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Joshua Quick wrote:
Would be great for watching DVDs
Depends on the resolution. The pixelation effect would be horrendous even at 2048*1536.
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Not if you're 21' away ;>
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that I have at work! 
But... my Compaq VS700 17" CRT at home is now horrible to look at. 
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I had one of those where I used to work. Very nice display  .
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I was working on a laptop with a 15" LCD and a docking station with a 19" CRT.
But just recently moved to a Pentium 4 dual processor with dual 40 meg drives in a RAID array. So I just had to go with dual monitors to keep the theme going.
They are the 19" CRT from my docking station setup and the second being a 17" CRT (the company had a pile of 17" monitors so they didn't want to spring for a second 19").
I still have the laptop running at my desk for when I need the second computer/third display during the day and then I go purely mobile at night (I do production app support as well as development).
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I have A 17" as my Main screen. And a 15" for the other.
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Dual 18" LCDs at work (at 1280x1024), dual 21" CRTs in my home office (at 1600x1200 and 1280x1024).
I started using dual monitors ~10 years ago when I was using a monochrome text-only screen for debugger output.
I have never gone back since. In fact, when I move to a new work location, I bring along a space PCI VGA card with me just so I can hook up two screens! 
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Big enough for me... although if somebody offered me a 19 or higher, I'd take it.
A poll as to what resolution people are running would be interesting, as well. I run 1024x768, as anything higher is just too small. Not just the text, but images and stuff as well.
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Before switching to .NET and C# I was using VB 6.0 and a desktop with a 17" CRT, now I use a 15.4" laptop with a 1400x1050 resolution.
In fact is this last point that minds. I've seen people with 19" CRTs and a 800x600 resolution.
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Keia wrote:
I've seen people with 19" CRTs and a 800x600 resolution.
I find that most of my users like to run in 800x600 because they find the screen much more readable. A real nightmare when I'm designing UI.
Michael
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> A real nightmare when I'm designing UI.
Agree.
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As far as possible, I attempt to "force" my users (almost all of them have 17" monitors) to work with a resolution of 1024x768.
We write large data entry apps (more than 500 columns per table, sometimes even more than 900) so, few big forms are better than many 800x600 ones.
UI design was a nightmare with the tools we had when developing with VB.
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Michael P Butler wrote:
I find that most of my users like to run in 800x600 because they find the screen much more readable.
 I must admit I am like your users.
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Smug mode on.
20" LCD here @ 1600x1200 and it's marvellous. So good in fact, that i bought one for home too!
Once you've used an LCD with cleartype on for dev work, you can't ever ever go back.
Tim Stubbs
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Hi,
I am actually using such a display for development. It is the best for working realy long without torturing your eyes too much.
Tim Stubbs wrote:
Once you've used an LCD with cleartype on for dev work, you can't ever ever go back.
Since i read your comment i enabled ClearType and had to go back as soon as possible
Using ClearType is like reading the screen without my glasses on.
It realy Drives me crazy.
How can you actually work with an screen that is sharp by design using a software driven unsharpen tool?
/c
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Weird... Cleartype is designed specifically for LCD's and _should_ make things smoother, not less sharp. Do you not have font smoothing on at all then? Both anti-alias the fonts on the screen but Cleartype only really works properly on LCDs (due to the nature of the layout of the display pixels) - it does look blurry on CRTs for example.
My Dell 2001FP 20" LCD certainly doesn't look blurry with cleartype - just far 'smoother', espcially for web browsing.
To each his/her own - I guess that's why it's an 'option' eh?
Tim Stubbs
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<double smug mode>
Why have one when you can have two. . .
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hehehe Well i do have a 19" CRT next to it for dual screen but it's nowhere near as nice as the LCD
Tim Stubbs
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Used it for a couple of years now. I do have a 21' CRT downstairs in a box, but the thing is too damn big for my desk. My 19' takes up a lot of room too. When I finally get round to buying a LCD display I'll buy two, because I'll have the desk-space 
Michael
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I can't stand CRT. I get headaches all the time. I'd gladly change a 19 CRT for a 15 LCD
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