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Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors?

Posted by timothy on from the special-retro-edition dept.

jtownatpunk.net writes "As time goes by, I find myself supporting a greater number of users moving through their 40s and into their 50s (and beyond!). I notice more and more of them are lowering the resolution of their displays in order to 'make it bigger.' That was fine in the CRT days, but, quite frankly, LCDs look like crap when they're not displaying their native resolution. My solution at home is to hook my computer up to a big, honkin' 1080p HDTV, but that's a bit of a political risk in an office environment. 'Why does Bill get a freakin' big screen TV?!' Plus, it's a waste to be paying for the extra inputs (component, s-video, composite), remote, tuner, etc. that will never be used. And a 37-47" display is a bit large for a desk. So here's my question: Is there a source for 24-27" monitors running at 1366x768 that are affordable and don't have all of the 'TV' stuff? Or is my only choice to just buy 27" HDTVs and admonish the users not to watch TV? (And, no, just giving them big CRTs is not an option. Most people would rather stare at a fuzzy LCD than 'go back' to a CRT.)"

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  1. Get some glasses, grandpa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Goddamn aging baby boomers. Waaaah, my monitor is fuzzy but I'm too cool for eyeglasses or CRTs. Waaaah! Obama is going to send us off to death camps when we turn 50! Waaah!

  2. Fire the dead weight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If these people seriously can't read their monitors, they need to be fired for either incompetence, or laziness, since it takes a 10 minute eye exam and $100 to buy a cheap pair of glasses.

    If your employees are too stupid and/or lazy to remedy their eyesight problems, your company would be best served getting rid of their whiny spoiled dead-weights.

  3. Sure way to get a low cost, low DPI Large LCD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1. Go find a cliff or a bridge somewhere
    2. Take your entire fucktarded family
    3. Have all of them jump off to their deaths
    4. Jump to your death

    Then we won;t have to put up with whiny little fuckwads such as yourself.

  4. Re:Why reduce the DPI instead of using larger font by scarboni888 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I found that doesn't work in Outlook 2003. Imagine that - MS Outlook for frack's sake!!

  5. Re:Why reduce the DPI instead of using larger font by duffel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So you have badly written software that can't cope with the low resolution that the short-sighted old users insist on having on the small screens you give them?

    Where do you work? :)