Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 27th Apr 2007 07:15 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems It's been 12 years since I got my first PC. Back then, it came with a 14" 800x600 CRT monitor. But times change. Now, for just $250 you can get a 22" LCD monitor with a 1680x1050 resolution! Geeks.com were very kind to send us one of their LCD monitors, the Viewsonic VX2235wm, for a review. We tested the monitor under Windows, Linux and the Mac and here is what we found.
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RE: vertical
by Eugenia on Fri 27th Apr 2007 08:53 UTC in reply to "vertical"
Eugenia
Member since:
2005-06-28

Yes, my Samsung monitor supports both vertical and horizontal, which was the reason I shed $600 for it. ;)

It is absolutely amazing using a web browser with it, pages just fit! Office documents, programming, also much more efficient to use than in widescreen!

This is why I use one widescreen monitor for movies and normal apps, and a vertical monitor for documents. Bliss!

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RE[2]: vertical
by PowerMacX on Fri 27th Apr 2007 12:49 in reply to "RE: vertical"
PowerMacX Member since:
2005-11-06

How does sub-pixel font rendering look on the vertical monitor? Does the vertical rgb pixel component arrangement make the text a bit fuzzier than in horizontal mode or is there no visible difference in your experience?

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RE[3]: vertical
by britbrian on Fri 27th Apr 2007 17:35 in reply to "RE[2]: vertical"
britbrian Member since:
2005-07-06

With LCD panels, each pixel stacks the RGB shutters so there is no equivilent issue to the variation of RGB arrangments with CRT phosphors.

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