When I decided to get the Beast I decided to treat myself to a BIG monitor. I felt the 30inch Dell monitor was too big, even after seeing 30 inch monitors in the apple shop. They also have pretty demanding video card requirements. After a while I decided on a Dell 24 inch, mainly because although it is widescreen, vertically it is still taller than the 19 inch CRTs I am used to. I cherish height more than width and 19 inch widescreen monitors I've seen look too small. Europc were selling the Dell 24 inch cheap (relatively).
It came today and it is pretty breathtaking:
- I set the video resolution to 1920x1200 and there is so much screen space, I have to turn my head to pan from corner to corner.
- It has a built in four port USB hub.
- It has a built in flash card reader (compact, SD etc).
- It does picture in picture: I could have a TV picture in the corner via the svideo input if I so desired (and there would be plenty of screen left).
- I downloaded some 1920x1200 wallpapers and these look amazing. Loaded up picasa and looked at my photo album and whee.
- Height and tilt adjustable
- Screen rotates 90 degrees, should I want about 20 inches vertical height.
May have to start using my glasses at home.
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