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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Yesterday I vented in the Rant thread about my PC's white-screen problem. After unsuccessfully trying everything in the book to force my PC into Safe Mode, it finally dawned on me that I didn't have a PC problem at all: My monitor had bit the dust. So I ordered this model from Best Buy and picked it up a couple of hours ago from the store. The two super-nice things about it is the (1) it's a touch-screen, meaning now I can get smudges all over my monitor just like I do my iPad, and (2) Best Buy currently has it on sale for $150 off list, which ain't bad. The downside is that it still set me back $300 some with the taxes added, meaning I could have got a monitor the same size but without touch screen bragging rights for half the price. But, hey, where's the fun in that? Besides, this beast has a killer display. There is a huge difference in video quality between this beast and my old monitor. |
I have a 23" AOC monitor doing 1920x1080. It was an emergency replacement for a failed monitor, getting the nod because it was available and could be brought home that day. It cost me $150 a year or so ago (and comparable models are cheaper now.)
I have no need for a touch screen. I wouldn't have minded higher resolution, like 1920x1200, but those get significantly more expensive. (I do occasional DTP, and the goal is a monitor that can display side-by-side 8.5x11 pages in actual size. The AOC can't
quite do it, but comes close enough.
I assumed your issue was failed monitor from the symptoms when you first posted. That would have been the first thing I'd suspect, with video card a distant second, and virus not on the radar here.
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Dennis