Which Monitor & Why?

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi All.

Soap Box Time Again.

As mentioned on a number of occasions I try to fight shy of technology chasing. However recent experiences have led me to believe my hardware may be at the end of it’s ability to cope with future advances in PTE.

So, I had to make the decision to either stick with what I have, or plan for a future upgrade that could have the facility to be upgraded bit by bit, unlike my present approach, using lap top computers.

At present I am investigating the possibility of building my own cube PC, which would give me a certain amount of portability. I did post a possible spec in another thread, but didn’t get any response, maybe it was “lost in translation?”.

The reason for this post is to gain experience of what others use to “Monitor” their work.

I did intrude with the subject on another thread, but said would come back with a dedicated thread when I had studied the subject a little more.

So here goes, I want a 19inch monitor to use to edit my photographs & compile my PTE shows. Because of my situation, I am limited to 19inch.

Next factor, wide-screen 16-9 or conventional 4-3, I have a widescreen sony laptop, but much prefer my 4-3 laptop as it is closest to the pictures my camera takes 3-2, so I have decided to get as near to 4-3 as I can.

We are pushed down the landscape format when taking pictures, as portrait shots have either to be cropped, or animated to show the full picture in PTE.

I am not knocking wide-screen, I just think it’s alien to our art.

The final deciding factor to stick with 4-3 is my projector/s. They are both XGA 4-3, have years of life left in them so for the moment they will be used if I have to show in public.

I have compiled a list of Monitors I have looked at which various links follow this post. Weight is another factor, 3kg is about the maximum my viewing facility will take, unfortunately the AG Neovo range exceed this.

I would appreciate any comments pertinent to what I have written.

Monitors

1. LG M1994D 19 LCD TV /MONITOR

2. AG Neovo SX-19A 19-inch Glass CCTV TFT Monitor

3. http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Monitor.htm

4. http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/...&fullspec=F

5. http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/...d=LS19LIUKFV/EN

6. http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/...&fullspec=F

7. http://eu.envisiondisplay.com/products/p951w_s.htm

8. http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/control...E0E29B7117BE542

9. http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/...&fullspec=F

10. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Widescreen...I/ref=de_a_smtd

Yachtsman1

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[davegee]

Eric,

Regarding screen size and resolution matters:

It seems that the maximum resolution available in a 19” wide screen monitor (16:10) with DVI is 1440x900 (AG Neovo). The may be higher resolutions but a quick search failed to find any.

In a 4:3 monitor the resolution seems to max out at 1024 pixels high.. Again a quick search failed to find bigger in an LCD config. NEC have a typical 19” DVI 1280x1024.

If, as you state, you want to maintain your 3:2 AR then you are faced with one of the following alternatives.

The widescreen option (1440x900) will allow you to make and view approx 1350x900 (or bigger) shows. When using higher resolution images for your show they would be compressed to 900 high to fit the height of the screen (with 45 pixel black bands at each of the sides).

The 4:3 option 1280x1024 would allow for 3:2 shows of approx 1280x853 or bigger shows (there is no exact 1280 wide 3:2 translation). When using higher resolution images for your show they would be compressed to 1280 wide to fit the width of the screen (with 25 pixel black bands at the top and bottom).

I have assumed that you want the best quality in terms of connections (DVI) in each case and that you will be catering for this in the design of your “cube”.

DaveG

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi Dave

The cube spec is as follows:

Computer Case ThermalTake Lanbox VF1000BWS

CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 (4 x 2.66 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB

Motherboard ASUS P5Q-VM S/V/L M-ATX 1333FSB (Intel G45)

Memory Corsair XMS2 4GB PC2-8500 1066 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR2)

Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT - 1 GB - VGA/DVI/HDMI (Palit) - OverClocked

Power Supply OCZ 600W Stealth XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)

Hard Drive 1 1 TB (1000 GB) SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 32MB

Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)

Sound Card Creative Audigy SE 7.1 (PCI)

Networking Edimax Wireless LAN 54Mbps (PCI)

USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports

CPU Heatsink Speeze QuadroFlow VIII - Low Noise

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 32-BIT (Genuine CD & COA Included)(option for Windows 7 after release.

Backup Solution Standard Operating System Backup

Hope that meets with your approval

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi Tom

Thanks for the input, one thing to bear in mind when suggesting alternatives is physical size. The component list is sized to fit into the cube casing & operate with its specified cooling capacity. I don't have sufficient knowledge to know if what you suggest would fit in the space available.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1