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Old 06-21-2009, 11:59 AM   #1
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How Big Is Your Monitor

For the guys that do cad work.

How big is your current monitor?

What is the minimum size screen you would use for cad work?

What is the biggest monitor you have used?

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Old 06-21-2009, 12:24 PM   #2
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Re: How Big Is Your Monitor

My monitor is 3 feet long, I feed it mice, if I feed it more it will grown to almost 5 feet long.
I named her Katie after my exwife, another ground belly dragging lizard.
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My monitor is 3 feet long, I feed it mice, if I feed it more it will grown to almost 5 feet long.
I named her Katie after my exwife, another ground belly dragging lizard.
I'll drink to that
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Re: How Big Is Your Monitor

dual 22"ers here. Total real estate is 11 3/4" high x 36" wide.

I wouldn't use anything smaller than a single 22" for daily CAD work.

24" was the biggest I've ever used.
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A simple way to look at it......

as big as you can afford.

You can hook up the new LED Samsung to a computer. That would be the balls.

Personally I have a 24" Samsung widescreen, 1920x1200. It is plenty.

Lots like the duals. I have not swam in those waters yet.
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Lots like the duals. I have not swam in those waters yet.
Once you do you'll never look back, trust me.
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/\/\TV's don't count.
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Once you do you'll never look back, trust me.
Need a bigger desk before I can get more monitors.

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Whatever you do don't buy a glass desk, I don't know what I was thinking.
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/\/\TV's don't count.
I do NOT watch TV nor do I have a Cable/Satellite Service Provider.

My Samsung 46, 120Hz, 1080p is STRICTLY a Monitor!!!!
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I do NOT watch TV nor do I have a Cable/Satellite Service Provider.

My Samsung 46, 120Hz, 1080p is STRICTLY a Monitor!!!!
He likes his **** big.

Is someone compensating?
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Sorry Malco, how do you get around the low resolution problems with those? I tried that with my 1080p 42" and the text looked like crap.
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Sorry Malco, how do you get around the low resolution problems with those? I tried that with my 1080p 42" and the text looked like crap.

As did I!!!!

The Resolution settings in "Properties" (right click desktop), if are off by one level, the text looks like Horses Arse!!!

Took me a while to figure this out!!
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He likes his **** big.

Is someone compensating?
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30" Apple Cinema display, 2560x1600
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Dual 20" flat screens.

P.S. Never buy 'Hanns_G' brand monitors.

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Dual setup with a 30" cinema and a 23" cinema.
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I use the 15" laptop for larger deck drawings... Other wise I use my massive 8.9" mini. Hey I prefer to do my work where I am comfy.

I also ALWAYS use my logitech trackball way more precise than a mouse and better in many other reasons.

I draw mostly decks in Sketchup so I am not a full blown cad drawer.
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Dual 20" flat screens.

P.S. Never buy 'Hanns_G' brand monitors.

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I agree, what a pos the Hanns turned out to be. I only bought it as a secondary monitor and it barely functions in that capacity.
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