Need recommendation for a WS monitor - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

beanagee1 · 2007-10-10, 01:18 PM

I have a 15" laptop but I often wish that I had a bigger monitor. My laptop is about 2 years old IBM Thinkpad T41. I bought an Acer from Costco a few months ago for about $300 but I did not like the resolution on it. I need something with higher resolution. I will spend about $5-700 on it. I am not a gamer and I don't watch TV on a monitor. What would you recommend?

Thanks.

hugh · 2007-10-10, 01:26 PM

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but I did not like the resolution on it.

Why not? Are you trying to output from your notebook to the new monitor. Did you adjust the output resolution?

baker1444 · 2007-10-10, 06:05 PM

Why dont you look at the Dell 24 widescreen. It has a resolution of 1920x1200 and has a few good features like a media card reader. It is usually on sale for around $650.

beanagee1 · 2007-10-10, 10:30 PM

Hugh:

The highest resolution with the Acer was around 1280 by something and I could see pixels that were annoying.

MediaRoomManiac · 2007-10-14, 05:47 PM

I would make sure that the video card in your T41 can support those high resolutions of 1900x1200 or 1440x900.

2007-10-10, 01:18 PM	#1
beanagee1 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burnaby Posts: 766	Need recommendation for a WS monitor I have a 15" laptop but I often wish that I had a bigger monitor. My laptop is about 2 years old IBM Thinkpad T41. I bought an Acer from Costco a few months ago for about $300 but I did not like the resolution on it. I need something with higher resolution. I will spend about $5-700 on it. I am not a gamer and I don't watch TV on a monitor. What would you recommend? Thanks.

2007-10-14, 05:47 PM	#5
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2007-10-10, 06:05 PM	#3
baker1444 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 30	Why dont you look at the Dell 24 widescreen. It has a resolution of 1920x1200 and has a few good features like a media card reader. It is usually on sale for around $650.

2007-10-10, 10:30 PM	#4
beanagee1 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burnaby Posts: 766	Hugh: The highest resolution with the Acer was around 1280 by something and I could see pixels that were annoying.