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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
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
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A virus was very much on my radar because whatever search terms I'd thrown into Google when looking for a solution resulted in the very first hits containing a warning of a white screen virus. It was only when I noticed that I wasn't getting a "no signal" warning from my monitor when I turned the pc off that it finally dawned on me that my monitor had gone to the great beyond. Originally I had planned to lug my PC into the shop. Sure am glad I didn't put myself through all those changes.
And, for what it's worth, the novelty of finally having a touchscreen monitor has already worn off, and the day isn't even over yet. But it's still a nice unit, even though I probably won't use the touchscreen much. For tablets, phones, and other handheld devices, touch-screens are great; for desktops, not so much. Constantly reaching up makes my arms tired.