JeffC Posted October 5, 2011 Author Posted October 5, 2011 think mine is an lcd its only about 2" deep, not like one of those big old things about 2 foot deep Quote
Captain Colonial Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 think mine is an lcd its only about 2" deep, not like one of those big old things about 2 foot deep Yep, that's an LCD, not a CRT. Does it have both VGA and DVI connections, maybe even a HDMI? Quote
JeffC Posted October 5, 2011 Author Posted October 5, 2011 think mine is an lcd its only about 2" deep, not like one of those big old things about 2 foot deep Yep, that's an LCD, not a CRT. Does it have both VGA and DVI connections, maybe even a HDMI? yep vga and vdi no sign of hdmi though Quote
Captain Colonial Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 That's OK, DVI provides better resolution and will be plenty for what you use it for. Quote
JeffC Posted October 5, 2011 Author Posted October 5, 2011 I watched a led backlit telly one and i thought it looked really bright and the amount of time i stare at a computer screen that might give me a bad head what about something like http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-s2331a-23-lcd-monitor-06839979-pdt.html or would that be no better than what ive got except bigger Quote
Dibby Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 An LCD is effectively the same as backlit LED, an LCD has to be lit from somewhere to be able to see it and could be CFL or LED. People work 8 hours a day on them and don't find any troubles and generally a monitor isn't run at anywhere near the brightness a TV is. If you found that TV bright, turn it down. Buying new you'll be hard pressed to find old VGA connectors, chances are you'll get full HD resolution from a new PC/ monitor bundle now. Bigger screens with higher resolution are nicer because you can get more on them ... if that's what you're looking for. Quote
Captain Colonial Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Only way you can tell for sure is by going and looking yourself, of course, but I use a backlit screen all the time and I get very little fatigue and no headaches personally. Widescreen does make it easier to tile several programs on your screen at the same time. (So many people don't know about this trick it's unreal. If you have your browser and email both open at the same time for instance, right click in a blank space in your task bar at the bottom of the screen and choose Tile Windows Vertically.) /geek mode off Quote
Dibby Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Same here, laptop wired up with a 2nd monitor, 8 hours a day and no fatigue here, then I get home and sit in front of an LED TV, maybe an hour or 2 in front of an LCD computer monitor. I should have square eyes by now. Quote
Wile E. Coyote Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Have a google for "Dell outlet" - cancelled orders and customer returns - all in stock and MUCH cheaper than specing one yourself. Picked up a "Precision" tower on there last year that is an absolute flying machine (nothing under 4.5 on Windows experience index, most at 5 or above) at around 30-40% off list. After a very bad experience I won't buy from PC World until such time as Satan is debating the merits of winter tyres. Quote
Dibby Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Good call on the Dell outlet, never used them but heard of some absolute bargains. Quote
lippydave Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 +1 for buying from Dell. Bought business machines for wifey from them, laptops for kids and my ma, a couple of towers yonks ago for home. All still working well, had a hardrive go in one of the laptops, picked up and replaced under warranty.... Good service, convenient, perhaps a tad pricey but not far off being competitive with the cheap pi-key tat shops that offer no backup... Another vote for ccleaner too, plenty of options on it for cleaning crap off, modding startup options and registry cleaning....Free , simple and effective Quote
stantman Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Bought a HP lap top from John Lewis, service superb, in house drop off if any issues and 1 year extra warranty free. Lets face it after 2 years it wont be worth half its value now. Also prices for spec seemed to be near enough on line with other high street retailers. Spoke to guy behind customer care (repair) center, he advised sony good but pricey, then in order of his experience with repairs, toshiba, HP, Dell and then with four times as many issues as the others Acer. He also advised Mac nice but do go wrong. If you go Mac and have a student in the house or teacher you can get a discount at the Mac store. Unless you want a desk top the lap tops seem to do everything in one unit, 15.6 wide screens with I 5 processor are about £500, fold it up and tuck it in a corner when not required. Wifes old HP laptop 6 years old and still works fine but starting to slow up. Cheers Quote
Mid life crisis Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Here you go Jeff Cheap as chips http://www.greenitexchange.com/pc-1....en.html Quote
Dibby Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 I'd watch with advice from sales people, wary of what they get the most commission on and their own personal PC/ Apple/ Linux bias. A laptop is a handy piece of kit but you pay for a trade-off of performance vs portability. If you know you're not going to be checking your emails sat on the pan or surfing in front of the TV you'll get much better bang for your buck with a desktop/ tower set up. The wife has got one of those mini laptop things which is fine for facebooking her twatter off in front of the TV, I'll stick with my frankenstein monster i7 with 8GB RAM, 5TB storage and SSD for churning through photoshop and music editing ... all depends on what you want it for, to build the desktop would have cost about the same as her i3 mini laptop. Watch for flashy headline figures of a fast processor and big memory but a shonky power supply and motherboard which govern system stability more than any other component and it's alright to say one brand is more reliable than another but people here have been pointing to things like hard drives - not made by Sony or Apple and could just as easily konk out with any system. Jeff, hope that made sense a bit ... just think about what you want to do with it and don't fall for salesman shpiel and be end up upping your budget on the spot. Quote
JeffC Posted October 5, 2011 Author Posted October 5, 2011 well I went into pc world and told the guy what i wanted and he recomended the same one the Peter did on page 1 so went for that, i splashed out and bought a 24" led monitor which at the mo looks b****y bright! have to say its a lump faster than my old one so maybe things have improved over the last 8 years waiting for Pete to come around as I dont appear to have outlook express on here and need a few bits swapping from my old computer like photos, office and the stuff for my website and i dont fancy ballsing it up Quote
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