels. Is the image quality any less? No, you've just zoomed in/made the picture bigger without increasing the number of pixels. Same thing applies with increasing the size of the display without increasing the resolution.
Also... increasing the resolution doesn't "get rid of aliasing," it makes it less noticeable because you have more pixels to work with, and smaller pixels, so it's more difficult for your eyes to see where one pixel ends and another begins. Aliasing on a computer screen is like trying to make a perfect circle by coloring in full squares in a crossword puzzle. It can't be done. The way I like to think of it is anti-aliasing averages the color transition... so instead of black to white, you have black to grey to white.
Also... increasing the resolution doesn't "get rid of aliasing," it makes it less noticeable because you have more pixels to work with, and smaller pixels, so it's more difficult for your eyes to see where one pixel ends and another begins. Aliasing on a computer screen is like trying to make a perfect circle by coloring in full squares in a crossword puzzle. It can't be done. The way I like to think of it is anti-aliasing averages the color transition... so instead of black to white, you have black to grey to white.
While this is technically correct, it's a very silly argument, since you can get the same effect as a smaller monitor by sitting a little bit further away from the larger one if it's bothering you in a particular game.
Originally posted by: Matthias99
While this is technically correct, it's a very silly argument, since you can get the same effect as a smaller monitor by sitting a little bit further away from the larger one if it's bothering you in a particular game.
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