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06-21-2009, 10:59 AM
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Professiona Instigator
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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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06-21-2009, 11:24 AM
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Certified Remodeler
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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.
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06-21-2009, 11:28 AM
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Professiona Instigator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by silvertree
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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I'll drink to that  
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06-21-2009, 11:36 AM
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King Nothing
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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.
Last edited by WarriorWithWood; 06-21-2009 at 01:34 PM.
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06-21-2009, 11:37 AM
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The Duke
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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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06-21-2009, 11:46 AM
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King Nothing
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Quote:
Originally Posted by framerman
Lots like the duals. I have not swam in those waters yet.
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Once you do you'll never look back, trust me.
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06-21-2009, 12:52 PM
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Handle It!
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06-21-2009, 01:32 PM
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King Nothing
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/\/\TV's don't count. 
Last edited by WarriorWithWood; 06-21-2009 at 01:35 PM.
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06-21-2009, 01:33 PM
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The Duke
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WarriorWithWood
Once you do you'll never look back, trust me.
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Need a bigger desk before I can get more monitors. 
Malco....you suck 
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06-21-2009, 01:36 PM
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King Nothing
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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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06-21-2009, 02:29 PM
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Handle It!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WarriorWithWood
/\/\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!!!!
Last edited by MALCO.New.York; 06-21-2009 at 02:31 PM.
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06-21-2009, 02:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MALCO.New.York
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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He likes his porn big.
Is someone compensating?
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06-21-2009, 02:36 PM
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King Nothing
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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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06-21-2009, 02:56 PM
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Handle It!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WarriorWithWood
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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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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06-21-2009, 02:57 PM
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Handle It!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by naptown CR
He likes his porn big.
Is someone compensating?
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Wittle Weenie! Big Pictures!!!
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06-21-2009, 06:07 PM
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30" Apple Cinema display, 2560x1600
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07-08-2009, 09:20 AM
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Dual 20" flat screens.
P.S. Never buy 'Hanns_G' brand monitors.
Andy.
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07-08-2009, 02:03 PM
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Dual setup with a 30" cinema and a 23" cinema.
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07-08-2009, 06:37 PM
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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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07-09-2009, 02:03 PM
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King Nothing
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScipioAfricanus
Dual 20" flat screens.
P.S. Never buy 'Hanns_G' brand monitors.
Andy.
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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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