Dual monitors on a budget?

[Digitalwave]

Of course I can notice - this Trinitron is showing its age and doesn't really look anything like my LCD. Right now, the LCD is serving me well but when I get the money I hope to upgrade to dual matching monitors, both of them 19" or bigger. I appreciate all the information. I'll look into those video cards when I am ready to upgrade.

I love the look of CRT's, at this point I just don't have the room for them though. Maybe this summer when I move into a new place.

James, would you happen to know which line of ViewSonics is best for photos? They have a Pro line, and a Graphics line. The graphics is made for, you guessed it, graphics, but the Pro line still seems like it'd be better for everything. It costs more, of course.

[straight6pwr]

I can get you two sick 24" monitors for a great price. They were used for AutoCAD stuff so it would work for photoshop as well. Only problem is that they are CRTs.... and if they are 24", you can picture the rest of the dimensions. :p

:rofl: thats like 18 sq ft of monitor. they would need their own room, like old school computers

[s0urce]

There is no such thing as too many monitors. I dont know what I would do without at least 2 monitors. 2 widescreens are even better.

[JGood]

I have a ViewSonic Graphic Series 19" CRT. I like it. I have a GeForce 4 (I forget what brand) video card with dual VGA outputs, and I have a 17" cheapy on top of the ViewSonic for background programs (Winamp, Bitcomet, Outlook, AIM, etc...). That setup works great.

I don't do much with quality photo's, but my graphics series seems ALOT better then my 17" (again, can't remember brand name, but it's not junk or anything).

[aschmidt]

Of course I can notice - this Trinitron is showing its age and doesn't really look anything like my LCD. Right now, the LCD is serving me well but when I get the money I hope to upgrade to dual matching monitors, both of them 19" or bigger. I appreciate all the information. I'll look into those video cards when I am ready to upgrade.

I love the look of CRT's, at this point I just don't have the room for them though. Maybe this summer when I move into a new place.

James, would you happen to know which line of ViewSonics is best for photos? They have a Pro line, and a Graphics line. The graphics is made for, you guessed it, graphics, but the Pro line still seems like it'd be better for everything. It costs more, of course.

I believe the Pro Series is Viewsonic's most advanced group of LCD's thus far. They don't come cheap though...they start off around $300 and get up to a ways above $1000 per monitor. Here is a link of the Pro Series models from Viewsonic's site:

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/proseries/vp2030b/

[Digitalwave]

Yeah, I checked out their site. The 19 and 20" should be within my price range, as long as I don't get two of them :)

[aschmidt]

Haha yea it can get pretty crazy. They even allow you to set up the monitors in a way that you can have 4 of them in a quad display setup. One of these days...:twisted:

[Jscotty]

I am finding that hardly anyone wants a CRT these days. There is a shop in my area that sells 1.5 and 2.0 Mhz PC's complete with the mouse, keyboard, speakers and a 21" CRT. The catch is that you MUST take the CRT in order to get the deal. If you want the PC only, it will cost you $30 extra.

[aschmidt]

I am finding that hardly anyone wants a CRT these days. There is a shop in my area that sells 1.5 and 2.0 Mhz PC's complete with the mouse, keyboard, speakers and a 21" CRT. The catch is that you MUST take the CRT in order to get the deal. If you want the PC only, it will cost you $30 extra.

Most people don't care about the performance factor of computer systems. To them, an LCD monitor is 100x better than a CRT just because it's thin.

[Jscotty]

Most people don't care about the performance factor of computer systems. To them, an LCD monitor is 100x better than a CRT just because it's thin.

True.. and I see many flat screens that look like crap but somehow the people that own them are disillusioned into thinking that they look great. I have seen many flat screens that look really good when they are being used as a VGA monitor or they have an HD reciever connected to it but when used for standard televison the images look pretty distorted. The other day I was over my Aunt's house and she was SO proud of her flat screen TV. I told her that once she gets the HD box from the cable company, she will REALLY enjoy getting the HDTV signal.

She said, "But I thought that it was ALREADY HDTV." I went home and got my cable box and put it on the DiscoveryHD channel.. She nearly had a heart attack! LOL! All this time she thought that she was getting HDTV because that's what the TV said on the front of it.

[aschmidt]

True.. and I see many flat screens that look like crap but somehow the people that own them are disillusioned into thinking that they look great. I have seen many flat screens that look really good when they are being used as a VGA monitor or they have an HD reciever connected to it but when used for standard televison the images look pretty distorted. The other day I was over my Aunt's house and she was SO proud of her flat screen TV. I told her that once she gets the HD box from the cable company, she will REALLY enjoy getting the HDTV signal.

She said, "But I thought that it was ALREADY HDTV." I went home and got my cable box and put it on the DiscoveryHD channel.. She nearly had a heart attack! LOL! All this time she thought that she was getting HDTV because that's what the TV said on the front of it.

The eyes see what the brain believes. :-P I've noticed many a time as well that people are flipping out over how nice the picture looks on their new LCD monitor, but 9/10 times it's the same or even sometimes worse than their CRT.