New Screen

[airboatr]

http://computers.shop.ebay.co.uk/Monito ... 86.c0.m282

ATB

joe

[Garry Russell]

umm suggestion.... get a saw and cut it to size?

...

Can I not just heat it up and squash it when it goes soft

[GHD]

I have a 24" 16x9 on one system and two 19" 4x3 on another. I much prefer the two-screen setup.

[airboatr]

Can I not just heat it up and squash it when it goes soft

Squish actually , Squash = flat - squish =in ..in any case, Sure!

[Garry Russell]

Hm...I've been saying squash since before squish was a word

Reminds me I must get some more Orange Squish....

[airboatr]

Reminds me I must get some more Orange Squish....

oh* orange smash ya mean?

[DarrenL]

Why not a widescreen LCD TV with PC input, then you can change the aspect ratio from 16:9 for usual desktop PC use and change it to 4:3 for flying if you want?

Would that work on the PC input settings like it does on TV? I've never tried it.

But if you check ebay for enough CRTs you could do this

Extra-extra widescreen.

[DarrenL]

Ps and widescreens are great when you are following something new, you can have the programme open on the right in 4:3 style ratio and have the pdf manual open on screen on the left.

[airboatr]

Now that is just ri-damn-dicolous ..
how can that be any kind of realism .

anyway, agreed Darren, I like the wide screen for the side by side app viewing with NO frame of separate monitors between them
In fact my ultimate choice would be this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq52x6Lm ... r_embedded

or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWivZEtH ... re=related

But some have different likes - I hope theirs are fulfilled.

[DavidK]

Hi anyone/everyone,

Hope you've survived Christmas (thus far). My 19" CRT monitor has also begun to pack up: the focusing ("convergence") seems to've gone and trying to change the brightness/contrast has no effect. So, I saw this thread -- very timely -- but, having read through it, I'm not sure whether it's a widescreen, 16:9 or 4:3 dimension that's probably best for a monitor used for work (word-processing, etc) as well as flightsimming.

It seems it's 16:9, then 4:3, otherwise widescreen -- but widescreen would really distort dials, yes..? (Both 2-d and virtual-cockpit dials?)

David


PS

http://computers.shop.ebay.co.uk/Monito ... 86.c0.m282

This listing looks better than the one I felt my way towards before finding this thread -- thanks, airboatr!
I also have an eBid account and haven't yet ruled out the likes of Amazon, etc.