My daughter wanted my old flat screen monitor so I decided to get one of the new 24 inch 9x16 format Samsung SyncMaster 245BW monitors. The difference is amazing as all the colors are much brighter than before but there are several things that make it even cooler. First is you can increase the dots per inch (DPI) from 96 to 120 which makes for much clearer images and better graphics. Second is I have a KWorld Delux video capture card so I can run the Dish Network signal into the PC, use a regular sized IE browser window and watch Speed channel on one side of the monitor. This way I miss nothing when working at hone or surfing the web. I use a Nvidia GForce 8600 video card which works amazingly well and there are two outputs so I could add a second monitor to play games.....but my wife said no.
Hey Johnrrogers,,, you must be into gaming in a big way. That 8600 video card is a killer card.
For those of us older eye impaired people, dell has a very nice system that they are selling at a very good price with a 20 inch digital wide flat screen and a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE card. E6600 cpu, 2 gigs ram, etc. etc. for just over $1,100 with all the bells and whistles. Not near the killer graphics that you have, but quite good for us old guys.
I just ordered one today.
BTW, Dell is selling the above with XP and not vista, due to hardware and software issues that customers have had lately with Vista.
Since I left the computer field seven years ago, I feel like a dinosaur looking at all the new technology.
It is mind boggling to think what they will come up with when the kids of today are grown. Seems every three years technology takes a giant leap.
When I was a kid, T.V had not been developed. We would set around the radio and listen to the serial shows.
