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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Decisions, decisions

My office PC has an ATI Radeon VE video card with a DVI connector. Right now I am using a DVI-SVGA "Y" cable to run two Dell M992 19" CRTs in Windows' "extended desktop" mode, for an effective desktop resolution of 2560x1024 (32-bit color, 85Hz).
I have two Dell 1704FPT 17" LCD monitors available (from a shipment of seven, five of which have already been deployed to other lucky people). The 1704FPT can run in either digital (DVI) or analog (SVGA) mode, and the Radeon VE can run one display directly through DVI, or two when the DVI connector is split to two SVGA as I have now.

So my decision is this. Should I:
A) Do nothing. Keep my dual 19" CRT setup.
B) Swap both 19" CRTs for 17" LCDs. Bear in mind that 19" CRTs have roughly 17" viewable area, while 17" LCDs use the full panel. So the viewing areas are equivalent. However, the LCDs would be running in analog mode, and can't display 1280x1024 at 85Hz.
C) Swap both 19" CRTs for a single 17" LCD running in digital mode.

I'm leaning toward "B", sacrificing the high refresh rate for acres of reclaimed desk space. It's my understanding that refresh rate is not nearly as important on LCDs as it is on CRTs, anyway. I'll have to deal with envious glances from other people who don't even have one LCD when they look at my two, but Rank Hath Its Privileges.

Your opinions?
|| Andrew, 11:51 AM || ||

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