Off to buy a monitor

TehBorken · May 02 06 08:17

My LCD monitor got *really* bright all by itself during the evening, then sometime during the night it bled out and crashed. RIP. So I'm off to somewhere to buy a new one, or maybe even two and a dual-head video card. (MWUHAHAHAHAHA!) The old 18" one was a steal 5 or 6 years ago at $850 but I see new ones that are even larger for less than half that. And we all know bigger is better, right?

The little voice in my head is chanting "buy two, buy two, get a dual-head video card.. . .". (The voices in most people's heads tell them to kill, mine tell me to buy computer hardware.)

So....will our Fearless Hero withstand his lustful urges to buy two monitors, or will he succumb to the Dark Side? Stay tuned for the next thrilling adventure of Some Guy Without A &*#@! Monitor!

TehBorken · May 02 06 11:10

I didn't succumb to the siren call of dual monitors, but it was close. Got a nice 19" Viewsonic VP920b for $269. Strangely enough, none of the reviews mention that the screen rotates 90 degrees for a portrait-mode setup. Dunno if I'll ever use that or not.

kitten · May 02 06 12:14

TehBorken wrote:
I didn't succumb to the siren call of dual monitors, but it was close. Got a nice 19" Viewsonic VP920b for $269. Strangely enough, none of the reviews mention that the screen rotates 90 degrees for a portrait-mode setup. Dunno if I'll ever use that or not.

Oh, darn. I was expecting you to come back, head hanging in shame and dual monitors in hand. *the devil made me do it!*

TehBorken · May 02 06 12:30

kitten wrote:
Oh, darn. I was expecting you to come back, head hanging in shame and dual monitors in hand. [em]*the devil made me do it!*[/em]

It was close. They had two of these monitors left....I offered to buy both if they'd make me a deal, but alas their Corporate Masters were unfamiliar with this strange concept.