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Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors?
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.)"
Euthanasia
Affordable to you may be unfordable for me or unaffordable to you is perfectly affordable to Donald Trump.
It's NOT me! It's the meds! I'm on 1000mg of Fukitol.
They could move the mouse by playing the antenna like a theramin.
Woooooo-EEEEEEEEE-oooooooo!
Q: "Why does Bill get a freaki'n big screen TV?!"
A: "Because Bill doesn't bother the IT guy with stupid questions like this one."
I can see the tech support calls now...
User: "I have pop-ups taking the whole screen and playing ads for beer and cars all the time. Then something happens so my mouse disappears and things move all over the screen by themselves. Is this a new virus?"
Tech Support: "No, that's the Denver Broncos game. What's the score?"
"First things first, but not necessarily in that order."
- Doctor Who
Damn whippersnappers! I've got 1440x1050 on this damned Thinkpad, and by the end of a long day, I'm wishing for the same pixels on twice the screen real estate.
/frank
We'll ask you again in about 34 years when you get to be 50, and see what you think at that time...Now get offa my lawn!
And the worms ate into his brain.
This is exactly it. KDE4 works just as well on my tiny eeepc as on my 22" LCD as on my dual-screen setup.
Basically, if you cannot see anything because you are using inferior technology and basically propose fixing an inane system (windows/mac with their unscalable UIs) with an inane setup (let's use the LCD for a resolution it is not made for!) your problem is not technological...
Go live in the now: this is The Year of the Linux Desktop, where Stuff Works As It Should (most of the time). Hell, if you are desperate for windows, you can run it in vmware, full-screen, and use the magnification effect of kwin to solve your resolution problem the best possible way.
This is an off-the-wall solution. (By definition.)
But if you're in Windows-land, updating to either Vista or 7 would solve the "large fonts and icon scaling" issue without needing to fiddle around with the graphics settings.
Yes, upgrading your operating system seems like the best way to do the least amount of fiddling around.
(/me rolls eyes)
Reading glasses - they are cheap ($5) and available (Walgreens).
Why everyone feels the need to solve easy problems with complex solutions, I will never know.
Yeah, why design or buy a tool that is convenient and pain-free to use when we could just make every human being strap a different tool onto their face.
And why do these exist when Walgreens carries a simple solution for this problem, too?
It doesn't hurt to be nice.
Are you really this stupid or are you just trolling?
You mean there's an actual difference between the two? Interesting hypothesis, but I've yet to see any data to back it up.
which is totally what she said
My bifocals would like to have a word with your simple five-dollar solution. :P
What's the problem? You should still be able to outrun them...
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!